journey north
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trip to the arctic circle.

the ship carrying the aid arrived just in time (as you can see the river froze)

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unloading at the village of factovo (just under the arctic circle)

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escorting 2 tons of food aid to a village (sovietskaya reka) in the arctic circle-- in the chopper

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landed in the tundra (middle of nowhere) because of fog (we were lost)

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and then i walked on the water.

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our final destination: an ophange/boarding house for children

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the village from our chopper

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heli nap

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air nap (the plane from krasnoyarsk to turakansk)

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learning to fly

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