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I found the Discovery to be in pristine condition internally and all the 500 plus fellow passengers with whom I talked were full of praise for her. Many of them paid very low prices taking advantage of massive discounts offered to late bookers.
The unusual feature of my cruise was the call at Murmansk. There were a lot of pasengers aboard who had been involved directly or indirectly with the wartime convoys which brought supplies to Russia this port. Passengers were not allowed to visit the town unless they were on arranged excursions or had visas (none had). Russian red tape required each passenger to complete a lengthy form as though they were going to stay in the country (I went on a cruise to St.Petersburg last year and there were no such forms). It was rumoured that these were scrutinised by some 25 immigration officials who didn't know English:they spent several hours on the ship and were offered a meal (this may have been the reason why they were so numerous!). For those interested (I know Pam is) Murmansk is a drab place with a population of 375,000. It stands on granite hills and is built on three terraces that stretch 12 miles along the Gulf of Kola, an inlet of the Barents Sea. Many of the residential buildings are heated by hot water supplied from a gigantic central boiler with pipes running.overground. In the surroundings of Murmansk are the bases of the Russian northern fleet including nuclear-powered icebreakers and submarine. We passed a large aircraft carrier with the sailors standing at attention on her deck presumably to greet the Discovery (the Caotain sounded the siren in acknowledgement!).
Best wishes. Tony
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