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The City of Kandalaksha, Murmansk oblast, and its vicinity. Getting there, where to stay, what to do. The ultimate source of Kandalaksha and area info in English.

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  • ►Kandalaksha, sort of logical order (617)
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      • "New Life" festival in Teriberka July 11-12
      • "New Life" festival in Teriberka tomorrow, July 21
      • "Teriberka to moscow - how far is it?"
      • A letter from a recent traveller to Sredny and Rybachy, Teriberka and Tumany
      • Alexandra's whale photos from Dalniye Zelentsy, near Teriberka
      • Another Teriberka video
      • Barents and White Sea in 10 days
      • Dalnie Zelency
      • Dalnie Zelentsy, Barents Sea. A small overview.
      • Leviathan by Andrey Zvyagintsev
      • Leviathan by Zvyagintsev
      • Leviathan by Zvyagintsev, watch online, with English subtitles
      • New Life Festival in Teriberka August 12-14 2016
      • Realities of local life: the road to Teriberka
      • Spring is here, and the road to Teriberka is said to be open
      • Summer and winter images of Teriberka, where Zvyagintsev's Leviathan was partly filmed and recently shown
      • Teriberka festival August 12-14
      • Teriberka guns
      • Teriberka photos
      • The road to Dalniye Zelentsy after the turn to Teriberka
      • Watercolours from the recent festival in Teriberka
      • Zvyagintsev's Leviathan - complaints about garbage
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    • Aurora borealis on the Imandra lake
    • Farewell to the dead in the avia crash
    • Fishing on the Kola Peninsula
    • The best month of the year
    • Water tourism competition
    • Where to stop and what to see on the way from Murmansk to Petrozavodsk
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    • ▼Activities (163)
      • A fishing camp in Strel'na
      • A mountain top hut
      • Active winter vacation in the Murmansk region
      • Bike rental in Kandalaksha
      • Chupa Yacht Club invites you
      • Downhill skiing and accommodation near Kandalaksha
      • Fishing
      • International competitions in sled dog. World Cup
      • Kandalaksha Gulf Cup
      • Krestovaya Mountain opens today
      • Late fall herring expedition. Almost anthropology.
      • Mountain Bike Championships
      • Nature trails in and near Kandalaksha
      • Onega's Necklace Race 2014
      • Sled dog race
      • The Kandalaksha Bay Cup Regatta June 22-29 2014
      • The whole of Varzuga in one photo
      • Things to do in the winter
      • Three days of reindeer and snowmobile
      • Varzuga
      • ►Snowmobiling (5)
      • ▼Water (sailing, diving etc.) (22)
        • "The Sails of Kandalaksha" Yacht Regatta starts July 1, 2018
        • A new pattern breaking waterfront restaurant
        • A white whales report from Nilmoguba from a friend of ours
        • Another film about Kandalaksha Bay regatta
        • Dalnie Zelentsy, Barents Sea. A small overview.
        • Epiphany bathing
        • Epiphany ice bathing in Kandalaksha Jan. 18 and 19
        • Guest house in Kolvitsa
        • Historic reconstruction festival July 2 and 3
        • Kandalaksha Bay Cup 2015
        • Registration with the Ministry of Emergencies for those travelling in dangerous areas
        • Rowing regatta in Umba June 20 2015
        • Sailing regatta in Kandalaksha on June 30
        • Swimming season opened
        • Teriberka festival August 12-14
        • The City Day June 30 at the Monastery Cape
        • The City Day June 30 at the Monastery Cape
        • Underwater photographer in Poyakonda
        • Water tourism competition
        • White Sea kayaking
        • White whales of Nilma
        • Yacht race in near dead calm
      • ►Extreme (38)
      • ►Bird watching (32)
      • ▼Fishing (16)
        • "New Life" festival in Teriberka July 11-12
        • "Russian Lapland" tourist cluster in the Lovozero District
        • Campsite "Golden Bay"
        • Christmas (Orthodox) holidays in Chupa, North Karelia
        • Dalnie Zelentsy, Barents Sea. A small overview.
