Rare picture of museum icebreaker Krasin( the initial name Svyatogor, was built in 1916 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK. The Krasin is wellknown as a rescue-ship, a ship-explorer and pathfinder on the North Maritime Route.)
Now she is at St. Petersburg

http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=187553

http://www.krasin.ru/eng/history.html

Modern Krasin from Vladivostok now chartered by US Government to service the McMurdo Antarctic Station
http://photolibrary.usap.gov/Portscripts/PortWeb.dll?query&field1=Filename&op1=matches&value=KRASIN.JPG&catalog=Antarctica&template=USAPgovMidThumbs

Great photo my friend, really great!

Port of Registry: Vladivostok (Russia)
IMO: 7359644
Call Sign: UIFY
Ex-names: - - - -
Built by: Oy Wartsila Ab - Helsinki (Finland) in 1976
Type/class: "Yermak" type - Polar Icebreaker
Observations:

Thanks for posted this great picture here!
regards
Rogério Cordeiro (Brasil) :lol: