21 Sep
I admit, when I left Magadan, I had been looking forward to doing the legendry dash between Domodedovo Airport in Moscow’s South and Sheremytevo Airport in Moscow’s north. On average it took 3 hours, but delays of up to 8 hours had been heard of – depending on sudden snow storms and traffic snarls that [...]
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21 Sep
Well I got the call at 9am – the driver was coming at 11am to pick me up. I had been rebooked out on an Interavia flight that was scheduled to leave at 12.30pm – but it had been delayed an hour or two. But I should still get to Moscow around 3pm, Moscow time [...]
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20 Sep
It was 5.30pm when we landed in Magadan, having finally fled the Chukotka region, but I still hoped to get some shopping in before leaving! The Magdan airport it located about 40-60 minutes drive out of Magadan. I was greeted at the airport by one of the Company drivers hanging out of a bus – [...]
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20 Sep
I gazed miserably outside. After 3days of good flying conditions at our remote camp, today had to be the most flawless of them all. Day 1 had been overcast but high cloud. Day 2 had been patchy high cloud with a chilly wind from the north. Day 3 had just been foggy in the morning [...]
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19 Sep
Every cloud is supposed to have a silver lining, and mine was seeing the northern lights last night.
As I continue my enforced incarceration north of the arctic circle, I went for a final stroll just shy of midnight in the subzero temperatures. Up above me, the sky (continued) to be crystal clear and the milky [...]
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