Leading crewman Andrei Dubinin performs the song "Katyusha" for the crew as they celebrate the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, on board the Admiral Vladimirsky vessel in the Indian Ocean off the coast of the South African Republic. On December 2019 the research vessel Admiral Vladimirsky went on a round-the-world expedition to the shores of Antarctica, dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the continent’s opening by Russian naval sailors on the Vostok and Mirny sloops under the command of Thaddeus Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev, as well as to 250th birth anniversary of Admiral Ivan Kruzenshtern. The aim of the expedition is to conduct complex oceanographic research in the Antarctic region and along the route, determining the location of the island of Peter the Great and studying the parameters of the earth's magnetic field in order to clarify the position of the South Magnetic Pole.

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Leading crewman Andrei Dubinin performs the song "Katyusha" for the crew as they celebrate the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, on board the Admiral Vladimirsky vessel in the Indian Ocean off the coast of the South African Republic. On December 2019 the research vessel Admiral Vladimirsky went on a round-the-world expedition to the shores of Antarctica, dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the continent’s opening by Russian naval sailors on the Vostok and Mirny sloops under the command of Thaddeus Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev, as well as to 250th birth anniversary of Admiral Ivan Kruzenshtern. The aim of the expedition is to conduct complex oceanographic research in the Antarctic region and along the route, determining the location of the island of Peter the Great and studying the parameters of the earth's magnetic field in order to clarify the position of the South Magnetic Pole.

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Crew members observe a minute silence to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, on board the Admiral Vladimirsky vessel in the Indian Ocean off the coast of the South African Republic. On December 2019 the research vessel Admiral Vladimirsky went on a round-the-world expedition to the shores of Antarctica, dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the continent’s opening by Russian naval sailors on the Vostok and Mirny sloops under the command of Thaddeus Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev, as well as to 250th birth anniversary of Admiral Ivan Kruzenshtern. The aim of the expedition is to conduct complex oceanographic research in the Antarctic region and along the route, determining the location of the island of Peter the Great and studying the parameters of the earth's magnetic field in order to clarify the position of the South Magnetic Pole.

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Crew members observe a minute silence to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, on board the Admiral Vladimirsky vessel in the Indian Ocean off the coast of the South African Republic. On December 2019 the research vessel Admiral Vladimirsky went on a round-the-world expedition to the shores of Antarctica, dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the continent’s opening by Russian naval sailors on the Vostok and Mirny sloops under the command of Thaddeus Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev, as well as to 250th birth anniversary of Admiral Ivan Kruzenshtern. The aim of the expedition is to conduct complex oceanographic research in the Antarctic region and along the route, determining the location of the island of Peter the Great and studying the parameters of the earth's magnetic field in order to clarify the position of the South Magnetic Pole.

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Crew members observe a minute silence to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, on board the Admiral Vladimirsky vessel in the Indian Ocean off the coast of the South African Republic. On December 2019 the research vessel Admiral Vladimirsky went on a round-the-world expedition to the shores of Antarctica, dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the continent’s opening by Russian naval sailors on the Vostok and Mirny sloops under the command of Thaddeus Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev, as well as to 250th birth anniversary of Admiral Ivan Kruzenshtern. The aim of the expedition is to conduct complex oceanographic research in the Antarctic region and along the route, determining the location of the island of Peter the Great and studying the parameters of the earth's magnetic field in order to clarify the position of the South Magnetic Pole.

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Crew members observe a minute silence to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, on board the Admiral Vladimirsky vessel in the Indian Ocean off the coast of the South African Republic. On December 2019 the research vessel Admiral Vladimirsky went on a round-the-world expedition to the shores of Antarctica, dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the continent’s opening by Russian naval sailors on the Vostok and Mirny sloops under the command of Thaddeus Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev, as well as to 250th birth anniversary of Admiral Ivan Kruzenshtern. The aim of the expedition is to conduct complex oceanographic research in the Antarctic region and along the route, determining the location of the island of Peter the Great and studying the parameters of the earth's magnetic field in order to clarify the position of the South Magnetic Pole.

