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Drifting Station Ceremonies58 viewsFlag ceremonies at North Pole stations typically marked the establishment of each new team. Image credit: EWG.
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Drifting Station Ceremonies57 viewsSimilar to the opening ceremonies, the closing ceremonies also involved firing guns and rifles. This ceremony commemorates the closing of North Pole Station 25. Image credit: EWG.
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Scientific Instruments56 viewsA closer view of the instrument array at NP-21. The camp buildings in the background are just visible through the blowing snow. Image credit: EWG.
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Life on a Drifting Station55 viewsThe main airplane, Ilyushin 14 (IL-14) used for transporting personnel and cargo. Image credit: EWG.
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Arctic Buildings52 viewsAlthough summers posed the hazards of melt water, the winters posed problems with deeply drifting snow. In winter, windblown snow had to be cleared from the entrance of this aerological (radiosounding) hut. Image credit: EWG.
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Scientific Instruments52 viewsStation members were responsible for recording measurements from a variety of different instruments. Shown here is an array of meteorological instruments at NP-21. From left are the instrument for solar radiation measurement (pyranometer, albedometer, actinometer and balancemeter), the shelter housing thermometers for air temperature and humidity and the hair hygrometer, the precipitation gauge (Tetrakov type), and the anemometer, which is mounted on a mast at 10 meters. Image credit: EWG.
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Polar Bears51 viewsBeyond the ridges of ice, dogs chase the polar bear, ensuring that it does not approach the camp. Image credit: EWG.
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Scientific Instruments50 viewsAn IVO device for measuring the base height of cloud cover. IVO is the Russian abbreviation for this instrument. Image credit: EWG.
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Drifting Station Ceremonies48 viewsPart of the opening ceremonies involved the firing of guns and rifles. Image credit: EWG.
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Polar Bears48 viewsThis station member was just climbing around on the ridges and hummocks of the ice floe, but, like all who ventured away from camp, he carried a rifle for protection from polar bears. Image credit: EWG.
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Scientific Instruments48 viewsInstrument masts were insulated using mounds of hay to help keep them upright and prevent the snow from melting out from around them. Image credit: EWG.
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Scientific Instruments47 viewsA radio-sounding locator antenna. Image credit: EWG.
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