A whale being dragged onto the shore in Greenland. One of “The Stolen Moments” from the new photo exhibit in Moscow, Russia.  Photo by Galya Morrell.

A whale being dragged onto the shore in Greenland. One of “The Stolen Moments” from the new photo exhibit in Moscow, Russia. Photo by Galya Morrell.

The photos follow a sailing trip of over 4,000 kilometers in an open boat. Photo by Galya Morrell. From The Stolen Moments Photo Exhibition in Moscow, Russia.

The photos follow a sailing trip of over 4,000 kilometers in an open boat. Photo by Galya Morrell.

Hooray! The photo exhibition “The Stolen Moments,” that features a recent brave motor boat journey to the Ultimate North of Greenland – Avannaa Expedition, takes place in Moscow, Russia.

Yes, that’s the very Arctic expedition we dedicated the last posts!

The Moscow Times gives a great insight into the photo exhibition open at the Qiwi Group building on Petrovsky Pereulok.

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Children of the Arctic Festival. Photo By Galya Morrell.

Children of the Arctic Festival. Photo By Galya Morrell.

It is already a big event and a big tradition. This year The Children of the Arctic International Festival is arranged by Shparo‘s Adventure Club under the support of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation for the third time. It started at the Youth Almaz Center in the town of Ruza on Aug. 20th and ended in Korelia on Sep. 02.

More than 100 children from the Arctic regions participated in the festival. They were from 11 Russian ones (Arkhangelskaia Oblast, Vologodaskaia Oblast, Moscow, Murmanskaia Oblast, Nenetzky Autonomous District, Karelia Republic, Komi Republic, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetzky Municipal District, Chukotsky autonomous district, Yamalo-Nenetzky autonomous district as well as from Greenland, Denmark, Iceland, Sweden.

The mission remains the same and, probably, won’t be changed ever, as it is the key stone of the mordern Arctic youth. It’s to unite children of the Arctic region to settle the common problems under the slogan “Our Arctic – Our Future.”

The Festival is carried out by the Organizing Committee, including prominent official authorities of Russia such as Dr. Arthur Chilingarov, Special Representative for Arctic and Antarctic Issues to the President Russian Federation, Vasily Zhukov, academician, Rector of the Russian State Social University, Dr. Dmitry Shparo, General Director of the Adventure Club.

And you know what? There was our friend Galya Morrell, co-leader of Uummannaq Music Project.

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Russian winter in Moscow. Photographs by Olga Boiko.

Moscow is celebrating New Year and Orthodox Christmas now. How does the major Russian city look in winter? It is festive, snowy and… Well, you’d better look at Olga Boiko’s splendid photographs of the magic Russian winter. (more…)

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Bitter frost hit Moscow. I would like to say that Yakutians only enjoy the current cold weather there, but that’s not true :) Moscovite women seem to be glad as well. It is right time to show their glamour look. Why? Read the feature I digged today.

Deidre Dare, a Moscow News columnist, writes in his story ‘Polar Attraction’:

The absolute best thing about winter in Moscow is wearing fur. (more…)

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This December turned out to be very strange in Russia’s West, South and Primorye. Sudden frost replaced unseasonal warmth.

Moscow in cold

The current month began in Moscow without usual snow. On December 3, Russia’s capital experienced 8.2 degrees Celsius. Bears at the zoo were unable to begin hibernating, and mushrooms started growing in nearby forests. On Tuesday everything was changed.

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