⛄ Northeast Passage on Icebreaker (Северный морской путь на Капитан Хлебников)

💈 TO SOUTH POLE 🧊 - https://youtu.be/3-wjwbQa0W4 This is a video documenting a voyage on the Russian icebreaker 'Kapitan Khlebnikov' across the icy Northeast Passage and beyond from Anadyr, Russia to Longyearbyen, Svalbard. In total, 4,691 nautical miles (8,687 km) were covered over 23 days. You might also enjoy some of my other films of icebreaker voyages: - "Icebreaker Voyage to Emperor Penguins in Antarctica" (https://youtu.be/v_wDwclu9vc) - "Sailing the Northwest Passage" (https://youtu.be/IsR-3rfN5-A) - "Voyage to North Pole on Nuclear Icebreaker '50 Years of Victory'" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRRy6t5K3R4) **** Table of Contents **** --- Russian Far East (Дальний Восток России) --- 00:00:11 Route of voyage across the Russian Arctic 00:01:39 Beluga whales, seal and fishermen catching salmon in Anadyr River (Ана́дырь) 00:05:28 Tour around the Russian icebreaker 'Kapitan Khlebnikov' (Капитан Хлебников) 00:09:33 landing at 'Whalebone Alley' on Yttygran Island (Итыгран) --- Northeast Passage (Северный морской путь) --- 00:11:41 view of Cape Dezhnev (Мыс Дежнева) 00:13:40 landing on Kolyuchin Island (остров Колючин) 00:17:43 herd of walrus on ice floe 00:18:42 Arctic ice coverage in summertime 00:19:02 breaking ice in Chukchi Sea (Чукотское море) 00:19:37 polar bear swimming in Chukchi Sea 00:20:36 Wrangel Island (Остров Врангеля) 00:21:41 polar bear off Wrangel Island 00:23:55 1st landing on Wrangel Island at Cape Thomas 00:27:49 2nd landing on Wrangel Island at old weather station 00:31:34 mother polar bear and cub off Wrangel Island 00:31:54 3rd landing on Wrangel Island at Cape Blossom 00:36:42 polar bear in Chukchi Sea 00:39:31 mother polar bear and cub in Chukchi Sea 00:40:15 landing on Ayon Island (Остров Айон) 00:45:17 landing on Vilkitskiy Island (Остров Вилькицкого) 00:47:53 landing on Belkovskiy Island (Остров Белковский) 00:52:16 breaking heavy ice in Laptev Sea (море Лаптевых) 00:52:22 flying around ship whilst it is breaking ice in Laptev Sea 00:57:12 mother polar bear and cub in Laptev Sea 00:58:02 icebreaker stopped by ice and reversing 00:58:44 landing at Cape Papanin on Taimyr Peninsula (Таймыр) 01:00:23 passing by Cape Chelyuskin (Мыс Челюскин), the northernmost place in Eurasia 01:01:45 landing at Solnechnaya Bay in Severnaya Zemlya (Северная Земля) 01:03:16 meeting convoy lead by the Russian nuclear icebreaker Yamal (ямал) 01:04:40 landing in Mack Bay, Novaya Zemlya (Новая Земля) 01:06:53 polar swim in Mack Bay (мак залив) --- Franz Josef Land (Земля Франца-Иосифа) --- 01:08:59 Cape Tegetthof (Мыс Тегетхофф) on Hall Island (Остров Галля) 01:09:34 mother polar bear and cub at Cape Tegetthof 01:11:53 helicopter flight over glacier along Negri Strait (Пролив Негри) 01:15:09 BBQ in Negri Strait 01:15:30 Champ Island (Остров Чамп) 01:16:50 famous stone balls on Champ Island 01:18:42 walking up glacier 01:19:40 polar swim in Arctic water at Champ Island 01:23:10 Hooker Island (остров Гукера) 01:23:16 Bukhta Tikhaya Polar Station 01:23:50 view of Polar Station from the bay 01:25:06 view of Rubini Rock from Polar Station 01:26:16 Tikhaya Bay Post Office (Почта) 01:26:45 Rubini Rock seabird cliffs (Скала Рубини) 01:27:52 bowhead whale 01:28:07 Northbrook Island (Остров Нортбрук) 01:28:45 visit to walrus haulout on Northbrook Island --- Murmansk (Мурманск) --- 01:32:10 pilot boards ship in Murmansk Fjord 01:32:42 meeting Russian nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine 01:33:22 Northern Fleet Base at Severomorsk (Северомо́рск) 01:33:59 aircraft carrier 'Admiral Kuznetsov' 01:34:51 RosAtomflot (Росатомфлот) nuclear icebreakers 01:35:33 activity at Murmansk coal dock 01:36:14 'Defenders of the Soviet Arctic' Memorial (Защитникам Советского Заполярья в годы Великой Отечественной войны) 01:36:23 views around Murmansk (Мурманск) 01:36:42 Airborne Forces Day activities (Воздушно-десантные войска) 01:37:29 military display by Northern Fleet Naval Infantry (Морская пехота) --- Svalbard --- 01:39:50 Svalbard __________________________________________________________________ Note: Travelogues and more videos available at http://travelogues.x10.mx/ and my YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/tletter).