Take a tour of Russia’s new, otherworldly Arctic military base
The 150,000-square-foot military complex at the Nagurskoye base on Alexandra Land, the northernmost of the Russian islands of Franz Josef Land, is completed and ready for use. Photos of the new military base, said to be the largest building in the entire circumpolar high Arctic, were recently published by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
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