|  | Nuclear Ninety NorthEclipse of the Midnight SunAugust 1st, 2008 |       | 
| 2008-07-20 18:57 UTC | Click images for reduced size. | 
Looking back toward Murmansk, as we continue up the channel, over the helicopter deck. The helicopter is an Mi-8.
| 2008-07-20 19:30 UTC | 69°27.13'N 33°18.42'E | 
Further up the channel is the Severomorsk Russian naval base, administrative headquarters of the Russian Northern Fleet, with the customary agglomeration of massive Soviet apartment blocks.
| 2008-07-20 20:10 UTC | 
Open sea visible at last!
| 2008-07-20 20:53 UTC | 
As we pass into the Barents Sea, this is the last land we'll see before arriving at Franz Josef Land.
| by John Walker August 20th, 2008 |       | 
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