        • Ex-president Jimmy Carter fishing in Kola
        • Fishing on the Kola Peninsula
        • Guest house in Kolvitsa
        • New Year's tour in Chupa, North Karelia
        • Registration with the Ministry of Emergencies for those travelling in dangerous areas
        • Salmon fishing season open on the Kola River
        • Teriberka festival August 12-14
        • The whole of Varzuga in one photo
        • Weekly fish and sea food fair in Murmansk
        • White whales by the canal
        • Winter holidays on the White Sea in Chupa, Karelia
      • ▼Sports (30)
        • Winter sports season is open
        • "Critical mass" bicycle rally, Murmansk, July 13
        • A 1980s film on Khibiny
        • A festival of the North in Lovozero
        • A film on rowing regatta in Umba
        • A wedding in the Khibiny Mountains
        • Crazy Russian closing of winter season - snowboarding in slush
        • Cross-country motorcycle races in Polarnyye Zori on March 19 2016
        • Downhill cycling
        • FreeRide Party
        • Grand Prix Race Car on Lovozero Ice
        • Kandalaksha Bay Cup 2014
        • Kandalaksha Bay Cup 2015
        • Kandalaksha residents won silver in racing in sleighs down natural slopes
        • Kandalaksha vs. Canada hockey match March 5 2014
        • Kandalaksha-Canada, 3 to 2
        • Nordic walking competition Oct. 21 2018
        • Olenegorsk to Murmansk cross-country bicycle race August 6 2016
        • Paragliding over Kandalaksha
        • Pomor rowing regatta
        • Recent Reindeer Herder's Day in Lovozero
        • Reindeer Herder's Day Celebration approaching
        • Sea kayak rental in Chupa
        • Snowball fight competition in March 2016
        • Teriberka festival August 12-14
        • The May fun
        • Water tourism competition
        • What to see/do if you are staying in Kandalaksha for 1-3 days
        • While on the subject of sports..
        • Winter swimming competition in Murmansk March 20-22
    • ▼Arts & crafts (76)
      • "Living Symbols of the Arctic" exhibition in Murmansk from May 4 to June 5 2018
      • "New Life" festival in Teriberka July 11-12
      • "New Year's Fantasy" crafts fair
      • "Snow 'n' Ice" festival at the Snow Village in Kirovsk
      • "Stone Flower" Exhibition in Apatity Feb. 11-15 2015
      • "Stone Flower" expo in Apatity Feb. 10-14 for serious souvenir shoppers
      • "Stories by beauty Kanda" August 29 2016
      • "Sun City - Craftsmen's City" festival August 14-16 2015 between Kandalaksha and Luvenga
      • "The Sails of Kandalaksha" Yacht Regatta starts July 1, 2018
      • "The World of Leonard Cohen", Murmansk, Dec. 13
      • "White fireweed" festival in Kukisvumchorr, Kirovsk
      • A few photos from the "Stone Flower"
      • A maker of classic Pomor sea boats
      • A new gimmick: ice music. By Terje Isungset, Kirovsk, Feb. 9 2014.
      • A recent video of events in connection with 500 years of Kandalaksha
      • An exhibition by Anna Mikhailova
      • An exhibition by Irina Sitdikova, Apatity
      • An exhibition of Svalbard aquarels by Anna Mikhailova
      • An invitation from the Purple Robes workshop
      • Art gallery "Sapmi" opening in Lovozero on August 9 2015
      • Artists are said to be invited to Solovki free of charge
      • Artists from Apatity
      • Arts, antiques, souvenirs..
      • Birds of the White Sea
      • Christmas angel workshop in Belomorsk, Karelia
      • Chupa calls July 2016
      • Deer skin boots hand-made in Lovozero
      • Events, culture, souvenirs and other touristy things in Umba
      • Finnish Culture Festival in Petrozavodsk Nov. 2-12
      • Folk arts and crafts of the Barents region
      • Folk Crafts fair on Solovki
      • Folklore festival in Umba June 12-15
      • Formally presenting artist Irina Sitdikova
      • Free-hall "Valhalla" opens in Apatity
      • Glendonite
      • Guest house in Kolvitsa
      • Ice sculptures in the Vysoky settlement
      • Ice show Crazy Chainsaw in Kirovsk
      • If you are in Kandalaksha this weekend..