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Crew members hold a wreath and portraits of their relatives as they celebrate the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, on board the Admiral Vladimirsky vessel in the Indian Ocean off the coast of the South African Republic. On December 2019 the research vessel Admiral Vladimirsky went on a round-the-world expedition to the shores of Antarctica, dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the continent’s opening by Russian naval sailors on the Vostok and Mirny sloops under the command of Thaddeus Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev, as well as to 250th birth anniversary of Admiral Ivan Kruzenshtern. The aim of the expedition is to conduct complex oceanographic research in the Antarctic region and along the route, determining the location of the island of Peter the Great and studying the parameters of the earth's magnetic field in order to clarify the position of the South Magnetic Pole.

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Crew members stand in formation as they celebrate the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, on board the Admiral Vladimirsky vessel in the Indian Ocean off the coast of the South African Republic. On December 2019 the research vessel Admiral Vladimirsky went on a round-the-world expedition to the shores of Antarctica, dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the continent’s opening by Russian naval sailors on the Vostok and Mirny sloops under the command of Thaddeus Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev, as well as to 250th birth anniversary of Admiral Ivan Kruzenshtern. The aim of the expedition is to conduct complex oceanographic research in the Antarctic region and along the route, determining the location of the island of Peter the Great and studying the parameters of the earth's magnetic field in order to clarify the position of the South Magnetic Pole.

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An arial view shows crew members standing in formation as they celebrate the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, on board the Admiral Vladimirsky vessel in the Indian Ocean off the coast of the South African Republic. On December 2019 the research vessel Admiral Vladimirsky went on a round-the-world expedition to the shores of Antarctica, dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the continent’s opening by Russian naval sailors on the Vostok and Mirny sloops under the command of Thaddeus Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev, as well as to 250th birth anniversary of Admiral Ivan Kruzenshtern. The aim of the expedition is to conduct complex oceanographic research in the Antarctic region and along the route, determining the location of the island of Peter the Great and studying the parameters of the earth's magnetic field in order to clarify the position of the South Magnetic Pole.

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An arial view shows the Admiral Vladimirsky vessel in the Indian Ocean off the coast of the South African Republic. On December 2019 the research vessel Admiral Vladimirsky went on a round-the-world expedition to the shores of Antarctica, dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the continent’s opening by Russian naval sailors on the Vostok and Mirny sloops under the command of Thaddeus Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev, as well as to 250th birth anniversary of Admiral Ivan Kruzenshtern. The aim of the expedition is to conduct complex oceanographic research in the Antarctic region and along the route, determining the location of the island of Peter the Great and studying the parameters of the earth's magnetic field in order to clarify the position of the South Magnetic Pole.

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An arial view shows the Admiral Vladimirsky vessel in the Indian Ocean off the coast of the South African Republic. On December 2019 the research vessel Admiral Vladimirsky went on a round-the-world expedition to the shores of Antarctica, dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the continent’s opening by Russian naval sailors on the Vostok and Mirny sloops under the command of Thaddeus Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev, as well as to 250th birth anniversary of Admiral Ivan Kruzenshtern. The aim of the expedition is to conduct complex oceanographic research in the Antarctic region and along the route, determining the location of the island of Peter the Great and studying the parameters of the earth's magnetic field in order to clarify the position of the South Magnetic Pole.

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Crew members fire a gun salute during a service of remembrance as they celebrate the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, on board the Admiral Vladimirsky vessel in the Indian Ocean off the coast of the South African Republic. On December 2019 the research vessel Admiral Vladimirsky went on a round-the-world expedition to the shores of Antarctica, dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the continent’s opening by Russian naval sailors on the Vostok and Mirny sloops under the command of Thaddeus Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev, as well as to 250th birth anniversary of Admiral Ivan Kruzenshtern. The aim of the expedition is to conduct complex oceanographic research in the Antarctic region and along the route, determining the location of the island of Peter the Great and studying the parameters of the earth's magnetic field in order to clarify the position of the South Magnetic Pole.

