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As you know we now have a sister event, another retro fully crewed race around the world called the  OCEAN GLOBE RACE (OGR) . It is closely connected to the GGR in philosophy and concept, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the original 1973 Whitbread Race.

While it is a stand alone event we thought you may be interested in this first official press release. This is the only time we will share an official OGR release with you here. If you would like to follow the first ever retro fully crewed race around the world please go to the  www.OceanGlobeRace.com  website NOW and register to receive all the press releases and my thoughts in the years ahead. It is going to be one hell of a race! Thanks from Jane and me!

The spirit of the Whitbread Round the World Race is back with the announcement of the 2023 OCEAN GLOBE RACE, a retro event starting from a European port on September 10th 2023, celebrating the 50th anniversary of this major milestone in adventure sailing.

In a world now dominated by professional sailors, foiling yachts and eye-watering budgets. This retro race reopens once-in-a-lifetime opportunities for ordinary sailors and adventurous yacht owners to follow in the wake of  Tabarly ,  Blake ,  van Rietschoten ,  Blyth ,  Knox-Johnston  and of course Mexican  Ramon Carlin , winner of the first Whitbread fully crewed global challenge in 1973 with his production  Swan 65 Sayula II .

Organised by Australian adventurer  Don McIntyre  along similar lines to the highly successful 2018 Golden Globe Race, which he also founded, the  2023 Ocean Globe Race (OGR)  will follow the original Clipper ship sailing route around the Globe, just as the Whitbread Race did in 1973. The course traces the classic four-leg route from Europe to Africa and on to Australasia, then back via a South American port: 27,000 miles and seven months passing under the three great Capes with Cape Horn the prize for most.

Just like the 2018 GGR, this new fully-crewed challenge is equally retro, sailing similar well proven yachts to those entered in the first Whitbread and with technology limited to what was available to those pioneers back in 1973. That means no high tech materials, computers, satellite systems (including phones and GPS), as well as mobile phones. Navigation will be limited to sextant plots on paper charts, communications to SSB and VHF radios, and music will be played on cassette tapes.

Entries are limited to ‘approved’ fibreglass production yachts designed prior to 1988, from 47ft (14.32m) to 66ft (20.11m) LOA segregated into two groups:  ADVENTURE (47-56ft 14.32-17.06m) & SAYULA (56-66ft 17.07-20.11m) classes.  In addition, original entries from the first three Whitbread Races (1973/4, 1977/8 and 1981/2) together with ‘Class surveyed’ production sail training yachts up to 68ft (20.73m) make up a third  FLYER Class.

Nautor Swan  production yachts that fall within the age/length parameters are currently approved, and similar well-proven production yachts will be considered on application. The fleet is limited to a maximum of 30 yachts and the Race will be sailed under the International Collision Regulations.

Race founder  Don McIntyre  says:

For the first time in 3 decades, ordinary sailors and yacht owners have an opportunity to experience racing around the world in an affordable, safe and fun way. You don’t need to be an elite sportsman nor require a huge support team. And as far as budgets go, the cost of a campaign need not cost any more than one half of one foil on an IMOCA 60. So many sailors harbour dreams of circling the globe and racing around Cape Horn. The Ocean Globe Race now makes these ambitions possible once more.

Best practice safety and security arrangements recognised by maritime agencies around the world have been adopted for the Race and strict minimum crew standards and numbers are specified for each class. Each yacht must also include at least one woman and youth crew aged under 24 at the start of the race.

McIntyre went on to say that the experience of running the 2018 Golden Globe Race has shown up a strong appetite for simple adventurous sailing around the world and has created a great platform to launch the Ocean Globe Race.

The GGR was a huge success for competitors and attracted a large passionate following around the world. The Race achieved everything we set out to do on a very limited budget. We learned important things about what works and why, and now have a unique formula that provides strong point of difference to any other event.

The 2023 Ocean Globe Race will be run under the auspices of by the  Royal Nomuka Yacht Club  in the  Kingdom of Tonga  and is underwritten by  McIntyre Adventure Ltd .

Applications for an invitation compete will be available from  Sept. 10th, 2019 , four years ahead of the start.

What will it cost to enter and campaign a competitive entry in the OGR?

A competitive  ADVENTURE CLASS  entry with 8-9 crew might start with a good NAUTOR SWAN 55

• Example on brokerage: 180,000 Euro
• Refit using crew labour 100,000 Euro
• Entry fees 25,000 Euro
• Insurance and misc. costs 20,000 Euro

Total Capital outlay 325,000 Euro .

Your crew should contribute total operating cost around the world, food and maintenance. At the conclusion, sell your SWAN for 200,000 Euros. The experience has cost 125,000 Euros. (You could do it for less with a smaller entry). A set of foils and handling gear on an IMOCA 60 is $500-600,000 EUR.

Don McIntyre GGR Chairman and Founder

Don McIntyre is the founder and underwriter of the goldengloberace.com the oceangloberace.com and the minigloberace.com . Follow him at mcintyreadventure.com .

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The 2023-24 Ocean Globe Race

• November 2, 2023

In the spirit of the Whitbread, 14 yachts from 23 different countries set off from Cowes to compete in The Ocean Globe Race 2023-24

Hundreds of spectator boats cheered the start of the Ocean Globe Race on Sunday 10 September, as 14 iconic yachts raced through the line off Cowes, at the start of a 27,000-mile global circumnavigation in the spirit of the 1973 Whitbread Round the World Race.

A flotilla of well-wishers, including Britain’s largest working steamship, Shieldhall, waved and clapped the fleet to the starting line opposite the Royal Yacht Squadron on the Isle of Wight, where Sir Chay Blyth, a fellow circumnavigator, fired the starting gun.

The race celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first Whitbread Round the World Race, which means taking on the world’s toughest oceans without modern technology, using no computers, satellites, GPS, or high-tech materials for navigational aids.

The Whitbread Round the World Race started from Portsmouth in 1973 following in the route of the great Clipper ships. It was the first fully crewed global yacht race, capturing the heart of the British public, and the forerunner of the Volvo Ocean Race and the Ocean Race.

Translated 9 was previously raced as ADC Accutrac by British skipper Clare Francis, who took fifth place in the 1977 Whitbread Round the World Race. Photo: Studio Borlenghi/Luca Butto

Explorer, AU (28) was first over the line in light winds, followed by Spirit of Helsinki, FI (71) and Translated 9, IT (09). The only British entry, Maiden, GB (03) was on the other side of the line in fourth position. This was only the start, however, and there were still 27,000 miles to go.

‘What an amazing sight to witness 14 teams recreating history, stepping back in time and setting off around the world on a grand adventure in the spirit of the original 1973 Whitbread,’ said Don McIntyre, Ocean Globe Race founder and sponsor.

Seven of the boats competing have taken part in one or more of the past Whitbread races: Maiden, Pen Duick VI, FR (14), Esprit d’Équipe, FR (85), Neptune, FR (56), Outlaw, AU, (08) and Translated 9, IT (09), formerly ADC Accutrac skippered to 5th place by Clare Francis in the 1977 Whitbread.

A wave from the crew of L’Esprit d’Equipe. Photo: Studio Borlenghi/Luca Butto

Father’s legacy

It was an emotional sight to see skipper Marie Tabarly at the helm of Pen Duick VI following the same route as her father 50 years ago on the same yacht. Pen Duick VI was dismasted twice in the 1973 Whitbread when skippered by Marie’s father, Éric Tabarly.

One of the most notable teams is the Farr 58, Maiden. In 1990, Tracy Edwards, now MBE, triumphantly brought home the first ever all-female Whitbread crew onboard Maiden to Ocean Village Marina, Southampton. At the time, it was estimated that almost 50,000 people came to witness this momentous event, which helped to turn the tide on women’s participation in sailing.

In this edition, Maiden again set sail with an all-female crew under skipper Heather Thomas, firstly to win, but also to highlight the work of the Maiden Factor Foundation, a charity started by Tracy to support communities to enable girls into education, helping them to reach their full potential and create better futures for all.

