"50 Years of Victory" icebreaker captain Valentin Davydyantz before the Olympic torch relay at the North Pole.

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Projection on the snow during the Olympic torch relay. The North Pole.

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Map of Russia projected on the snow during the Olympic torch relay. The North Pole.

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Projection of the flags of all countries that took part in the Olympic torch relay in the North Pole. Torchbearers seen on the ice standing on their country's flag.

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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 Arthur Chilingarov, during the lighting of the Olympic flame at the North Pole.

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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 Arthur Chilingarov, center, during the Olympic torch relay at the North Pole.

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Director of the Norwegian Polar Institute Jan Gunnar Winther and 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 Arthur Chilingarov, right, during the Olympic torch relay at the North Pole.

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Representative of the Canada Olympic Committee Stephen Podborski and 2013 executive secretary of the Swedish branch of the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) Ilhwa Sjoberg (Sweden) during the Olympic torch relay at the North Pole.

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An oil lamp with Olympic flame seen at the ship's bridge during its arrival in the North Pole.

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View from the helicopter on the nuclear icebreaker "50 Years of Victory", heading to the North Pole.

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View from the helicopter on the nuclear icebreaker "50 Years of Victory", heading to the North Pole.

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A helicopter view of NS 50 Let Pobedy nuclear-powered icebreaker sailing toward the North Pole.

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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 Arthur Chilingarov during the Olympic torch relay at the North Pole.

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Torchbeares lit up the Olympic bowl at the North Pole.

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First Vice-President of the Russian Geographical Society, a member of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Arthur Chilingarov, left front, rector of the Northern (Arctic) Federal University (NARFU) Yelena Kudryashova, "50 Years of Victory" icebreaker captail Valentin Davydyantz, Director of the Norwegian Polar Institute Jan Gunnar Winther, Johnson Steingrimur Doctor of Physical Oceanography (Iceland) and epresentative of the Canada Olympic Committee Stephen Podborski (from left, back) lit up the Olympic bowl at the North Pole.

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First Vice-President of the Russian Geographical Society, a member of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Arthur Chilingarov, left front, 2013 executive secretary of the Swedish branch of the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) Ilhwa Sjoberg (Sweden), Director of the Norwegian Polar Institute Jan Gunnar Winther, Johnson Steingrimur Doctor of Physical Oceanography (Iceland) and representative of the Canada Olympic Committee Stephen Podborski (from left, back) lit up the Olympic bowl at the North Pole.

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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 Arthur Chilingarov, center, during the Olympic torch relay at the North Pole.

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Director of the Norwegian Polar Institute Jan Gunnar Winther during the Olympic torch relay at the North Pole.

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Senior Advisor and Geophysics of the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Christian Markusen, left, passes Olympic flame to Director of the Norwegian Polar Institute Jan Gunnar Winther during the Olympic torch relay at the North Pole.

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Senior Advisor and Geophysics of the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Christian Markusen, right, during the Olympic torch relay at the North Pole.

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Johnson Steingrimur Doctor of Physical Oceanography (Iceland) passes the torch to Senior Advisor and Geophysics of the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Christian Markusen during the Olympic torch relay at the North Pole.

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Johnson Steingrimur Doctor of Physical Oceanography (Iceland) during the Olympic torch relay at the North Pole.

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Johnson Steingrimur Doctor of Physical Oceanography (Iceland) during the Olympic torch relay at the North Pole.

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Representative of the Canada Olympic Committee Stephen Podborski, left, during the Olympic torch relay at the North Pole.

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Representative of the Canada Olympic Committee Stephen Podborski during the Olympic torch relay at the North Pole.

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Representative of the Canada Olympic Committee Stephen Podborski during the Olympic torch relay at the North Pole.

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Representative of the Canada Olympic Committee Stephen Podborski during the Olympic torch relay at the North Pole.

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Vice-President Finance and head of the Finance Office at the University of Arctic (Alaska, Fairbanks) Karen Pat Pitney pases the Olympic torch to representative of the Canada Olympic Committee Stephen Podborski during the Olympic torch relay at the North Pole.

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Vice-President Finance and head of the Finance Office at the University of Arctic (Alaska, Fairbanks) Karen Pat Pitney during the Olympic torch relay at the North Pole.

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Professor at the University of Tromsø Jens Petter Nilsen, left, passes the Olympic flame to Vice-President Finance and head of the Finance Office at the University of Arctic (Alaska, Fairbanks) Karen Pat Pitney during the Olympic torch relay at the North Pole.

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Professor at the University of Tromsø Jens Petter Nilsen during the Olympic torch relay at the North Pole.

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Professor of Arctic policy at the University of Lapland Lassie Heininen (Finland) passes the Olympic flame to professor at the University of Tromsø Jens Petter Nilsen (right) during the Olympic torch relay at the North Pole.

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Professor of the Arctic policy at the University of Lapland Lassie Heininen (Finland) during the Olympic torch relay at the North Pole.

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Professor of the Arctic policy at the University of Lapland Lassie Heininen (Finland)during the Olympic torch relay at the North Pole.

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Professor of the Arctic policy at the University of Lapland Lassie Heininen (Finland)during the Olympic torch relay at the North Pole.

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Rector of the Northern (Arctic) Federal University (NARFU) Yelena Kudryashova during the Olympic torch relay at the North Pole.

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Rector of the Northern (Arctic) Federal University (NARFU) Yelena Kudryashova during the Olympic torch relay at the North Pole.

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Rector of the Northern (Arctic) Federal University (NARFU) Yelena Kudryashova and "50 Years of Victory" icebreaker captain Valentin Davydyantz during the Olympic torch relay at the North Pole.

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Rector of the Northern (Arctic) Federal University (NARFU) Yelena Kudryashova and "50 Years of Victory" icebreaker captain Valentin Davydyantz during the Olympic torch relay at the North Pole.

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"50 Years of Victory" icebreaker captail Valentin Davydyantz during the Olympic torch relay at the North Pole.

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"50 Years of Victory" icebreaker captain Valentin Davydyantz during the Olympic torch relay at the North Pole.

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Representative of the Sochi-2014 organizing committee with a torch before the start of the Olympic torch relay at the North Pole.

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First Vice-President of the Russian Geographical Society, a member of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Arthur Chilingarov during the Olymoic torch relay at the North Pole.

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Torchbeares lit up the Olympic bowl at the North Pole.

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Jan Gunnar Winther (Norway) and 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 Arthur Chilingarov, right, during the Olympic torch relay at the North Pole.

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Johnson Steingrimur Doctor of Physical Oceanography (Iceland) with a torch during the Olympic torch relay at the North Pole.

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Johnson Steingrimur Doctor of Physical Oceanography (Iceland) with a torch during the Olympic torch relay at the North Pole.

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2013 executive secretary of the Swedish branch of the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) Ilhwa Sjoberg (Sweden) passes the torch to Johnson Steingrimur Doctor of Physical Oceanography (Iceland) during the Olympic torch relay at the North Pole.

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2013 executive secretary of the Swedish branch of the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) Ilhwa Sjoberg (Sweden) with the Olympic torch at the North Pole.

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Representative of the Canada Olympic Committee Stephen Podborski, first right, descends from the ice-breaker during the Olympic torch relay at the North Pole.

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professor at the University of Tromsø Jens Petter Nilsen (Norway) passes the Olympic flame to Lassie Heyninen (Finland)during the Olympic torch relay at the North Pole.

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