The tenth Arctic campaign of the surface forces of the Northern Fleet began on August 10 with the departure from the main base of the Northern Fleet of the city of Severomorsk
MURMANSK, October 5. /TASS/. Ships and vessels of the Arctic grouping of the Northern Fleet have arrived at the islands of the Franz Josef Land archipelago, where they will conduct rescue exercises and practice landing in the Arctic. This was reported on Tuesday in the press service of the Northern Fleet.
"Ships and vessels of the Arctic grouping: BOD "Severomorsk", BDK "George the Victorious", SBS "PAMIR" and BMTN "Sergey Osipov" have made the transition to the northwest of the Kara Sea to the islands of the Franz Josef Land archipelago, near which they will conduct a number of rescue exercises and practice landing on the coast of the Arctic islands, as well as provide loading of military and special equipment on a large landing ship," the fleet said in a statement.
The press service also added that the personnel of the Arctic group will work out part of the planned combat training activities in cooperation with the tactical group of the Northern Fleet stationed on the island of Alexander Land, where the world's northernmost all-season airfield Nagurskaya and the Arctic Shamrock military base are located.
The tenth Arctic campaign of the surface forces of the Northern Fleet began on August 10 with the departure from the main base of the Northern Fleet of the city of Severomorsk. The campaign takes place under the flag of the Deputy commander of the Northern Fleet, Vice Admiral Oleg Golubev. During the Arctic campaign, ships and support vessels of the Northern Fleet have traveled more than 10 thousand nautical miles, conducted a number of exercises in the waters of the Barents and Kara Seas and in the Laptev Sea, as well as in the port of Dudinka (Taimyr Peninsula) and in the area of the Yakut village of Tiksi.
