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Rail Away (1996 – ...)

1996 • 37 seasons • Documentary
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Season 4

Rail Away · S4E11 — Russia: Saint-Petersburg - Petrozavodsk - Kem - Arctic Circle - Murmansk - Nickel-Murmansk - Pechenga

Nov 8, 1999 · 25 min

Synopsis

A five thousand five hundred kilometer train journey, traversing ever-shifting steam locomotives, is the premise of this odyssey. Beginning in St. Petersburg, the route crosses the Polar Circle on the longest day of the year, ultimately reaching Murmansk—a destination largely unknown to Western travelers.