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Re: Polar Possessions of the SU. was: Lunars with SNO-T
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2004 Oct 25, 13:59 -0500
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2004 Oct 25, 13:59 -0500
Here is some info on the Northern Sea route (this is the correct English name, but it is a.k.a. "Northeast passage", by analogy with the famous "Northwest passage":-) Some pictures: http://www.beac.st/default.asp?id=164 http://www.polarmuseum.sp.ru/Eng/route.htm Official site with addresses and telephones (for those who want to sail it and need an icebreaker escort): http://www.arcdev.neste.com/Nsra/Nsra.html An article on Soviet icebreaker fleet http://members.shaw.ca/diesel-duck/library/articles/russian.htm In general about Google returns about 5000+ sites when you type "Northern sea route". Alex. On Mon, 25 Oct 2004, George Huxtable wrote: > Alex Eremenko provided the following information, which intrigued me. > > I would like to learn more about the modern Northern sea-route. Is there a