Programme

Come aboard the legendary icebreaker Krasin

26 May , 11:00–22:00
Museums, locations around St. Petersburg, exhibitions

This tour will take you on an amazing journey through the pages of the history of the Russian icebreaker fleet and Arctic exploration. The Krasin was built in 1917 in England by order of the Government of the Russian Empire. It went on to participate in Arctic rescue expeditions and came to the aid of civilian vessels. It circumnavigated the world twice, spent the entirety of World War II guiding polar convoys, heroically worked on the Northern Sea Route, and explored oil and gas fields on the Russian Arctic shelf. In 1928, the crew of the icebreaker was awarded the highest honour of the Soviet Union for rescuing the crew of Italian aeronauts led by the famous polar explorer, inventor, and general Umberto Nobile, who had become stranded when their airship, the Italia, crashed off the coast of Spitsbergen.
Guided tours start on the hour as groups are formed. The last tour leaves at 21:00.

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