<story><title>Has There Been a Nuclear Incident in the Arctic?</title><url>http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/7758/has-there-been-a-nuclear-incident-in-the-arctic</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>chris_overseas</author><text>I travelled on a (non-nuclear) icebreaker out from Murmansk back in 2012. On the way out to the open ocean we passed several moored nuclear powered icebreakers and other vessels in various states of decay[0]. It was both fascinating and disturbing to see - many of these had not yet been decommissioned and it seemed to me that they were huge disasters waiting to happen.&lt;p&gt;In Murmansk itself there is a nuclear icebreaker (The Lenin) that has been decommissioned and converted into a museum where you can tour the vessel and see everything including the engine rooms and nuclear reactors. Despite it being decommissioned, I discovered some systems were clearly still functioning when I accidentally leaned on a random control panel and a bunch of lights lit up!&lt;p&gt;Photos from the trip are here[1], with the first seven photos being taken of or onboard the Lenin.&lt;p&gt;Note that one of the most powerful nuclear icebreakers in the world, The 50 Years of Victory, is available for tourists to travel to the North Pole[2]&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.redyeti.net&amp;#x2F;FranzJosefLand&amp;#x2F;content&amp;#x2F;bin&amp;#x2F;images&amp;#x2F;large&amp;#x2F;AH5A5916.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.redyeti.net&amp;#x2F;FranzJosefLand&amp;#x2F;content&amp;#x2F;bin&amp;#x2F;images&amp;#x2F;lar...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.redyeti.net&amp;#x2F;FranzJosefLand&amp;#x2F;index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.redyeti.net&amp;#x2F;FranzJosefLand&amp;#x2F;index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;50_Let_Pobedy&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;50_Let_Pobedy&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tlow</author><text>As many have noted, these are excellent photographs. I have limited knowledge and experience with photography. Do you worry about your work being stolen and sold?&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m thinking particularly of this story: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;petapixel.com&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;07&amp;#x2F;27&amp;#x2F;photographer-suing-getty-images-1-billion&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;petapixel.com&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;07&amp;#x2F;27&amp;#x2F;photographer-suing-getty-im...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Has There Been a Nuclear Incident in the Arctic?</title><url>http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/7758/has-there-been-a-nuclear-incident-in-the-arctic</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>chris_overseas</author><text>I travelled on a (non-nuclear) icebreaker out from Murmansk back in 2012. On the way out to the open ocean we passed several moored nuclear powered icebreakers and other vessels in various states of decay[0]. It was both fascinating and disturbing to see - many of these had not yet been decommissioned and it seemed to me that they were huge disasters waiting to happen.&lt;p&gt;In Murmansk itself there is a nuclear icebreaker (The Lenin) that has been decommissioned and converted into a museum where you can tour the vessel and see everything including the engine rooms and nuclear reactors. Despite it being decommissioned, I discovered some systems were clearly still functioning when I accidentally leaned on a random control panel and a bunch of lights lit up!&lt;p&gt;Photos from the trip are here[1], with the first seven photos being taken of or onboard the Lenin.&lt;p&gt;Note that one of the most powerful nuclear icebreakers in the world, The 50 Years of Victory, is available for tourists to travel to the North Pole[2]&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.redyeti.net&amp;#x2F;FranzJosefLand&amp;#x2F;content&amp;#x2F;bin&amp;#x2F;images&amp;#x2F;large&amp;#x2F;AH5A5916.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.redyeti.net&amp;#x2F;FranzJosefLand&amp;#x2F;content&amp;#x2F;bin&amp;#x2F;images&amp;#x2F;lar...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.redyeti.net&amp;#x2F;FranzJosefLand&amp;#x2F;index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.redyeti.net&amp;#x2F;FranzJosefLand&amp;#x2F;index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;50_Let_Pobedy&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;50_Let_Pobedy&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>pratyushag2</author><text>These are incredible pictures. What kind of camera did you use to click these?</text></comment>