L’Esprit d’Equipe at the start of the race. Photo: Studio Borlenghi/Luca Butto

Helicopter evacuation

A week after the start, an injured crewman, Stéphane Raguenes, from the French yacht Triana (66) was evacuated by long-range helicopter in a dramatic rescue 225 miles from the island of Madeira. Stéphane had slipped on deck in heavy weather causing a severe laceration to the back of his leg.

At the time, 4m waves made a transfer to a nearby container ship impossible and skipper Jean d’Arthuys planned to continue to Madeira to seek medical treatment.

But D’Arthuys raised the alert to Code Red the following morning and requested a helicopter evacuation after Stéphane’s condition deteriorated overnight. The long-range rescue was carried out later that day and Raguenes was successfully helicoptered to hospital in Madeira.

The same day, another entrant Godspeed, (01) USA, contacted OGR race control reporting their boom had developed a six-inch crack in the middle following a few days of heavy weather. The team has now diverted to Lisbon to begin repairs.

French rivals L’Esprit d’Equipe and Evrika passing the Needles en route to Cape Town. Photo: Studio Borlenghi/Luca Butto

Crew diversity

The 218 sailors taking part in the race – 65 women and 153 men ranging from 17 to 73 years in age – come from 23 different countries and include: 96 crew from France, 31 from Finland, 18 from the UK, 18 from the US, 11 from Italy and six from South Africa. The diverse crews taking part are united by a passion to live a life less ordinary.

This OGR is dominated by the French; five of the yachts, Triana (skipper Jean d’Arthuys), Evrika (skipper Dominique Dubois), Neptune (Tanneguy Raffray), Pen Duick VI (Marie Tabarly), and former winner L’Esprit D’Equipe (Lionel Regnier) sail under the French flag.

With so much emphasis on youth – invigorating though it is, we do live in an ageing society. There are many sailors who will warm to surgeon Tanneguy Raffray’s initiative for including Bertrand Delhom among his crew.

Delhom has had many medical misfortunes throughout his life, including a partial amputation of his foot which has left chronic residual pain. He is no stranger to depression. Raffray describes Delhom’s diagnosis with Parkinson’s Disease as ‘the last knife’. Delhom volunteers as an instructor for other disabled sailors and asked Raffray to accept him on board Neptune to give hope to others. They have worked together on a programme of physical and psychological exercises to strengthen Delhom for the voyage and have also made various modifications to Neptune to provide additional hand holds.

Raffray will write about the experience for both the medical and popular press when they return.

The oldest OGR entrant, Campbell Mackie, 73, mentoring Spirit of Adelaide’s youngest crew member, India Syms, 18. Photo: Studio Borlenghi/Luca Butto

Strong British contingent

Though Maiden is the UK’s only entrant, there are other British sailors scattered through the fleet.

Some have signed up to sail a single leg, others are ‘rounders’. Simon Curwen, who took line honours in the recent Golden Globe Race, is sailing the first two legs on board the Italian yacht Translated 9. He sounds slightly surprised to be there and agrees that this is a significant departure from his usual solo racing.

The invitation to join Translated 9 came so soon after the GGR last year that Curwen had turned it down. His wife Clare encouraged him to think again. He is sailing with Vittorio Malingri, whose father and uncle have both done the race, and who is joined by his son Nico. Owner Marco Trombetti is the co-skipper, and his wife and business partner, Isabelle Audrieu, will sail with them for a leg.

A hive of activity and excitement aboard Pen Duick VI as the crew get her off to a good start with Marie Tabarly at the helm. Photo: Studio Borlenghi/Luca Butto

Jill Comber, sailing the whole race on the Australian yacht Explorer, has a hunch that her skills as a CEO of a successful company will prove transferable to challenges of life on board. She took up sailing as a single mother looking for something she and her nine-year-old son could do together. He’s now an adult, seeking his own adventures.

Since selling her company Jill has done as much ocean sailing as she can and sees the OGR as a way to accelerate her learning about herself. ‘It feels like throwing my life up into the air and wondering where it will come down.’ Her role on board is crew co-ordinator, something very necessary as Explorer has crew joining and leaving at every stage. Some they haven’t even met yet.

