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The Russian – Scandinavian            Kayak Expedition 2018 -2022

The Russian – Scandinavian Kayak Expedition 2018 -2022

Circumnavigating Western Russia and Scandinavia by kayak

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Category: Russia: The White Sea–Baltic Canal and Kola Peninsula

Posted on May 26, 2018May 27, 2018

Day 86 – A good thing about being about sixty is that one doesn’t have to worry too much about the long-term effects of what one inhales – 26 May

Day 86. 26th of May. Dubno to Siasstroj. 38.4 km, 7.0 km/hr average speed. We confess to over sleeping half an hour, before we started with our breakfast. Soon Arseniy…

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Posted on May 26, 2018May 26, 2018

Day 85 (Part two) – A small glimpse into a very different world – 25 May

So Anatoly came back from Novaya Ladoga where he had picked up his step son Arseniy. With them they brought greens, radishes and pickled cucumber, salad to accompany the bottle…

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Posted on May 26, 2018May 26, 2018

Day 85 – Of course they could open the bridge! Get in the baidarkas! – 25 May

Day 85. 25th of May. Kobana Dybna. 41 km, 7.0 km/hr average speed. We had a late but pleasant breakfast at the hotel. All in all the stay including dinner…

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Posted on May 24, 2018May 26, 2018

Day 84 – We have never before paddled so slow on this trip – 24 May

Day 84. Shlissel’burg to Kobana. 49 km, 6.6 km/hr average speed. A long day that makes for a short update. We left the Yacht club at 0920, and headed for…

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Posted on May 23, 2018May 26, 2018

Day 83 – It turned out Erling’s theory of slower flowing water upstream had been thrown out as nonsense prematurely – 23 May

Day 83. May 23. Kuz’minka to Shlissel’burg. 21.9 km, 5.9 km/hr average speed. First: Since the chronicler was a bit distracted by mosquitoes last night one incident worth mention fell…

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Posted on May 22, 2018May 22, 2018

Day 82 – Erling had a nice theory that the rapids would slow the flow upstream, unfortunately that turned out to be nonsense – 22 May

Day 82. 22nd of May. Rybatskoye yacht club to Kuz’minka a couple of kilometers above the Ivanskoye rapids. 26.2 km 5.2 km/hr average speed. We took our time this morning…

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Posted on May 21, 2018

Day 81 – The first hour we paddled through central St Petersburg, but parts of some canals were almost like wilderness all the same – 21 May

Day 81. 21st of May. St Petersburg central yacht club to Rybatskoye yacht club (just beyond the last St Petersburg bridge over the Neva). 26.0 km, 5.7 km/hr average speed.…

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Posted on May 21, 2018

Day 79 and 80 – According to Stein’s hypothesis we will be positively surprised – 19/20 May

Days 79 and 80. 19th and 20th of May. Slacking in St Petersburg. Just a few glimpses that might interest some of you from a couple of summer days in…

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