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Crew members lay a wreath into the water during a service of remembrance as they celebrate the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, on board the Admiral Vladimirsky vessel in the Indian Ocean off the coast of the South African Republic. On December 2019 the research vessel Admiral Vladimirsky went on a round-the-world expedition to the shores of Antarctica, dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the continent’s opening by Russian naval sailors on the Vostok and Mirny sloops under the command of Thaddeus Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev, as well as to 250th birth anniversary of Admiral Ivan Kruzenshtern. The aim of the expedition is to conduct complex oceanographic research in the Antarctic region and along the route, determining the location of the island of Peter the Great and studying the parameters of the earth's magnetic field in order to clarify the position of the South Magnetic Pole.

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Crew members lay a wreath into the water during a service of remembrance as they celebrate the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, on board the Admiral Vladimirsky vessel in the Indian Ocean off the coast of the South African Republic. On December 2019 the research vessel Admiral Vladimirsky went on a round-the-world expedition to the shores of Antarctica, dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the continent’s opening by Russian naval sailors on the Vostok and Mirny sloops under the command of Thaddeus Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev, as well as to 250th birth anniversary of Admiral Ivan Kruzenshtern. The aim of the expedition is to conduct complex oceanographic research in the Antarctic region and along the route, determining the location of the island of Peter the Great and studying the parameters of the earth's magnetic field in order to clarify the position of the South Magnetic Pole.

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Crew members holds portraits of his relatives and a replica of the so-called Victory Standard as they celebrates the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, on board the Admiral Vladimirsky vessel in the Indian Ocean off the coast of the South African Republic. On December 2019 the research vessel Admiral Vladimirsky went on a round-the-world expedition to the shores of Antarctica, dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the continent’s opening by Russian naval sailors on the Vostok and Mirny sloops under the command of Thaddeus Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev, as well as to 250th birth anniversary of Admiral Ivan Kruzenshtern. The aim of the expedition is to conduct complex oceanographic research in the Antarctic region and along the route, determining the location of the island of Peter the Great and studying the parameters of the earth's magnetic field in order to clarify the position of the South Magnetic Pole.

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A crew member holds portraits of his relatives and a replica of the so-called Victory Standard as he celebrates the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, on board the Admiral Vladimirsky vessel in the Indian Ocean off the coast of the South African Republic. On December 2019 the research vessel Admiral Vladimirsky went on a round-the-world expedition to the shores of Antarctica, dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the continent’s opening by Russian naval sailors on the Vostok and Mirny sloops under the command of Thaddeus Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev, as well as to 250th birth anniversary of Admiral Ivan Kruzenshtern. The aim of the expedition is to conduct complex oceanographic research in the Antarctic region and along the route, determining the location of the island of Peter the Great and studying the parameters of the earth's magnetic field in order to clarify the position of the South Magnetic Pole.

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Crew members hold portraits of their relatives as they celebrate the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, on board the Admiral Vladimirsky vessel in the Indian Ocean off the coast of the South African Republic. On December 2019 the research vessel Admiral Vladimirsky went on a round-the-world expedition to the shores of Antarctica, dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the continent’s opening by Russian naval sailors on the Vostok and Mirny sloops under the command of Thaddeus Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev, as well as to 250th birth anniversary of Admiral Ivan Kruzenshtern. The aim of the expedition is to conduct complex oceanographic research in the Antarctic region and along the route, determining the location of the island of Peter the Great and studying the parameters of the earth's magnetic field in order to clarify the position of the South Magnetic Pole.

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Crew members stand in formation as they celebrate the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, on board the Admiral Vladimirsky vessel in the Indian Ocean off the coast of the South African Republic. On December 2019 the research vessel Admiral Vladimirsky went on a round-the-world expedition to the shores of Antarctica, dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the continent’s opening by Russian naval sailors on the Vostok and Mirny sloops under the command of Thaddeus Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev, as well as to 250th birth anniversary of Admiral Ivan Kruzenshtern. The aim of the expedition is to conduct complex oceanographic research in the Antarctic region and along the route, determining the location of the island of Peter the Great and studying the parameters of the earth's magnetic field in order to clarify the position of the South Magnetic Pole.