Terry Kavanagh, the sole Irishman in the OGR, sailing on Explorer as first mate, agrees with Jill about business skills being transferable. He’s still part way through a slow circumnavigation with his wife Jac and is an unexpected convert to racing. This January they took part in the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers. However, Terry was inspired by Don McIntyre’s concept of the OGR and, as Jac had already raced round the world via the Clipper fleet, they agreed to leave their yacht in the West Indies and sign on. While Terry sails this race with skipper Mark ‘Captain Coconut’ Sinclair, Jac has joined the shore-based team, managing PR.

Maiden’s all-female crew range in age from age 18 to 42, with skipper, Heather Thomas, 26 (fifth from left), at the helm for the OGR. Photo: Studio Borlenghi/Luca Butto

Good to see the Brits

Tom Napper, first mate on Pen Duick VI, has found that the best way to have a career in sailing is to be at the right place and jump on opportunities. He’s a sailor and rigger from Cornwall who started his career afloat when he was two. His mother, a single parent and district midwife, often needed people to look after her hyperactive child and was relieved to discover that the motion of a boat helped him sleep.

He first met skipper Marie Tabarly when racing in Monaco and kept in touch until a message arrived last year, ‘We need to go and drink coffee.’ Tom joined Pen Duick VI in November and has found his French crewmates welcoming – though Sir Chay Blyth muttered that it was ‘Good to see a Brit on board,’ Aurora Sillars (23) is the youngest member on board the South African entry Sterna. This is owned by a new adventure sailing company, Allspice Yachting, which hopes to use the race to gain recognition and also undertake environmentally useful projects.

Her owner, Dr Gerrit Louw, is a former academic specialising in geo-informatics, and the boat’s main sponsor is Inclusive Carbon Standard, which aims to reduce the cost of carbon credits and supply food and trees for Africa. Aurora’s personal project is plankton collection. Sterna was the first yacht in the fleet to achieve the Green Card for passing all safety checks. She also has the lowest handicap.

Maiden’s all-female crew are likely to maintain resilience. Photo: Studio Borlenghi/Luca Butto

Lucy Frost on the Australian yacht Outlaw is clear about her motivation – ‘Sailing puts a smile on my face.’ She began sailing when IVF failed and it was clear that she could never have children. ‘You can do anything now,’ her sister told her. Fast forward to the OGR 23 and Lucy was one of the initial five investors in Outlaw, a cooperatively owned yacht.

Their skipper, Campbell Mackie (73) is the oldest person in the race and, like Tapio Lehtinen, still feels inspired by the legacy of the tea clippers and grain racers. Lucy has sailed on Maiden and believes that there are still many ways in which women in sailing are at a significant disadvantage. She welcomes the OGR quota system.

Pen Duick VI under way. Photo: Studio Borlenghi/Luca Butto

Multi-skilled crews

Emma Walker is the sole British woman on the US veterans’ yacht Godspeed. She’s an inveterate adventurer who has spent much of her life backpacking but has also served in both the Royal Navy (as an engineer) and RAF (as a photographer). She has little sailing experience but discovered that her talent for logistics is valuable when getting the all-veteran crew motivated and jobs completed. She will also use her experience as a photographer to document the trip.

Godspeed is owned by Skeleton Crew Adventures, a charity founded by skipper Taylor Grieger. Grieger suffered from PTSD after his military service and has already made a fundraising film, Hell or High Seas, (available on Amazon) about his attempt to round Cape Horn. They still have fundraising to do in order to complete this race. Emma says her experience so far is like being back in the service family; ‘We’ve got each other’s backs.’

Galiana WithSecure testing how many sails you can hoist at once

The Swan 57 White Shadow is the single Spanish entry, also skippered by a French sailor, Jean-Claude Petit, who will be joined by some of his family members.

The Finns have two boats, Spirit of Helsinki (formerly Whitbread racer Fazer Finland) skippered by Jussi Paarvoseppa, and Tapio Lentinen’s Galiana WithSecure. Their crews have trained hard and there is a good deal of national pride urging them on. And whatever one’s allegiance it will be hard not to wish Tapio, in particular, every good fortune after the gooseneck barnacle attack in the GGR18, the loss of Asteria in GGR22, and Galiana WithSecure’s dismasting in the recent Fastnet.

