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After Ladoga, Onega is the biggest lake in Europe. ©Øyvind Ravna Date: 2002-07 Svyatitel Nikolai in the White Sea-Baltic Canal. In the background Lake Onega. Convict labor built about 37 kilometers of the 227 kilometer canal between 1930-33.	After Ladoga, Onega is the biggest lake in Europe. ©Øyvind Ravna Date: Svyatitel Nikolai in the 2nd lock of the White Sea-Baltic Canal. In the background Lake Onega. Convict labor built about 37 kilometers of the 227 kilometer canal between 1930-33.	Andrey Baklanov and Aleksey Dmitriev at the helm. ©Øyvind Ravna Date: 2002-07 Kjell Lund is speaking with the boys from Shizhnya.
Another morning on the deck of Svyatitel Nikolai (St.Nicholas). ©Øyvind Ravna Date: 2002-07 An interesting meeting with a foreingner.	Arve and Liza are looking up from the dishes with smiling faces. ©Øyvind Ravna Date: 2002-07 In the period 1930-33 convict labor built 37 km of the canal.	At full sails over the White Sea. ©Øyvind Ravna Date: 2002-07 The Solovetsky Kremlin is an impressing architectural monument. The first monastery was established in 1436. The Kremlin is on the UNESCO's world heritage list.
Bjørn Arne and Andrey at the helm. ©Øyvind Ravna Date: 2002-07 Bjørn Arne and Andrey at the helm.	Bjørn Arne at the helm. ©Øyvind Ravna Date: 2002-07 Bjørn Arne at the helm.	By the habor in Nadvoitsy. ©Øyvind Ravna Date: 2002-07 "From left; Kåre, Kjell, Torill og Makki."
Captain Aleksey Dmitriev on the Svyatitel Nikolai (Saint Nicholas) ©Øyvind Ravna Date: 2002-07 The labyrinths of the Bolshoy Zayatsky Island are supposed made by the ancient indigenous population, perhaps Sami or Finnish people, as religious symbols.	Captain Aleksey Dmitriev on the Svyatitel Nikolai (Saint Nicholas) ©Øyvind Ravna Date: 2002-07 Captain Aleksey Dmitriev on the Svyatitel Nikolai (Saint Nicholas) is taking out the course by using ruler and a pair of compasses on Sv.Nikolai - and with correction from modern GPS.	Captain Aleksey Dmitriev on the Svyatitel Nikolai (Saint Nicholas) ©Øyvind Ravna Date: 2002-07 Captain Aleksey Dmitriev on the Svyatitel Nikolai (Saint Nicholas) is taking out the course by using ruler and a pair of compasses on Sv.Nikolai - and with correction from modern GPS.
Captain Aleksey Dmitriev on the Svyatitel Nikolai (Saint Nicholas). ©Øyvind Ravna Date: 2002-07 The Chapel of the Archangel Michael from the village of Lelikozero, photographed by Arve Tannvik.	Captain Aleksey Dmitriev on the Svyatitel Nikolai (Saint Nicholas). ©Øyvind Ravna Date: 2002-07 The labyrinths of the Bolshoy Zayatsky Island are supposed made by the ancient indigenous population, perhaps Sami or Finnish people, as religious symbols.	Captain Aleksey Dmitriev together with Liza Lopatkina. ©Øyvind Ravna Date: 2002-07 The labyrinths of the Bolshoy Zayatsky Island are supposed made by the ancient indigenous population, perhaps Sami or Finnish people, as religious symbols.
From left; Makki, Anne, Arve og Kjell. ©Øyvind Ravna Date: 2002-07 A telephone line under an atomic sky.	Going to the shore by Andreyevsky Skit (minor monastery). ©Øyvind Ravna Date: 2002-07 The labyrinths of the Bolshoy Zayatsky Island are supposed made by the ancient indigenous population, perhaps Sami or Finnish people, as religious symbols.	In the front one can see the "mouth" of the White Sea-Baltic Canal ©Øyvind Ravna Date: 2002-07 A old babushka selling dried fish. Small dried perch is popular snacks in the Russian North.
In the White Sea-Baltic Canal (Belomorsko-baltiysky Kanal). ©Øyvind Ravna Date: 2002-7 The boatswain is looking for a fairway.	Jan Erik by the helm. What does he see? ©Øyvind Ravna Date: 2002-07 Jan Erik by the helm. What does he see?	Kjell and the cooker are changing addresses and are cheering a drink. ©Øyvind Ravna Date: 2002-07 A small boy. From a village close to Belomorsk.
Kjell og Geir Åge koser seg i akterstavnen. ©Øyvind Ravna Date: 2002-07 White Sea-Baltic Canal (Belomorsko-baltiysky Kanal) can take ships of seagoing size, and has strategic and commercial significance for it shortens the sea passage from St. Petersburg to Arkhangelsk with 2500 km.	Kjell og Geir Åge koser seg i akterstavnen. ©Øyvind Ravna Date: 2002-07 The bridge over the water lock is opening to let the ships pass.	Kjell og Geir Åge koser seg i akterstavnen. ©Øyvind Ravna Date: 2002-07 Water runs into the lock (sluice).
Kjell, Jan-Erik, Arve, Geir Åge, Liza og Kåre is looking at the map ©Øyvind Ravna Date: 2002-07 The habor area of Nadvoitsy	Kåre is telling about the old monks and the Stalin camps. ©Øyvind Ravna Date: 2002-07 The architectural ensemble Solovetsky Kremlin seen from Ozero Svyatoye (The Holly Lake). Walking people in front.	Lake Vyg (Ozero Vyg) is one of the biggest lake on the White Sea-Baltic ©Øyvind Ravna Date: 2002-02 Svyatitel Nikolai (Saint Nicholas) at he harbor in Kizhi.
Lifting up the anchor. ©Øyvind Ravna Date: 2002-07 S.S. Sv. Nikolai was built in Petrozavodsk in 1991 as a replica ship from the period prior to 1700, when Peter the Great began his massive building of the Russian fleet. Sv. Nikolai carries 160 square meters of flaxen square sails on three m	Navigation by ruler and a pair of compasses on Sv.Nikolai. ©Øyvind Ravna Date: 2002-07 The labyrinths of the Bolshoy Zayatsky Island are supposed made by the ancient indigenous population, perhaps Sami or Finnish people, as religious symbols.	Navigaton on the Lake Onega. ©Øyvind Ravna Date: 2002-07 The White Sea-Baltic Canal consists of 19 water locks, each with several gates. The canal is 227 km long and links the White Sea to Lake Onega and the Volga-Baltic Waterway.