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Crew members lay a wreath into the water during a service of remembrance as they celebrate the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, on board the Admiral Vladimirsky vessel in the Indian Ocean off the coast of the South African Republic. On December 2019 the research vessel Admiral Vladimirsky went on a round-the-world expedition to the shores of Antarctica, dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the continent’s opening by Russian naval sailors on the Vostok and Mirny sloops under the command of Thaddeus Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev, as well as to 250th birth anniversary of Admiral Ivan Kruzenshtern. The aim of the expedition is to conduct complex oceanographic research in the Antarctic region and along the route, determining the location of the island of Peter the Great and studying the parameters of the earth's magnetic field in order to clarify the position of the South Magnetic Pole.

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Crew members hold portraits of their relatives as they celebrate the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, on board the Admiral Vladimirsky vessel in the Indian Ocean off the coast of the South African Republic. On December 2019 the research vessel Admiral Vladimirsky went on a round-the-world expedition to the shores of Antarctica, dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the continent’s opening by Russian naval sailors on the Vostok and Mirny sloops under the command of Thaddeus Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev, as well as to 250th birth anniversary of Admiral Ivan Kruzenshtern. The aim of the expedition is to conduct complex oceanographic research in the Antarctic region and along the route, determining the location of the island of Peter the Great and studying the parameters of the earth's magnetic field in order to clarify the position of the South Magnetic Pole.

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Crew members hold portraits of their relatives as they celebrate the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, on board the Admiral Vladimirsky vessel in the Indian Ocean off the coast of the South African Republic. On December 2019 the research vessel Admiral Vladimirsky went on a round-the-world expedition to the shores of Antarctica, dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the continent’s opening by Russian naval sailors on the Vostok and Mirny sloops under the command of Thaddeus Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev, as well as to 250th birth anniversary of Admiral Ivan Kruzenshtern. The aim of the expedition is to conduct complex oceanographic research in the Antarctic region and along the route, determining the location of the island of Peter the Great and studying the parameters of the earth's magnetic field in order to clarify the position of the South Magnetic Pole.

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Crew members hold portraits of their relatives as they celebrate the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, on board the Admiral Vladimirsky vessel in the Indian Ocean off the coast of the South African Republic. On December 2019 the research vessel Admiral Vladimirsky went on a round-the-world expedition to the shores of Antarctica, dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the continent’s opening by Russian naval sailors on the Vostok and Mirny sloops under the command of Thaddeus Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev, as well as to 250th birth anniversary of Admiral Ivan Kruzenshtern. The aim of the expedition is to conduct complex oceanographic research in the Antarctic region and along the route, determining the location of the island of Peter the Great and studying the parameters of the earth's magnetic field in order to clarify the position of the South Magnetic Pole.

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Crew members practice a gun salute as they celebrate the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, on board the Admiral Vladimirsky vessel in the Indian Ocean off the coast of the South African Republic. On December 2019 the research vessel Admiral Vladimirsky went on a round-the-world expedition to the shores of Antarctica, dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the continent’s opening by Russian naval sailors on the Vostok and Mirny sloops under the command of Thaddeus Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev, as well as to 250th birth anniversary of Admiral Ivan Kruzenshtern. The aim of the expedition is to conduct complex oceanographic research in the Antarctic region and along the route, determining the location of the island of Peter the Great and studying the parameters of the earth's magnetic field in order to clarify the position of the South Magnetic Pole.

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The Admiral Vladimirsky crew are getting ready for Victory Day celebrations. The Admiral Vladimirsky oceaonographic vessel is on a round-the-world expedition marking the bicentenary of the discovery of Antarctica by Russian seafarers. The ship is currently in the INdian Ocean off the coast of the South African Republic.

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