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| with Victor Boyarsky ... Russian expedition leader | ||
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The fog was just about as bad as it was when we did the
Bering Sea. We were waiting the arrival of a ship to replenish our supplies .... and keeping fingers crossed that it wouldn't crash into us. ( silly us ) |
First came the eerie sound of the fog horn .... then the Russian icebreaker "Dranitsyn" crept forward out of the fog like a ghost ship. For the next 2 or 3 hours ... our helicopters & theirs, carried on a spell-binding air transit program |
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When the job was finished .... glasses of vodka were raised in toasts to one another ... across the gap of icy water. After we all exchanged heart-warming salutes & waves, she melted back into the fog as she had never been with us at all. |
Another "sunny" Midnight |
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| Easy Does It | 12 feet away | TAAH - DAAH !!! DEAD ON IT !! | |||
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View from the Bridge ... at 90 North |
Artic Rainbow appeared within minutes of our reaching 90 North |
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| CHEERS !!!! | ||
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| Ice Walk | One of the Russian Security guys | ||
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| They lowered the steps .... we all " thunked" down to the ice | ......... and had a lovely PICNIC At The North Pole | ||
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| We did a TON of fun things that day ..... | ..... like going up in the chopper to get some photos of the ship & our position | |
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| That's Victor Boyarsky taking a snow bath | and some other " health enthusiasts " | taking a short "dip " | ||
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| Our " Dance Around The World " | |||
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