      • Kola area artists
      • More items and faces from the "Stone Flower"
      • Murmansk art in Moscow
      • New art by Irina Sitdikova
      • New project: Kandalaksha+ arts and crafts
      • Northern rural photography by Alexander Stepanenko
      • Off to Apatity for two days
      • Old sleighs
      • Paintings by Irina Sidikova for sale
      • Personal exhibition of Anna Mikhailova, Petrozavodsk, March 4-26 2014
      • Photos of our visit to the Kozulya festival at Kuzreka
      • Pomor gadgets 2
      • Pomor ritual cookie celebration in Kuzreka
      • Recent Reindeer Herder's Day in Lovozero
      • Recent work from the Lada Studios, Murmansk
      • Russian-Finnish Festival in Vyborg August 5-6 2017
      • Rye dough figurine celebration in Kuzreka
      • Saami crafts shop recently opened in Lovozero
      • Shaman drums
      • Sleighs from Luvenga
      • Snow Village in Kirovsk is open
      • Some photos from the Folk Festival in Umba
      • Souvenirs with style and quality
      • St. Nicolas crafts fair in Murmansk Dec. 12-13
      • Sun City - Craftsmen City Festival August 19-21
      • Teriberka festival August 12-14
      • The Bartash Family: Amethyst Coast Souvenirs, Workshop, and more
      • The City Day June 30 at the Monastery Cape
      • The City Day June 30 at the Monastery Cape
      • The invasion of artists to the Ter area of the Kola Peninsula
      • The Purple Robes Workshop went partly bilingual
      • The White Noise Festival on White Sea, in the village of Chupa
      • The White Noise Festival. Soon!
      • UnCapitals Tour June 25-28, Murmansk
      • Vladimir Lubarov
      • What to see/do if you are staying in Kandalaksha for 1-3 days
      • “White Noise” on White sea
    • ▼Attention foreign travellers (40)
      • "Dutch Loft" is back on the menu in Moscow, $25/person/night, for sociable talkative English speaker
      • A application for a permit to visit Sredny and Rybachy on the Ministry's site
      • A comprehensive review of foreigner registration rules
      • A German-speaking guide
      • A near-official list of "permits required of foreigners" locations of the Murmansk oblast
      • Access to Sredni and Rybachi peninsula
      • Arctic Sunrise
      • Back from Finland, impressed with how cheap Russia is
      • Being arrested for "no foreigner" zone tresspassing is a realistic possibility
      • Consequences of trespassing to "no foreigner" zones
      • Consulates in Murmansk
      • Crossing Russian border with serious video equipment
      • Easement of visa rules isn't going to happen
      • Eeking a few kopecks out of you
      • Foreign embassies in Murmansk
      • Foreigner access restricted
      • Foreigner access to Rybachy and Sredny
      • Free guide in exchange for English. Kandalaksha and area.
      • I knew it was coming but now it's official
      • Kirkenes to Murmansk ferry
      • Lovozero reindeer breeders
      • More hassles promised for foreign travellers to Russia
      • More talk about the Kandalaksha to Finland via Salla road
      • My English students seek conversation practice
      • Off limits to foreigners
      • One of regular reports on easing entry rules
      • Passes to border zones in the Kandalaksha and Kovdor districts
      • Permit to visit Sredny and Rybachy Peninsula for Russian nationals
      • Rumours confirmed: Umba off limits to foreign travellers
      • Teriberka festival August 12-14
      • Thanks barentsnova.com for mapping the off-limit-to-foreigners areas of the Kola Peninsula
      • To would be travellers to "no foreigner access" areas
      • Translating and interpreting
      • Visa support and registration
      • Visa support for "Third World" travellers to Russia
      • Visa support from visa.llcentre.ru
      • Visa-free entry to Russia via Murmansk Seaport being discussed again
      • Visitng off-limit to foreigners and "close-to-border" areas
      • What territories are closed to foreigners - info from the horse's mouth
      • Yet another report of a criminal charge for "fictional registration"
    • ►Business (16)
    • ►Camper parking (3)
    • ►Charity, social (18)
    • ▼Culture & history (130)
      • "Attempts to Establish Eider Farms in the USSR and Why These Failed"
      • "Communist Architecture" photo exhibition opens today in Murmansk
      • "Japan"
      • "Nature and Cultural Inheritance of the White Sea". Chupa, Karelia, July 17-19 2015.
      • "Russian Lapland" tourist cluster in the Lovozero District
      • "Soviet childhood" exhibition in Murmansk
      • "Stepping on Bones – Solovki and Russia’s Past" radio broadcast by BBC
      • "Stone Flower" Exhibition in Apatity Feb. 11-15 2015
      • "Winter War"
      • 'Been exploring the "Military Town" section of Kandalaksha today
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      • 30th anniversary Summer Saami Games, June 13, Lovozero
      • 7th November, Communists Pudozh
      • 40 Days of Night by Jason Lasky
      • Less than One by Joseph Brodski
      • The Book of Memory. Victims of repressions, Murmansk region.
