Novaya Zemlya. Photos from the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh vessel’s expedition

  • Novaya Zemlya. The photo was taken from aboard the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific research vessel
  • Novaya Zemlya. The photo was taken from aboard the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific research vessel
  • Novaya Zemlya. The photo was taken from aboard the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific research vessel
  • Novaya Zemlya. The photo was taken from aboard the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific research vessel
  • Novaya Zemlya. The photo was taken from aboard the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific research vessel
  • Novaya Zemlya. The photo was taken from aboard the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific research vessel
  • Novaya Zemlya. The photo was taken from aboard the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific research vessel
  • Novaya Zemlya. The photo was taken from aboard the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific research vessel
  • Novaya Zemlya. The photo was taken from aboard the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific research vessel
  • Novaya Zemlya. The photo was taken from aboard the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific research vessel
  • Novaya Zemlya. The photo was taken from aboard the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific research vessel
  • Novaya Zemlya. The photo was taken from aboard the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific research vessel
  • Novaya Zemlya. The photo was taken from aboard the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific research vessel
  • Novaya Zemlya. The photo was taken from aboard the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific research vessel
  • Novaya Zemlya. The photo was taken from aboard the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific research vessel
  • Novaya Zemlya. The photo was taken from aboard the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific research vessel
  • Novaya Zemlya. The photo was taken from aboard the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific research vessel
  • Novaya Zemlya. The photo was taken from aboard the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific research vessel
  • Ukromnaya Bay is the head of Blagopoluchiya Bay. Severny Island of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago. Early September
  • Rose Glacier. Severny Island of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago
  • Summer winds pick up stone dust, which gives the inside of the glacier a “layered pancake” appearance
  • Hammer and Sickle Glacier is one of the thickest outlet glaciers of Novaya Zemlya’s Kara coast. Tsivolko Bay
  • Novaya Zemlya under the clouds
  • Glacier runoff and wind shape the coastal landscape of Novaya Zemlya
  • The remaining night mist over Hammer and Sickle Glacier. Tsivolko Bay
  • Rapid weather changes are typical for Novaya Zemlya. We must return to the ship in half an hour
  • Abrosimov Bay is the southernmost of Novaya Zemlya’s bays. The first snow in late September
  • Abrosimov Bay. Earth cools faster than the sea. The snow on the beach is melting
  • September snow hides the colors of the autumn tundra
  • Night over Cape Zhelaniya, the northern end of Novaya Zemlya. August
  • A driftwood cemetery to the south of Novaya Zemlya. Abrosimov Bay
  • Chips on the glacier’s slope reveal the mystery of its name, Blue Glacier. Og Bay
  • Waste banks with fragmented slate in front of Blue Glacier. Og Bay
  • Tsivolko Bay. Hammer and Sickle Glacier. This is the first glimpse navigators usually get of this coast
  • An Arctic willow. The first trees on Yuzhny (Southern) Island of Novaya Zemlya
  • The origin of an iceberg. Hammer and Sickle Glacier. Tsivolko Bay
  • Slate beach in Novaya Zemlya
  • The rivers flowing into bays form unusual estuaries. Yuzhny Island of Novaya Zemlya. Stepovoi Bay
  • The northern coast of Tsivolko Bay. A sunny morning, rare in these latitudes
  • An iceberg that flipped over. Its bottom part has a blue tint from the sea
  • Tsivolko Bay. The coast is ochre-colored due to lichens
  • The western part of Hammer and Sickle Glacier shows all the color contrasts of Novaya Zemlya
  • A wide, flat beach is left behind a melting glacier, which has receded over years
  • Early morning over Novaya Zemlya. We saw these beautiful colors in the paintings by Rockwell Kent
  • The sea cut off the glacier and revealed the history of Novaya Zemlya
  • An iceberg eroded by wind and sea. Tsivolko Bay
  • Runoff from Novaya Zemlya’s glaciers. Og Bay
  • An ice medley at Hammer and Sickle Glacier. Tsivolko Bay
  • The glacier’s wall is to produce an iceberg in several days
  • Novaya Zemlya. The photo was taken from aboard the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific research vessel
  • Novaya Zemlya. The photo was taken from aboard the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific research vessel
