Russia and China have scheduled their joint Arctic expedition, which was programmed for the summer, by one year, to 2021.
Scientists are planning to study the life of marine animals, look into a link between the Arctic’s transformation and global climate change, and offer recommendations to optimise traffic along the Northern Sea Route.
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The atomic icebreaker "50 Let Pobedy" (50 Years of Victory) at the North Pole. The icebreaker, which was carrying 70 schoolchildren, has made a themed voyage to the North Pole, which coincided with the 60th anniversary of the nuclear icebreaker fleet.
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Soldiers of the special force's detachment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Chechen Republic during exercises in the North Pole region.
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Members of the Chinese Yilite-Mulin Arctic Pole Expedition raise the Chinese national flag in Longyearbyen on Svalbard, Norway,marking the site of a Chinese research station on 31 October 2001.
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Chinese icebreaker Xuelong, or Snow Dragon, is harboured in Shanghai, after an 85-day scientific quest across the Arctic ocean, 27 September 2012. The Chinese icebreaker has docked at Shanghai after becoming the first Chinese vessel to cross the Arctic Ocean.
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Russian polar explorers during work on the deployment of a new drifting station "SP-40" in the Arctic.
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A control machine based on MTLB-V during practical training. Practical exercises for officers of the Russian Northern Fleet on training combat operations in the Arctic at the "Shary" training ground in the Pechengsky District of the Murmansk region.
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Drift ice camp in the middle of the Arctic Ocean as seen from the deck of icebreaker Xue Long.
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Chinese scientists wave Chinese national flags on the icebreaker Xuelong, or Snow Dragon, before it leaves a port for the nation's 8th expedition to the Arctic in Shanghai, China, 20 July 2017.
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View of the Yamal nuclear-powered icebreaker from a helicopter
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The entrance of the Chinese research station in Ny-Ålesund, Spitsbergen/Svalbard.
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An icebreaker that brought Russian polar explorers to the Arctic will deploy a new SP-40 drifting station.
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Chinese scientists line up to board the Xuelong, an exploration ship, at the Waigaoqiao Dock in Shanghai, 12 November 2007.
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