      • A 1706 map of Northern Europe
      • A belated note on Nov. 7 demonstration in Kandalaksha
      • A brass band by the fountain
      • A conference on natural and cultural inheritance of the White Sea: preservation and development
      • A festival of the North in Lovozero
      • A gentle romantic rendering of a god of war
      • A meeting between Kandalaksha and Murmansk historic reconstruction clubs
      • A meeting in memory of Boris Nemtsov in Murmansk today
      • A monument to the members of deer transportation batallion
      • A mountain peak as a gift
      • A public talk on alcohol-producing plants
      • A recent video of events in connection with 500 years of Kandalaksha
      • A reminder about July 17-19 conference in Chupa, Karelia
      • A semi-official list of touristy sites and attractions around Kandalaksha
      • A Sherman tank finally arrives in Murmansk
      • A Solovki film from Russia Beyond the Headlines
      • A steam engine has just arrived in Murmansk
      • A tephophile report
      • Americans try drinking Russian-style, followed by typical chasers
      • An article on the Eider duck and St. Cuthbert by A. Goryashko just came out
      • An assortment of Kandalaksha and area paintings
      • An exhibition of old (and ancient) photo cameras in Kandalaksha
      • Another hidden treasure of Kandalaksha: The Garkotin Publishing House
      • Archangelsk British Military Cemetery. Photos of all tombstones.
      • Art gallery "Sapmi" opening in Lovozero on August 9 2015
      • Artists from Apatity
      • Barents culture site
      • Barents Indigenous Peoples´ Congress 2015
      • British cemetery in Murmansk
      • British cemetery in the outskirts of Murmansk
      • Chupa calls July 2016
      • Community events along the Ter cost of the peninsula for Summer 2016
      • East and West Conceptions in Presentation of the Kola Sámi Culture. Feb. 7, Tromsø City Library, Room B0014, Grønnegata 94, Tromsø, Norway.
      • Epiphany bathing
      • Events in honor of 100 years since the founding of Murmansk
      • Finnish Culture Festival in Petrozavodsk Nov. 2-12
      • For fans of military history. Route options that do not require permits.
      • German cemeteries
      • Hight treason charge
      • Historic reconstruction festival July 2 and 3
      • Historic reconstruction, Viking theme, July 1-3 2016 in Kandalaksha
      • Ice hole bathing on the Epiphany
      • Ice sculpture festival in Kandalaksha
      • In the Land of Monuments
      • Indian culture fesival in Murmansk
      • International Kant and Bakhtin Seminar at the Murmansk Arctic State University
      • Kandalaksha Day
      • Kem' was a bit too much even for Pasha, our connoisseur of gloom
      • Kola Peninsula and Karelia prison camps
      • Leviathan by Zvyagintsev, watch online, with English subtitles
      • Lovozero and Seidozero crowd
      • Monastery cape or “Japan”
      • Musta Tunturi ridge, Sredny Peninsula. Military monuments and objects.
      • Newcomb Mott's unfortunate hike to Boris-Glebe
      • Nick Baron, The King of Karelia
      • Nordic music
      • Northern Character Film and TV Festival Nov. 24-26, Murmansk
      • Northern cranks
      • Northern toponyms
      • Norwegian news site calls the Sam Syit Saami village "a circus of nonsense"
      • Norwegians in Murmansk, Lovozero and around
      • Old sleighs
      • Photos of our visit to the Kozulya festival at Kuzreka
      • Pomor gadgets 2
      • Pomor ritual cookie celebration in Kuzreka
      • Recent Reindeer Herder's Day in Lovozero
      • Remains of the Kolvitsa hydroelectric station
      • Rock concert and Arctic cooking festival in Kirovsk on August 4 2018
      • Russia and Finland in WW2
      • Russia vs. Finland
      • Russian songs and music online
      • Russian-Finnish Festival in Vyborg August 5-6 2017
      • Rye dough figurine celebration in Kuzreka
      • Saami (Sami) forum
      • Saami women's forum June 9 and 10 in Murmansk
      • Sad stats
      • Sami Art Gallery - an announcement on behalf of the Lovozero Sami community
      • Some photos from the Folk Festival in Umba
      • Stone labyrinths, one of local attractions
      • Teriberka festival August 12-14
      • The Barents Region: A Transnational History of Subarctic Northern Europe. Book presentation in Lovozero tomorrow.
