Murmansk Sea Station

The marine station of the Murmansk marine station, located in the city of Murmansk. The marine station has two berths, one of them is a pontoon. At the sea station there is a small embankment.The marine station of the Murmansk marine station, located in the city of Murmansk. The marine station has two berths, one of them is a pontoon. At the sea station there is a small embankment.

From the station departs the ship of the Murmansk Shipping Company «Claudia Elanskaya», which operates on the passenger sea line along the coast of the Kola Peninsula, connecting with Murmansk the remote settlements of Ostrovnoy, Chapoma, Chavanga and Sosnovka[1]. Until January 2013, boats were sent from the station to the remote microdistrict of the city — Abram-Mys.

In 2009, the nuclear-powered icebreaker Lenin was permanently parked at the Murmansk Sea station. This is the world’s first nuclear-powered icebreaker, which was launched in 1959, and then went along the routes of the Northern Sea Route. Now there are guided tours of it.