Russia’s Northern Fleet Cuts Through Arctic Ice in First-Ever Shokalsky Strait Passage

 / Go to the mediabankMarshal Ustinov guided-missile cruiser joins a naval exercise held by the Russian Northern Fleet in the Barents Sea, in Severomorsk, Russia / Go to the mediabank

The route ran between the islands of the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago in heavy ice conditions, the Russian Defense Ministry notes.A Ka-29 helicopter was launched from aboard the ice-class patrol ship Ivan Papanin to conduct aerial reconnaissance of the route.To pass through the strait, a training alert was declared on the ships, and the crews successfully assessed this new area for future operations of the Russian Navy, the Russian Defense Ministry says.MilitaryRussia’s Northern Fleet Holds Large-Scale Exercise in Barents Sea3 August, 06:58 GMT

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