Klipsi's icebreaker voyage to the North Pole , late July 2008
part 1. Northbound
videoclips >
our-icebreaker-50-years-of-victory meeting-another-icebreaker
july-22-into-the-ice first-ice-near-franzjosefland
polar-bear-july-23 deeper-into-the-ice-july-23
stopped-in-ice-and-fog-july-23 chopper
flightseeing-july-24 still-going-north

July 20. Murmansk monument in honour of the soldiers of WWII

a church in Murmansk, Russia

tugboat pulling our nuclear icebreaker, the "50 Years of Victory" in Murmansk

sailing past other icebreakers, including the famous "Yamal"

leaving Murmansk, heading north....

July 21, meeting icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov at sea, it returns from 3-weeks northeast passage expedition

our helicopter, and the icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov

shooting at an icebreaker

Day 2 in the morning. No ice yet.... but soon...

first small icebergs... south of Franz-Josef-Land


July 23 early morning, surprise .... Polar bear !







in the ice.... and lots of fog ...

lots of ice around....

our icebreaker in the ice, as seen from helicopter

inside helicopter

icebreaker "50 Years of Victory" in action
see VIDEO
go to part 2, at the North Pole, July 25...
Contact Klipsi klipsi@bluewin.ch
for info