On Monday, Day 10 of the Arctic expedition, Russian polar explorers started unloading their equipment and supplies on a drifting ice floe they will call home for the next year or so.
© RIA Novosti . Alexander StelliferovskyOn Monday, Day 10 of the Arctic expedition, Russian polar explorers started unloading their equipment and supplies on a drifting ice floe they will call home for the next year or so.

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© RIA Novosti . Alexander Stelliferovsky
On Monday, Day 10 of the Arctic expedition, Russian polar explorers started unloading their equipment and supplies on a drifting ice floe they will call home for the next year or so.
© RIA Novosti . Alexander StelliferovskyThe red flags are not a return to the soviet past. They are marking a danger zone near the edge of the ice floe and the helicopter landing pad in the background.

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The red flags are not a return to the soviet past. They are marking a danger zone near the edge of the ice floe and the helicopter landing pad in the background.
© RIA Novosti . Alexander StelliferovskyThe edge of the ice floe.

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The edge of the ice floe.
© RIA Novosti . Alexander StelliferovskyThe edge of the ice floe.

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The edge of the ice floe.
© RIA Novosti . Alexander StelliferovskyThe first of the expedition’s two tractors being put onto the ice floe.

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The first of the expedition’s two tractors being put onto the ice floe.
© RIA Novosti . Alexander StelliferovskyAt first, the tractor failed to start, but the problems were soon solved.

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At first, the tractor failed to start, but the problems were soon solved.
© RIA Novosti . Alexander StelliferovskyThe tractor pulling the first load of construction materials.

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The tractor pulling the first load of construction materials.
© RIA Novosti . Alexander StelliferovskyThe dogs were the first to run down the ramp onto the ice floe.

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The dogs were the first to run down the ramp onto the ice floe.
© RIA Novosti . Alexander StelliferovskyVery hazardous area - one of the crewmembers sank chest-high under the floe, but everything turned out well.

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Very hazardous area - one of the crewmembers sank chest-high under the floe, but everything turned out well.