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Фото: Е. Мазилов


                                           White Sea                                  colors on a nightless night is the Yagry Island just an
                                                                                      hour’s drive from Arkhangelsk.
                                           Arkhangelsk Oblast is commonly referred to as
                                        ‘Pomorye’ (coastal area). The life of its residents has at   Northern lights and white nights
                                        all times been closely linked with the sea and rivers.
                                           The stern beauty of the White Sea fascinates in   Arkhangelsk Oblast has many different looks.
                                        any season. Despite the coldness of its waters, this   Winters delight with magic of the northern lights in
           SOZVEZDYE #42                sea is full of life, being home to jellyfish, mussels,   starlit sky and sparkling snow, its cover thick on the
                                        corals, starfish, and dense communities of kelp. The   tree branches. In the summer, time seems to stop,
                                        White Sea is famous for its fish – navaga, cod, her-  each day lasting indefinitely and giving way to a white
            туризм                      ring and salmon – and is inhabited by sea hare, ringed   night.
                                                                                         The white night season lasts from May to mid-
            tourism                     seal, whales, narwhals and world’s largest population   summer. Here, the longest day has a duration of
                                        of Greenland seal. Here, tsar Peter I, guided by the
                                        Dutch and English skippers, learned the skill of nav-  around 21 hours. White nights are a great time for
                                        igation and had laid the cradle for the nation’s fleet at   long walks along the embankment of the Northern
                                        shipyards of Solombala.                       Dvina River and the pedestrian Chumbarov-Luchin-
                                           The best place to get the feel of the White Sea with   sky Avenue full of wooden architecture. No less de-
            74                          its salty, iodine-rich odour, gaze at Aurora Borealis   lightful is this time on the White Sea coast – the soft
                                        flair above the endless ice, and enjoy bright sunset   touch of waves encroaching on the sand, the fading
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