      • The Chupa conference report
      • The City Day June 30 at the Monastery Cape
      • The City Day June 30 at the Monastery Cape
      • The Eider Book is here!!
      • The garage culture
      • The International Saami Day
      • The most spectacular of Kandalaksha's ruins is set to be exploded and leveled
      • The North by Vasily Lozhkin
      • The Northern Military Fleet Museum, Murmansk
      • The Officers House is being exploded at the moment
      • The Petroglyphs of Kanozero
      • The Saami site upgraded and is now available in a bunch of languages
      • The Sandarmokh forest massif near Medvezhyegorsk
      • The second international scientific and practical conference "Natural and cultural heritage of the White Sea". July 17-19, 2015. Chupa, Republic of Karelia, Russia
      • The Venedict Yerofeev museum in Kirovsk
      • The Verman line fighting exhibition
      • The White Noise Festival on White Sea, in the village of Chupa
      • The White Noise Festival. Soon!
      • These days in August 19-22, 25 years ago
      • Thomas W. Knox The Boy Travellers in the Russian Empire, 1887
      • Umba. Museum of History, Culture, and Life of Tersky Pomors
      • UnCapitals Tour June 25-28, Murmansk
      • V. Telebin, The Finnish War: Fortification of Lapland
      • Varzuga
      • Went to the Lupche-Savino German cemetery yesterday
      • What to see/do if you are staying in Kandalaksha for 1-3 days
      • Who? Me?! Overreacting?!!
      • Why is Russia like it is?
      • William Pokhlebkin as a spokesman for the Russian culinary school
      • WWII air field by Lake Pinozero
      • Youri Gagarin museum opens in Safonovo just north of Murmansk
      • Zelenoborsky children ensemble a big winner
      • “White Noise” on White sea
    • ►Driving (20)
    • ►Escapism (12)
    • ►Health and safety (8)
    • ►Maps (8)
    • ►Military (18)
    • ▼Nature and environment (192)
      • And that's why I dragged Pasha onto the mountain
      • "A Lake in the Sea" film from the "Nature Reserve Format" festival
      • "Attempts to Establish Eider Farms in the USSR and Why These Failed"
      • "Either bring back food, or be food yourself"
      • "Nature and Cultural Inheritance of the White Sea". Chupa, Karelia, July 17-19 2015.
      • "New Life" festival in Teriberka July 11-12
      • "Russian Lapland" tourist cluster in the Lovozero District
      • "To book aurora borealis"
      • 1th December. Mist over Kandalaksha bay
      • 2018 Northern lights season has started
      • A 2016-2017 calendar from the Kola Ecological Center
      • A bear seen near Polarniye Zori
      • A Bearded seal
      • A compilation of sources on Vitishko, Olympic games etc.
      • A conference on natural and cultural inheritance of the White Sea: preservation and development
      • A documentary about the Kandalaksha nature reserve
      • A mountain top hut
      • A new "wilderness" accommodation offer in the hill overlooking Kandalaksha
      • A NEW BOOK: A WILD BIRD AND A CULTURED MAN
      • A new no-words film on the Kandalaksha nature
      • A new waterfall found along the Salla road
      • A public talk on alcohol-producing plants
      • A reminder about July 17-19 conference in Chupa, Karelia
      • A Russia Today film on the Kandalaksha Nature Reserve
      • A small mid-October camping trip
      • A video of Kandalaksha and area
      • African suricate found in a snowbank in Murmansk
      • An article on the Eider duck and St. Cuthbert by A. Goryashko just came out
      • An outcrop of wild animals
      • An owl in town
      • Another aurora borealis over Luvenga, 2nd night in a row
      • Another bear scare
      • Another book: Nature and Natural Resources of the Murmansk Region
      • Attention serious birdwatchers: a meeting with one of Russia's top ornithologists V.V. Bianki on Jan. 17 2016
      • Aurora borealis expected in the next few days
      • Aurora borealis in March
      • Aurora borealis keeps on evading us
      • Aurora borealis on the Imandra lake
      • Aurora in Khibiny Mountains
      • Average temperature by month from 1996
      • Baby seals again
      • Ban on wild deer hunting
      • Barents and White Sea in 10 days
      • Barents Tour for Geotourists
      • Bear den
      • Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus, "sea hare")
      • Beginning of Spring in the White Sea
      • Best Photos of August
      • Bird colonies documentary
      • Bird watching
      • Birds of the Murmansk Sea coast of the Kola Peninsula
      • Birdwatching offers on the Kola Peninsula
      • Black, white, and pink
      • Book Birding Across the Borders has come out..
