Next year, the era of expeditions to the North Pole will end on board the most powerful nuclear icebreaker "50 Years of Victory". It will cease to be used as a cruise ship after the end of the Arctic season of 2015.

The icebreaker "50 Years of Victory" belonging to "Rostatomflot" carried out tourist cruises to the North Pole since 2008, and in 2013 delivered the Olympic flame to the "Summit of the Planet" . The icebreaker with two nuclear reactors capable of producing 75,000 horsepower is considered the most powerful icebreaker in the world and has the highest ice class . This means that it is able to pave the way where no other vessel can pass . . During the year the vessel was used for its intended purpose - it conducted vessels along the Northern Sea Route . Now the load on the vessel has increased, so the icebreaking tours to the North Pole are stopped . At the moment there is nothing to replace it, other vessels can not cope with the difficult ice situation

End of the icebreaking cruise era

To celebrate your last season of cruise cruises, in the summer of 201 5 years "50 Years of Victory" will go to the North Pole six times: in June and July. This will be the last opportunity for everyone to take part in the adventure of all life

Cruise to the North Pole for "50 Years of Victory" is an opportunity to visit a real atomic icebreaker, to see with your own eyes how he breaks the pack Arctic ice and even glances into the engine separation. Travelers land on the ice at the point of the geographical North Pole and drive around it round dance, arrange a polar barbecue and call friends on satellite communication, and if desired even bathe in the waters of the Arctic Ocean.

For the continuation of the entire expedition, participants can observe the wild nature of the Arctic ( seabirds, whales, walruses and polar bears that often approach the icebreaker), and also land on the Franz Josef Land archipelago, famous for its picturesque landscapes and abandoned polar stations.

• And yet the opportunity to visit the Pole remains with tourists, an ice camp "Barneo" is built on drift ice in April, whence tourists can go to the North Pole by helicopters or skis.
  • Dates of the last cruises:
  • 04.06.2015 - 16.06. 2015
  • 16.06.2015 - 27.06.2015
  • 27.06.2015 - 08.07.2015
  • 09.07.2015 - 20.07.2015
  • 20.07.2015 - 31.07.2015

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