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2014 Expedition Journal

Vessel Gets Prepared for Expedition

July 05, 2014

The vessel is currently being prepared for the forthcoming expedition. We are having the barnacled underwater hull cleaned in a dry dock, the vessel is being recolored with a new coat of paint, and all the essential machinery is being dismantled and tested at the Murmansk shipyard.

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R/V Kartesh Gets Expedition Colors

July 08, 2014

R/V Kartesh has been painted in the expedition identity colors this week. The hull got its noble red color, which makes the vessel recognizable during any time of the year.

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Kartesh Preparation at Its Final Phase

July 16, 2014

The works on painting the R/V Kartesh are proceeding to completion. The waterline is being marked, and we are having anchors, loadlines and other elements painted. The propeller and the shaft are being put back on their places. We will launch the ship shortly, and the final expedition arrangements will be made.

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Kartesh Launched from Floating Dock

July 20, 2014

The R/V Kartesh has been launched from a Murmansk dockyard floating dock. The bottom works and painting are finished on time. We will gear up the ship for the expedition while it is on the berth.

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Kartesh in Dockyard Prepared for Sea

October 01, 2014

We are going through final arrangements to supply the R/V Kartesh before the expedition. The ship is currently in the Murmansk harbor a short distance away from the dockyard.

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First Project Exhibition Opens in Kandalaksha

October 02, 2014

The first Polar Expedition Gallery exhibition opened in Kandalaksha, Murmansk Oblast, on October 3. This exhibition is our first event to open beyond the Arctic Circle. Fortunately, the exhibition opening chimed with the Teacher’s day, and all the teachers of the town managed to visit our event and bring their students along. The exhibition ends on October 24. Pictures by A. Yermakov and Y. Amelin. 

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First Snow and Aurora Borealis

October 13, 2014

It eventually grew colder and snow was falling. The weather was changeable, calm periods turned into squally wind and snow flurries. It became even colder by the evening, and aurora borealis emerged in the sky.

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Kartesh Sea Trials

October 15, 2014

Kartesh has undergone her sea trials today. The weather co-operated. 

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Polar Expedition Gallery Gets Prepared for Sea

November 03, 2014

While R/V Kartesh is on the berth, the crew is making final preparations: we are stocking up on food, fuel, fresh water and checking equipment. Preparations are vital for any expedition, and marine expeditions require having everything on board, as the ship in the Barents Sea is like a deserted island. Harborages are rare; settlements are small and poorly supplied. The weather is frosty since the end of October, the snow fell long ago, and squally wind is blowing even in the Murmansk harbor waters. Dock dogs are man’s best friend. One can always find them at the galley. Low tides are up to 3.5 meters (11.5 feet) at the harbor wall.

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Expedition Work before Getting under Way

November 05, 2014

While the crew was preparing the RV Kartesh, the photographers did not stop working: they were shooting the Murmansk harbor and dockyard as well as town landscapes. The Polar Expedition Gallery photographers Yaroslav Amelin, Andrey Bronnikov, Alexander Vaynshtein, Artyom Vasilkov, Vladimir Vaskin, Sergey Vetokhov, Alexander Terekhov, Andrey Yermakov and Andrey Kremnyov visited Kandalaksha, Teriberka, Liinakhamari, Monchegorsk and explored the vicinities of Murmansk. 

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First Murman Coast Expedition Started

November 10, 2014

The Polar Expedition Gallery participants got under way on November 11, and they sailed along the Murman coast of the Barents Sea. 

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Photographers Land on Kildin Island

November 11, 2014

We have been waiting for the morning to break, taking refuge from the night storm between the mainland and Kildin Island. The day is very short, no longer than 5 hours, but the low transpolar light provides fantastic conditions for the photographers.

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In the Kildin Strait

November 12, 2014

The thirteenth of November. After having returned to the vessel, we dried up our clothes and checked equipment. The wind was still strong, and we decided against sailing into high seas, as landing on an undeveloped beach during heavy sea is impossible. We adopted the only possible decision to head to Teriberka when the weather calms down. 

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Kildin to Teriberka

November 13, 2014

The fourteenth of November. We made sure the sea had calmed down and started moving towards Teriberka, where we could easily land ashore at a closed harbor. 

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Teriberka: at the World’s End

November 14, 2014

In the evening of November 14, we started exploring the coast from Teriberka to Teriberka waterfall. On November 15 and 16, taking advantage of good weather, we shot more than seven kilometers (4.3 miles) of the most picturesque coastline of the Barents Sea. 

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Teriberka to Rynda

November 16, 2014

We are sailing to Rynda in the night from 15 to 16 November. The oldest fishing village is completely abandoned in the winter. 

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Back Again in Teriberka

November 18, 2014

We were returning to Teriberka overnight into November 18, the sea slightly storming. It grew considerably warmer: the snow melted in full view, unclothing frost-bound cliffs. 

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