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Arctic Video 2001 DXpedition
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This is the Central Arctic, the Kara Sea, one of the most formidable places on our planet.
Quite recently these blocks of ice, these fields of snow and multitude of islands, which stretch from the northern borders of the Soviet Union to the North Pole itself, were proudly named the Arctic possessions of the USSR.
These islands are not to be found on any ordinary geographical map. These islands served as aerodromes for strategic bombers to take off and to land. Nuclear weapons were tested here and missiles were launched from local launch pads…
One can find the traces of the past military splendor on these deserted clumps of land… Like sunken ships, on them lingers the memory of those who served here.
In April 2001, an unusual expedition left Norilsk for the lost islands of the Central Arctic. The participants were ham radio operators, well-known in Russia and abroad. They went in order to broadcast from this frozen edge of the world..