      • Botanic Garden of Petrozavodsk State University
      • Campsite "Golden Bay"
      • Christmas (Orthodox) holidays in Chupa, North Karelia
      • Chupa calls July 2016
      • Climbed the Volostnaya Hill over Kandalaksha
      • Clouds over the White Sea Kandalaksha Bay islands
      • Contrasts of northern nature: butterflies and aurora borealis
      • Dalnie Zelentsy, Barents Sea. A small overview.
      • Day of eared jellyfish
      • Evgeni Vitishko
      • February in Kandalaksha
      • First coat-free day. Summer is here. And so are white nights. Yet still lots of snow.
      • First sunrise after the polar night
      • From our Birdwatching friends
      • Frozen Kolvitsa waterfall in winter
      • Frozen sea
      • Glendonite
      • Hans Schaaning and the history of Pasvik
      • Happy New Year!
      • Herbarium of the Kandalaksha State Nature Reserve
      • Hibiny in February
      • Hibiny this weekend
      • How to capture aurora borealis
      • Hungry bears in berry-less woods
      • I hate gnats!!
      • Ice glaze
      • Ice invasion
      • Ice thickness
      • Imandra Lake tonight
      • In the Khibiny Mountains
      • Intense aurora borealis right over Kandalaksha last night
      • Intense hail fell on Kandalaksha today
      • Invasion of baby seals
      • It's your fault, Norwegians!
      • Just saw a white whale
      • Kandalaksha Nature Reserve
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      • Now translating the third article for a bird watching project
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      • Of mites..
      • Off to Kuzomen
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      • Our traditional August vacation in Kuzomen has started
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      • Polar Alpine Botanical Gardens
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      • Radiation on Lake Ladoga island in Karelia
      • Realities of local life: the road to Teriberka
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      • Record snowfalls
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      • Season of Polar auroras opened
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      • Sorry Leviathan got taken down by copyright owner but here are other things to look at..
      • Sorting out photos from the recent trip to Kuzomen
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      • And that's why I dragged Pasha onto the mountain
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      • 1th December. Mist over Kandalaksha bay
      • A 2016-2017 calendar from the Kola Ecological Center
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      • Intense aurora borealis right over Kandalaksha last night
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      • Kandalaksha. The first days of the new year
      • Karelia fall and winter photos, professional grade
      • Khibiny
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      • Kuzomen. Arctic horses in polar desert.
      • Last days of November
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      • Metsä (Forest) photo exhibition in Murmansk June 2-25 2017
      • Moon in Lovozero last night
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      • Murmansk photos
      • Nature reserve film festival Jan. 8-10
      • Nature reserve photos
      • New masterpieces from Valentin Zhiganov
      • New waterfall between Kandalaksha and Luvenga
      • Northern Character Film and TV Festival Nov. 24-26, Murmansk
      • Northern rural photography by Alexander Stepanenko
      • November in the hills around Kandalaksha
      • Oh no not winter photos again
      • One of the most beautiful lakes in Russia
      • Only birds see Kirovsk that way
      • Petrozavodsk. The Great glaciation
      • Polar night over in Kandalaksha
      • Post-apocalypses scenery
      • Presenting yet another Kandalaksha photographer, Oleg Bleskin
      • Rebirth of nature. Kandalaksha Bay, the end of May
      • Rurik Chemyakin, At 70 degrees North
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      • Season of Polar auroras opened
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      • Sorry Leviathan got taken down by copyright owner but here are other things to look at..
      • Sorting out photos from the recent trip to Kuzomen
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      • Stories about their wildness may have been slightly exaggerated
      • Summer and winter images of Teriberka, where Zvyagintsev's Leviathan was partly filmed and recently shown
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      • The Aurora Borealis season is here..
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      • The Kola Planet calendar for 2017-2018
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      • The pyromania season
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      • Traveling on the Kola Peninsula
      • Underwater photographer in Poyakonda
      • While lazies like us are asleep in a warm bed ...
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