Two helicopters were used to unload and transport the supplies from the vessel to the “Bharati” station. (Photo: FESCO) This Antarctic season, the diesel-electric Vasily Golovnin has not only supplied its own stations. The ship left Cape Town at the end of...
The “Vasiliy Golovnin” is a Russian icebreaking cargo ship built in the Soviet Union in 1988. The ship is chartered by various nations to supply their Antarctic stations from FESCO. (Photo: FESCO) FESCO Transportation Group has signed a new five-year...
Containers are piling up in the port of Vladivostok. Ships can therefore no longer be unloaded and cargo is delayed in reaching its destination. (Photo: FESCO) A difficult situation has developed in the delivery of goods to Chukotka. From July to September, three...
Ice still hinders passage along the Russian Arctic coast during the winter months. In the future, climate change could massively shorten the icing of the Northern Sea Route in autumn and spring. (Foto: Rosatomflot) The Russian government has announced plans to...
On January 5, the Indian National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCPOR) launched its 40th Antarctic expedition. The 43 members of the expedition are expected to reach Antarctica in 30-45 days on the Russian icebreaker MV “Vasiliy Golovnin”...