MLAE-2011 was a two vehicle expedition with a crew of seven following a route from

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(Russia) via the North Pole to

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(Canada). The expedition was organized by the Russian Center For Arctic Exploration and carried out under the patronage of the Special Representative of the

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In International Cooperation In The Arctic and the first vice-president of the Russian Geographical Society, A.N. Chilingarov The expedition was to traverse the ice of the

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under the flag of Russian Geographical Society. On reaching the North Pole, the expedition was to head south to Canada and was expected to end in Resolute (Qasuittuq), in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, around June 15, 2011. The crew travelled in two custom built

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, ''Yemelya-3'' and ''Yemelya-4'' The expedition was headed by the Russian explorer and engineer,

Vasily Yelagin Vasily Igorevich Yelagin (russian: Василий Игоревич Елагин; born 22 February 1953) is Russian mountaineer and explorer, head of the MLAE-2008, MLAE-2009, MLAE-2011, MLAE-2013, MLAE-2014, and MLAE-2015 expeditions. For his ...

. Progress on the route was satellite tracked and recorded.

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External links

MLAE-2011 blog
Russian Arctic expeditions 2011 in science 2011 in Russia 21st century in the Arctic