First Vice-President of the Russian Geographical Society, member of the Russian Federation Council and member-correspondent of the Russian Academy of Sciences Artur Chilingarov, 3rd from right, speaks at a ceremony before the departure of the nuclear icebreaker carrying the Olympic flame to the North Pole.15.10.2013#2301911
General Director of the FSUE "Atomflot" Vyacheslav Ruksha and the Governor of the Murmansk region Marina Kovtun at the ceremony before the departure of the nuclear icebreaker carrying the Olympic flame to the North Pole.15.10.2013#2301910
The nuclear icebreaker "50 Years of Victory" with the symbols of the 2014 Olympic Games in the port of Murmansk.15.10.2013#2301863
Captain of the "50 Years of Victory" icebreaker Valentin Davydyants holds the flask with the Olympic flame at the ceremony before the departure of the nuclear icebreaker carrying the Olympic flame to the North Pole.15.10.2013#2301862
Captain of the "50 Let Pobedy" icebreaker Valentin Daydyants holds a container with the Olympic flame as he boards the ship in the port of Murmansk.15.10.2013#2301704
From left: Captain of the "50 Let Pobedy" icebreaker Valentin Daydyants; Artur Chilingarov, first vice president of the Russian Geographical Society, member of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation and corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Marina Kovtun, Governor of the Murmansk Region, are at the ceremony marking the voyage of a nuclear-powered icebreaker carrying the Olympic flame to the North Pole.15.10.2013#2301703
Captain of the "50 Let Pobedy" icebreaker Valentin Daydyants holds the Olympic flame at the ceremony marking the voyage of a nuclear-powered icebreaker carrying the Olympic flame to the North Pole.15.10.2013#2301702
Captain of the "50 Let Pobedy" icebreaker Valentin Daydyants, left, and Artur Chilingarov, first vice president of the Russian Geographical Society, member of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation and corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, are at the ceremony marking the voyage of a nuclear-powered icebreaker carrying the Olympic flame to the North Pole.15.10.2013#2301701
A man looks through a window of a nuclear-powered "50 Let Pobedy" icebreaker as it sets sail to the North Pole with the Olympic flame.15.10.2013#2301700
A military brass band plays during the ceremony marking the voyage of a nuclear-powered icebreaker carrying the Olympic flame to the North Pole.15.10.2013#2301699
The "50 Let Pobedy" nuclear-powered icebreaker with the Olympic logo in the port of Murmansk.15.10.2013#2301696
Valentin Daydyants, captain of the "50 Let Pobedy" icebreaker holds a container with the Olympic flame as he boards the ship in the port of Murmansk.15.10.2013#2301691
Captain of the "50 Let Pobedy" icebreaker Valentin Daydyants holds a container with the Olympic flame as he boards the ship in the port of Murmansk.15.10.2013#2301690
Marina Kovtun, Governor of the Murmansk Region, is seen here at the ceremony marking the sailing of voyage of a nuclear-powered icebreaker carrying the Olympic flame to the North Pole.15.10.2013#2301689
A military brass band plays during the ceremony marking the voyage of a nuclear-powered icebreaker carrying the Olympic flame to the North Pole.15.10.2013#2301688
