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VI. Russia
A huge Arctic area; travelling and working in the Russian arctic generally requires the
assistance of Russian polar co-ordinators such as those found at organisations listed below.
The Russian Arctic has, when compared with the North American Arctic, a considerably
larger native population with more frequent and larger settlements. It has some hundreds of
scientists, thousands of servicemen and tens of thousands of indigenous inhabitants
engaged in old time practices of hunting, fishing and extensive reindeer herding.
Permissions:
Expeditions going to the Russian Arctic will find it almost impossible not to work through
recognised polar co-ordinators/facilitators in Russia.
Contacts Russian Federation
Agency Vicaar Ltd, Marata 24a, 191040, St. Petersburg, Russia. Tel +7 812 113 2781;
fax: +7 812 , email: vicar@mail.wplus.net164 6818. Headed by Victor Boyarksi
who crossed Antarctica and Arctic Ocean with Will Steger. Vicaar provides
logistical advice and support to polar expeditions and trips to North Pole. Web:
www.vicaar.spb.ru
Arctic and Antarctic Russian Institute 38 Bering Street, St Petersburg 199397
Russia www.nw.ru/aari/nw/ru; tel: +7 812 352 1520; fax: +7 812 352 2688.
Cerpolex Cercles Polaires Expeditions, 4, Passage de la Main d’Or, 75011 Paris, France.
Tel. 00 33 0143147494. Website: www.polarcircle.com. Co-ordinate the running of
Barnes Ice Camp 89ºN each April.
Minsk Bearing Factory, Minsk, Belorus. Suppliers of motorised wheeled buggies that
have been driven to South Pole. www.mpz.com.by
Moscow Adventure Club, Rusakovskaia str 1 6ld 3, 107140, Moscow. Tel: 7 095 264
9583. Headed by Dimitri Shparo. www.shparo.com
Polus, Arctic and Antarctic Research Centre. Moscow. Operate the floating ice stations
such as SP32 and SP33.
Books
BARR, S. et Al (1995) Franz Josef Land. Norwegian Polar Institute Polar Handbook No 8.
with one page summaries in Norwegian, German, Polish, Russian and French ISBN
82-7666-095-9 175pp.
BRONTMAN, L (1938) On top of the World: the Soviet expedition to the North Pole in
1937. Victor Gallanex Ltd, London. English text. 281pp.
FUCHS, A (1999) Abentever Russiche Arktis. Delius Klasing, Germany. 190pp. A German
text account of Arved Fuchs’ ICESAIL expedition by boat through the Russian
Arctic.
GJELDNES, R (2001) Dead Men Walking. An English text account of an unsupported
2000km trek across the Arctic Ocean. Available from www.extremeplanet.com.
JACOBSON, J (2004) Roaming Russia. An adventurer’s guide to Off the Beaten Track
Russia and Siberia. IUniverse Inc. 224pp.
JOHNSON, C. (1995) The Devils Labyrinth – Encounters with the Arctic. Swan Hill Press,
Shrewsbury: 144pp. ISBN 1853102113. Account of authors’ various sled hauling
expeditions to reach the North Pole. It includes one attempt from Russian side.
MAIER, F (1994) Trekking in Russia and Central Asia. Published by the Mountaineers,
Seattle, USA. Has sections on Kamchatka, Chukotka and Northern Urals.