Dikson harbour, Taymyr, Russia 1991
Dikson Island, initially Dickson, is the name of an island in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, situated in the Kara Sea near the mouth of the Yenisei River. A nearby urban-type settlement of Dikson, which functions as a port and hydrometeorological center. It is served by the Dikson Airport. Dikson is a port-of-call on the Northern Sea Route from Murmansk to the Bering Sea. It lies only two hours’ flight from the North Pole. Dikson’s inhabitants informally call their settlement an “Capital of the Arctic”, a name taken from a popular Soviet song.
Year: 2013
From album: Great Arctic Reserve, Taymyrski Zapovednik and German-Russian Expeditions 1989-1991 to Taymyr
Photographer: Peter Prokosch