GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona

Andrei Nevzorov, Elena Nevzorova

The GLONASS system has already been navigating us for over two months from the start of the round-the-world sailing expedition on yacht Delta. It is carried out under the Russian satellite navigation system GLONASS to promote it and popularize the Russian innovative technology as a whole. The expedition would have been impossible without support from the Center of Space Services. Having started from the Kremlin walls on Russia’s Independence Day, we passed the Moscow Canal and the Volga, visited the ancient Russian cities
GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona
and picturesque places untouched by civilization. The GLONASS system plots our route correctly.

GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona

We saw a boat from the height of Onega beacons,

GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona

and in Petrozavodsk, the capital of Karelia, visited the Arctic Odissey club,

GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona

where they make copies of ancient ships.

GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona

We visited Kizhi Pogost (or Kizhi enclosure), a monument on the UNESCO World Heritage list, and abandoned Karelian villages,
GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona
admired wonderful sunrises
GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona
and saw the bottom of the Navy in St. Petersburg.

GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona

We set up the GLONASS system together with specialists

GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona

and made sure it’s running correctly

GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona

and started monitoring the system’s coverage zones and signal levels.

GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona

We didn’t even notice how we reached the EU’s border in a place called Santio, Finland,

GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona

Helsinki was no distance from there.

GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona
GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona
GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona
GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona

At the fortress of Suomenllina (monument on the UNESCO World Heritage List), we made our next footage for VGTRK.

GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona
GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona

In the port of Helsinki, antique barques peacefully coexist with

GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona

huge ferries.

GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona

And you should have seen fireworks in the royal yacht club, HSS!

GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona

The crew learned how to work with sails at sea

GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona
GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona
GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona
GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona

and not to be scared of bad weather,

GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona
GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona
GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona

and be glad when the weather’s fine.

GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona

We said goodbye to Finland by Hanko beacon.

GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona

Our neighbors in Latvia’s Ventspils pleased us with their sense of humor,

GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona
GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona

comfortable moorings,

GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona

Baltic sprat,

GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona

as well as the correctness of the GLONASS operation.

GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona
GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona

At night, we met barque Sedov but, unfortunately, saw it on the radar only

GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona

and came to the island of Gotland in Sweden,

GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona

the homeland of Volvo

GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona

and beautiful rural landscapes.

GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona
GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona

A new crew member, cat named GLONASS, felt very well,

GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona

while we helped ourselves to huge briar.

GLONASS System on the Way to Sweden, Report from Karlskrona

Continuing our journey across Sweden, we make this report from the city of Karlskrona. It is famous for its naval museum, the fact that the city center is on UNESCO World Heritage List, and that Ericsson phones are made here, and that GLONASS is operating well at this place.

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