Mir (submersible)
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Mir was a class of two self-propelled deep-submergence vehicles. The project was initially developed by the USSR Academy of Sciences along with Lazurit Central Design Bureau, and two vehicles were ord
Mir being lowered into the water by the crane on Akademik Mstislav Keldysh
Interior of Mir-2
The Mirs at Lake Geneva in July 2011
Mir-1 at the Museum of the World Ocean, Kalinigrad
North Pole
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The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is the point in the Northern Hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface. It is called the True N
Mir (submersible)
…in episode 12, Journey to Titanic. On August 2, 2007, Russia used the Mir submersibles to perform the first manned descent to the seabed under the Geographic North Pole, to a depth of 4,261 m, to scientifically research the region in relation to the 2001 Russian territorial claim. The Mir-1 crew: pilot Anatoly Sagalevich…
Temporary research station of German-Swiss expedition on the sea ice at the Geographic North Pole. Drillings at the landing site at 90°N showed an average ice thickness of 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) on April 16, 1990
This pressure ridge at the North Pole is about 1 km (1⁄2 mi) long, formed between two ice floes of multi-year ice.
Nansen's ship Fram in the Arctic ice
Peary's sledge party at what they claimed was the North Pole, 1909. From left: Ooqueah, Ootah, Henson, Egingwah, and Seeglo.