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Russian polar explorers descend on drifting ice floe

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On Monday, Day 10 of the Arctic expedition, Russian polar explorers started unloading their equipment and supplies on a drifting ice floe they will call home for the next year or so.

On Monday, Day 10 of the Arctic expedition, Russian polar explorers started unloading their equipment and supplies on a drifting ice floe they will call home for the next year or so.

© RIA Novosti . Alexander StelliferovskyOn Monday, Day 10 of the Arctic expedition, Russian polar explorers started unloading their equipment and supplies on a drifting ice floe they will call home for the next year or so.
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On Monday, Day 10 of the Arctic expedition, Russian polar explorers started unloading their equipment and supplies on a drifting ice floe they will call home for the next year or so.
© RIA Novosti . Alexander StelliferovskyThe red flags are not a return to the soviet past. They are marking a danger zone near the edge of the ice floe and the helicopter landing pad in the background.
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The red flags are not a return to the soviet past. They are marking a danger zone near the edge of the ice floe and the helicopter landing pad in the background.
© RIA Novosti . Alexander StelliferovskyThe edge of the ice floe.
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The edge of the ice floe.
© RIA Novosti . Alexander StelliferovskyThe edge of the ice floe.
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The edge of the ice floe.
© RIA Novosti . Alexander StelliferovskyThe first of the expedition’s two tractors being put onto the ice floe.

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The first of the expedition’s two tractors being put onto the ice floe.

© RIA Novosti . Alexander StelliferovskyAt first, the tractor failed to start, but the problems were soon solved.
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At first, the tractor failed to start, but the problems were soon solved.
© RIA Novosti . Alexander StelliferovskyThe tractor pulling the first load of construction materials.
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The tractor pulling the first load of construction materials.
© RIA Novosti . Alexander StelliferovskyThe dogs were the first to run down the ramp onto the ice floe.
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The dogs were the first to run down the ramp onto the ice floe.
© RIA Novosti . Alexander StelliferovskyVery hazardous area - one of the crewmembers sank chest-high under the floe, but everything turned out well.
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Very hazardous area - one of the crewmembers sank chest-high under the floe, but everything turned out well.
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