April 20, 2012. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, meets with members of the Russian Antarctic Expedition in the residence at Government House. Nikolai Vasilyev, head of the well-drilling department at St. Petersburg State Mining University, is on the left.20.04.2012#1099451
April 20, 2012. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left center, meets with members of the Russian Antarctic Expedition in the residence at Government House.20.04.2012#1099450
April 20, 2012. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with members of the Russian Antarctic Expedition in the residence at Government House.20.04.2012#1099449
April 20, 2012. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left center, meets with members of the Russian Antarctic Expedition in the residence at Government House.20.04.2012#1099448
April 20, 2012. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with members of the Russian Antarctic Expedition in the residence at Government House.20.04.2012#1099447
April 20, 2012. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, meets with members of the Russian Antarctic Expedition in the residence at Government House. Nikolai Vasilyev, head of the well-drilling department at St. Petersburg State Mining University, is on the left.20.04.2012#1099446
April 20, 2012. Russian Natural Resources and Environment Minister Yuri Trutnev and Yevgeny Zolotov, lead drilling engineer at the Vostok station, part of the seasonal staff of the 57th Russian Antarctic Expedition, right to left, meet with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in the residence at Government House.20.04.2012#1099445
April 20, 2012. Vladimir Lipenkov, laboratory chief at the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute of the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring, and Valery Lukin, deputy director of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute and head of the 56th Russian Antarctic expedition, left to right, meet with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in the residence at Government House.20.04.2012#1099444
April 20, 2012. Alexei Turkeyev, head of the Voskok station of the 56th Russian Antarctic Expedition, meets with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in the residence at Government House.20.04.2012#1099443
April 20, 2012. Eduard Zagrivny, professor at St. Petersburg State Mining University and a member of the Antarctic expeditions in 1974, meets with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in the residence at Government House.20.04.2012#1099442
April 20, 2012. Eduard Zagrivny, professor at St. Petersburg State Mining University and a member of the Antarctic expeditions in 1974, meets with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in the residence at Government House.20.04.2012#1099441
April 20, 2012. Pavel Teterev, leading specialist of the 56th Russian Antarctic Expedition and a researcher at the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute of the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring, meets with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in the residence at Government House.20.04.2012#1099440
April 20, 2012. Valery Lukin, deputy director of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute and head of the 56th Russian Antarctic expedition, center, meets with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in the residence at Government House.20.04.2012#1099438
