Our Chinese department:
08:10 Meeting at the airport.
08:45 Transfer by minibus.
09:00 Solemn ceremony of crossing the Arctic Circle with the presentation of personal certificates.
The 66th Parallel stele is a geographical feature of the city, as the only city in the world on the Arctic Circle
09:30 Accommodation at the Arctic 3* hotel (double rooms).
12:30 Lunch at a cafe/restaurant in the city (paid separately).
14:15 Sightseeing tour of the city of Salekhard.
- Obdorsky Ostrog is the place where the Obdorsky fortress was founded, which later became Salekhard.
- Victory Park is a large–scale cultural and historical complex, where military equipment from different eras is presented.
- The church in the name of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul was built according to the project of the German architect Gottlieb Zinke.
- The Open-air Aviation Museum.
- The stele of the "Romantics of the 70s".
- Urban street spaces, murals.
- Objects of the 501st Gulag construction site (optional, for an additional fee).
16:00 Visit to the I.S. Shemanovsky Museum and Exhibition Complex.
The most important museum of Yamal, where the unique exhibit of the mammoth Lyuba, well preserved in permafrost, is kept.
The ethnographic hall presents the culture and way of life of the indigenous peoples of the North, and in the hall of archaeological finds you can get acquainted with the history of the famous first Russian polar city – Mangazei.
17:20 Visit to the Museum of modern history of Yamal.
In its halls, one can trace the most important historical milestones of Yamal's development up to the present day.
19:00 Dinner at a cafe/restaurant in the city (paid separately).
Meals: not included, self-paid.
