Nuclear ship takes Olympic flame to North Pole

摘要

The Olympic flame was carried in a special oil lamp on the trip aboard the 50 Years of Victory (see picture, right). The vessel left the Russian port of Murmansk on 15 October and reached the geographic North Pole on 19 October. Two new records were set during the voyage. Firstly, it was the first expedition to the North Pole during the polar night and secondly it was the shortest time for an icebreaker to travel from Murmansk to the North Pole (just over three days and 19 hours).