
Expedition
Log

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August 17, 2001
Souvenir Album:
Cape Dezhnev and
Lorino Village, Russian Far East
Images
Cape Dezhnev
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Abandoned
village of Naukan on Cape Dezhnev, Mechigmanskiy
Bay, Russia as seen from the deck of the Clipper
Odyssey. (Photo by National Ocean Service,
NOAA).
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Meat cache
with whalebone roof in the former village of
Naukan. (Photo by National Ocean Service,
NOAA).
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Remnant of
2,000 year-old stone house pit. The remains of the
village of Naukan are an important historical
representation of the Eskimo culture. (Photo by
National Ocean Service, NOAA).
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Whale ribs on
the hillside of Cape Dezhnev. (Photo by National
Ocean Service, NOAA).
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Harriman
Retraced participants investigate a house pit in
Naukan. (Photo by National Ocean Service,
NOAA).
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Soviet built
monument/lighthouse to Semen Dezhnev, the first
Russian explorer known to have traveled around the
cape at the far northeast corner of Asia in 1648.
(Photo by National Ocean Service, NOAA).
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Soviet
military outpost, structure was built in 1963.
(Photo by National Ocean Service, NOAA).
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Example of a
collapsing Soviet era structure on Cape Dezhnev.
Similar buildings were located in close proximity
to the remains of the older Eskimo village. (Photo
by National Ocean Service, NOAA).
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Lorino Village
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Dancers from
the village of Lorino greet the incoming Zodiacs on
the beach. (Photo by National Ocean Service,
NOAA).
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A young man
dressed in traditional costume performs for the
crowd. (Photo by National Ocean Service,
NOAA).
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Community
dancers. (Photo by National Ocean Service,
NOAA).
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Group of
young women enthusiastically dance for the crowd.
(Photo by National Ocean Service, NOAA).
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Young girl
wearing a traditional style headdress. (Photo by
National Ocean Service, NOAA).
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Soviet
military watch tower in village of Lorino. (Photo
by National Ocean Service, NOAA).
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Military
armored personnel carrier driving down the street
of Lorino. (Photo by National Ocean Service,
NOAA).
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Though poor,
the town of Lorino did have electricity and running
water, as shown by this electrical plant. (Photo by
National Ocean Service, NOAA).
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Smoke stack
protruding from the electrical plant in Lorino.
(Photo by National Ocean Service, NOAA).
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Example of a
single-family home in the village of Lorino. (Photo
by National Ocean Service, NOAA).
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A fox farm
was one of the sources for income in Lorino. (Photo
by National Ocean Service, NOAA).
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A typical
soviet-style apartment building in Lorino. Notice
the motorcycle with sidecar parked in front. (Photo
by National Ocean Service, NOAA).
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