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The polar bears living in an abandoned Arctic weather station
In September 2021, Russian wildlife photographer Dmitry Kokh and his team were sailing around the wild and remote Chukotka Peninsula in Russia's extreme northeast. They were hoping to visit ...
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Remember the Russian men who fled to Alaska to avoid the war in Ukraine? They spoke to this reporter about their ordeal.
CM: It was nerve-racking for so many reasons, right? So they they set off going down the Chukotka Peninsula. And so they're worried about being discovered, you know, found out by the people in ...
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Two Russians looking to avoid military service seek asylum after reaching Alaska
Gambell is about 200 miles (320 kilometers) southwest of the western Alaska hub community of Nome and about 36 miles (58 kilometers) from the Chukotka Peninsula, Siberia, according to a community ...
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Alaska-Chukotka: when cousins reunite
Sarah Hurst tells the story. The Chukotka peninsula in the Russian Far East contains the Chukchi Autonomous District, the home of several indigenous peoples - Chukchi, Eskimo, Yupik, Even ...
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2 Russians seek asylum in U.S. after reaching remote Alaskan island in small boat, officials say
Gambell is about 200 miles southwest of the western Alaska hub community of Nome and about 36 miles from the Chukotka Peninsula, Siberia. In a statement, Murkowski said the federal response to the ...
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Two Russian men flee forced military service by boating to Alaska
Gambell is approximately 200 miles (320km) southwest from Nome and about 36m (58km) from the Chukotka Peninsula in Siberia. Ms Murkowski, a Republican, said in a joint press release with Mr ...
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Indigenous Yupik women in Russia’s Arctic adapt to the changing times - National Geographic
In Chukotka, a region in the Russian far east, women still speak about the displacement they experienced during the 1950s when many indigenous people were pushed to larger settlements with state ...
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Two floating nuclear plants for Chukotka
[Rosatom, 4 April] Rosenergoatom plans to launch a floating nuclear power plant by 2012 near the town of Pevek on Russia's Chukotka peninsula on the East Siberian Sea, with a second to follow in 2019, ...
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Russian "Bear" bomber planes seen near Alaska made to carry heavy payloads - Newsweek
Two Russian Tupolev Tu-95 "Bear" bomber planes capable of carrying heavy payloads over long distances were intercepted as they flew near Alaska on Monday, according to a joint U.S.-Canada air ...
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The polar bears living in an abandoned Arctic weather station - BBC
In September 2021, Russian wildlife photographer Dmitry Kokh and his team were sailing around the wild and remote Chukotka Peninsula in Russia's extreme northeast.
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The polar bears living in an abandoned Arctic weather station
A photographer's iconic shot of polar bears in abandoned buildings on a Russian island shines a spotlight on wider changes in their behaviour. In September 2021, Russian wildlife photographer ...