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ARCTIC-2007

MVK is the information partner of a High-latitude Arctic expedition

From time eternal Russian pioneers have been researching the polar latitudes. Exactly 70 years ago four brave Papaninites landed at the North Pole, and today the Russian “polyarnics” keep the ball rolling.

The programme of the International Polar Year includes the High-latitude Arctic expedition “Arctic-2007” the meaning of which cannot be overestimated for Russia as it is the largest expedition to the high Arctic latitudes in recent years. Today over a hundred scientists from ten scientific institutions do wide research.

The historical diving of “Mir-1” and “Mir-2” at the North Pole
“Mir-1” crew: Arthur Chilingarov, Anatoly Sagalevich, Vladimir Gruzdev.
“Mir-2” crew: Evgeny Cherniyayev, Frederic Paulsen, Mike McDowell.

On August 2nd, 2007 the deep water manned vehicles “Mir-1” and “Mir-2” dived to the Arctic ocean floor and set the Russian flag there! The bathyscaphes laid the capsule with the Russian flag and a message for future descendants, and the soil and fauna analysis will help to define the borders of the Russian arctic continental plate.

The Russians were the first to set the flag
on the Arctic ocean floor at the North Pole

The patriotic spirit of the whole expedition was encouraged by MVK which is the information partner of the expedition “Arctic-2007”.

The exhibits of the museum of the “Role of HISTORY in life and business” have once again appeared in the movement. Together with the hydronauts it dived to the bottom of the Arctic ocean at the exact point of the North Pole! The Russian flag and the polar museum’s exhibits: the navigational log-book of M. Gromov and MVK ship’s log of “Arctic-2007” expeditions dived in the “Mir-1” bathyscaphe to 4,261 meters. The diving was as complicated as an exit into space. One more symbolic fact is that the Russians were the first to explore the Arctic ocean bottom 50 years after the first USSR satellite was launched. The Captain of “Mir-1” Anatoly Sagalevich wrote in MVK’s log: “We set the flag of the Russian Federation on the floor of Arctic ocean”.

The MVK International Exhibition Company
is an information partner of the “Arctic-2007” expedition.
The MVK team includes (from left to right):photographer Alexey Nagaev,
cameraman Dmitry Kuznetsov,  press-secretary of the Director General of MVK Natalia Yurchenko,
the science division editor of the “Vokrug Sveta” journal Alexander Sergeev

As stated by the Special representative of the President of the Russian Federation on issues of the International polar year and head of the expedition Arthur Chilingarov: “Russia is a great polar empire!” And his words “I congratulate all the Russians on reaching the North Pole!” are stamped in the hearts of every Russian citizen.

The head of the project “North Pole – Role of HISTORY in life and business”, Director of the Polar museum Alexey Shaburov underlined: “We clearly realize the meaning of this event for Russia, for the exploration and development of our polar lands. “Arctic-2007” is already a part of history. Being a part of our life this expedition has widened the borders of the MVK polar museum dedicated to the history of Arctic explorations. We see our mission in keeping the heroic deeds of polar explorers whose moral courage opened new horizons in science and started a new heroic and bright page in history, and revealed the hidden abilities of human beings, of Russians! Life in the Arctic is romantic and hard, it is beautiful and extreme. It is full of loneliness and at the same time full of human interaction, and true friendship.

“We clearly realize the meaning of this event for Russia, for exploration and the development of our polar lands. “Arctic-2007” is already a part of history. Being a part of our life this expedition has widened the borders of the MVK polar museum dedicated to the history of Arctic explorations. We see our mission in keeping the heroic deeds of polar explorers whose moral courage opened new horizons in science and started a new heroic and bright page in history, and revealed the hidden abilities of human beings, of Russians! Life in the Arctic is romantic and hard, it is beautiful and extreme. It is full of loneliness and at the same time full of human interaction, and true friendship.

Our mission is to reveal love for this severe land in the hearts of the youth. It is very important for us to help them come to the North. We wish them to come here as kind masters and loving sons of the Arctic. We are confident that our museum will encourage them to make this wise step, and they will become great scientists in arctic laboratories and centres, builders, pilots and sailors. The Arctic values every personality, each specialist…

We will be carefully treasuring “Arctic-2007” in our hearts, in our museum by this giving strength to all new Arctic explorations.

The Arctic is a land of fantastic landscapes, strong and sincere people, the greatest feelings and purity of people’s intents.
THE ARCTIC is WISDOM, BEAUTY AND STRENGTH!