  • Novaya Zemlya. The photo was taken from aboard the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific research vessel
  • Novaya Zemlya. The photo was taken from aboard the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific research vessel
  • Novaya Zemlya. The photo was taken from aboard the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific research vessel
  • Novaya Zemlya. The photo was taken from aboard the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific research vessel
  • Novaya Zemlya. The photo was taken from aboard the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific research vessel
  • Novaya Zemlya. The photo was taken from aboard the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific research vessel
  • Novaya Zemlya. The photo was taken from aboard the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific research vessel
  • Novaya Zemlya. The photo was taken from aboard the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific research vessel
  • Novaya Zemlya. The photo was taken from aboard the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific research vessel
  • Novaya Zemlya. The photo was taken from aboard the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific research vessel
  • Novaya Zemlya. The photo was taken from aboard the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific research vessel
  • Novaya Zemlya. The photo was taken from aboard the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific research vessel
  • Novaya Zemlya. The photo was taken from aboard the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific research vessel
  • Novaya Zemlya. The photo was taken from aboard the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific research vessel
  • Novaya Zemlya. The photo was taken from aboard the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific research vessel
  • Novaya Zemlya. The photo was taken from aboard the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific research vessel
  • Ukromnaya Bay is the head of Blagopoluchiya Bay. Severny Island of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago. Early September
  • Rose Glacier. Severny Island of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago
  • Summer winds pick up stone dust, which gives the inside of the glacier a “layered pancake” appearance
  • Hammer and Sickle Glacier is one of the thickest outlet glaciers of Novaya Zemlya’s Kara coast. Tsivolko Bay
  • Novaya Zemlya under the clouds
  • Glacier runoff and wind shape the coastal landscape of Novaya Zemlya
  • The remaining night mist over Hammer and Sickle Glacier. Tsivolko Bay
  • Rapid weather changes are typical for Novaya Zemlya. We must return to the ship in half an hour
  • Abrosimov Bay is the southernmost of Novaya Zemlya’s bays. The first snow in late September
  • Abrosimov Bay. Earth cools faster than the sea. The snow on the beach is melting
  • September snow hides the colors of the autumn tundra
  • Night over Cape Zhelaniya, the northern end of Novaya Zemlya. August
  • A driftwood cemetery to the south of Novaya Zemlya. Abrosimov Bay
  • Chips on the glacier’s slope reveal the mystery of its name, Blue Glacier. Og Bay
  • Waste banks with fragmented slate in front of Blue Glacier. Og Bay
  • Tsivolko Bay. Hammer and Sickle Glacier. This is the first glimpse navigators usually get of this coast
  • An Arctic willow. The first trees on Yuzhny (Southern) Island of Novaya Zemlya
  • The origin of an iceberg. Hammer and Sickle Glacier. Tsivolko Bay
  • Slate beach in Novaya Zemlya
  • The rivers flowing into bays form unusual estuaries. Yuzhny Island of Novaya Zemlya. Stepovoi Bay
  • The northern coast of Tsivolko Bay. A sunny morning, rare in these latitudes
  • An iceberg that flipped over. Its bottom part has a blue tint from the sea
  • Tsivolko Bay. The coast is ochre-colored due to lichens
  • The western part of Hammer and Sickle Glacier shows all the color contrasts of Novaya Zemlya
  • A wide, flat beach is left behind a melting glacier, which has receded over years
  • Early morning over Novaya Zemlya. We saw these beautiful colors in the paintings by Rockwell Kent
  • The sea cut off the glacier and revealed the history of Novaya Zemlya
  • An iceberg eroded by wind and sea. Tsivolko Bay
  • Runoff from Novaya Zemlya’s glaciers. Og Bay
  • An ice medley at Hammer and Sickle Glacier. Tsivolko Bay
  • The glacier’s wall is to produce an iceberg in several days
© Yaroslav Amelin
Novaya Zemlya. The photo was taken from aboard the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific research vessel

The "Science in the High Latitudes" photo exhibition opened in Moscow in January. The State Darwin Museum displays photographs taken during the 2015 Arctic expedition aboard the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific research vessel. The photos selected for the exhibition by Yaroslav Amelin, Vladimir Onopko and Mikhail Flint will give visitors the opportunity to appreciate the beauty of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago where researchers studied sea current variations, the lives of Arctic Ocean dwellers and the ocean's geological past.