Schoolgirl from Kyrgyzstan took part in unique expedition of Rosatom

The expedition started in Murmansk, visited the North Pole, sailed past Franz Josef Land and returned to the departure point. Along with Bermet, guys from Brazil, Bolivia, Egypt, Indonesia, China, Turkey, Hungary, India and other countries took part in this fantastic journey.

During the landing at the North Pole, schoolchildren made the shortest round-the-world trip and conducted tests in the harsh Arctic conditions of Russian rovers designed for research beyond Earth. As the expert of the educational program "Icebreaker of Knowledge", Russian test cosmonaut Andrei Babkin said, "the teams controlled the planetary rovers, symbolically named "Kurchatov" and "Korolev", from a distance, focusing only on information from the cameras, as in real conditions when studying distant planets. The teams were faced with the task of studying the terrain as quickly as possible and passing obstacle courses, without having direct visual contact with the rovers, as in real conditions in the flight control center."

By the way, the participants brought flags of their regions and countries to the North Pole and sent postcards to their families from the northernmost post office on Franz Josef Land. The schoolchildren also celebrated the Day of the Russian National Flag by unfurling a huge tricolor on board the icebreaker.

The project is being implemented for the sixth time, and this year it is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Russian nuclear industry and the 500th anniversary of the beginning of Russia's development of the Northern Sea Route. The amazing journey took place on the nuclear icebreaker "50 Years of Victory" – one of eight operating nuclear icebreakers in the world. It was captained by Ruslan Sasov.