Arriving at Tiksi (pop : 4,556) on the Arctic ocean, one of the northernmost towns in the world. I couldn't get off the boat to visit Tiksi because it's a closed city (as some still exist in the ex-USSR countries) and you need some special kind of authorization to enter it. Since I had booked my trip on the ship too late, I wasn't on their list of people allowed to visit the city. So I stayed on the ship and was briefly questioned by some border soldiers who simply let it go when they realized my poor level of Russian.
Anyway, here are some pics of Tiksi and its surroundings, as viewed from the deck of the ship.
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To be continued.