When asked how he personally recovered from such setbacks, Tapio spoke of the deeper values which sustained him, and also the realisation that being able to sail ‘is a fantastic gift. One shouldn’t spoil it by crying over spilt milk.’ With that in mind, Tapio will also be flying the Ukrainian flag.

The crews are expected to finish between the 1 and 10 April 2024.

The Ocean Globe Race route

The eight-month adventure follows the original Clipper route and is split into four legs, sailing around the three great Capes: Africa’s Cape of Good Hope, Australia’s Cape Leeuwin, and South America’s notorious Cape Horn. Stopovers include: Cape Town, Auckland and Punta del Este.

The first leg: 6,650 miles, Southampton to Cape Town. The first boats are expected to finish between 9-21 October. The second leg: 6,650 miles, Cape Town to Auckland, New Zealand. It starts on 5 November and is expected to finish between 14-23 December. The third leg: 8,370 miles, Auckland, New Zealand to Punta del Este, Uruguay. It starts on 14 January 2024. The first boats are expected to finish between 9-18 February 2024. The fourth leg: 5,430 miles, Punta del Este, Uruguay to Southampton. The first boats to cross the finish line are expected 1-10 April 2024.

The entrants

The yachts are split into three classes: the Adventure Class 46-55ft; Sayula Class 56-65ft; and Flyer Class, comprising ex-Whitbread yachts from the first three editions.

Adventure Class (47-55ft/ 14-17m)

Galiana WithSecure (Tapio Lehtinen), FIN, Swan 55; Triana (Jean D’Arthuys) FRA, Swan 53; Outlaw (Campbell Mackie), AUS, Baltic 55; Sterna (Allspice Yachting, Rufus Brand) ZAF, Swan 53; Godspeed (Skeleton Crew Sailing, Taylor Grieger), USA, Swan 51.

Sayula Class (56-66 ft /17-20m)

Evrika (Dominique Dubois), FRA, Swan 65; Explorer (Mark Sinclair), AUS, Swan 57; Spirit of Helsinki (Jussi Paavoseppä), FIN, Swan 651; White Shadow (Jean-Christophe Petite), ESP, Swan 57

Flyer Class (Former 1973, 1977 or 1981 Whitbread race boats)

L’Esprit d’Equipe (Lionel Regniér), FRA, Whitbread 1981; Translated 9 (Vittorio Malingri), ITA, Whitbread 1977, Pen Duick VI (Marie Tabarly), FRA, Whitbread 1973; Neptune (Tanneguy Raffray), FRA, Whitbread 1977; Maiden (Heather Thomas), GBR, Whitbread 1989.

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From the Whitbread to The Ocean Race – The incredible technological laboratory and its ‘French Heritage’

In part two of this series devoted to the history of the French in the round-the-world crewed race, IMOCA and The Ocean Race revisit the technological evolution that has coloured a race, which witnessed the first French victory in 1985-86 and the burgeoning career of a certain Franck Cammas. When Mexican Ramon Carlin snatched glory in 1974 on the Swan 65 Sayula II, others were keen to emulate his performance. Cornelis ‘Conny’ Van Rietschoten, a Dutch industrialist, began construction of a 20-metre Sparkman & Stephens ketch, a near sistership to Sayula, albeit made of aluminium, with a longer waterline and carrying more sail area. Named Flyer, the ketch secured victory in the second Whitbread Round the World Race (1977-78) in 119 days. By then the race had grabbed the attention of young naval architects, like New Zealanders Ron Holland and Bruce Farr, Frenchmen Philippe Briand, Gilles Vaton, Michel Joubert and Bernard Nivelt, as well as the Argentinian German Frers. The Whitbread was not just a fantastic technological laboratory, but also a wonderful showcase for the major yards responsible for production cruising yachts like Nautor Swan, Bowman and Camper & Nicholson. Some of the more notable innovations tested in the rigours of the Whitbread race included fractional rigs, rigid vangs, honeycomb core bulkheads and twin steering wheels. In 1981, Rietschoten decided to defend his title with a new boat, Flyer II, designed by German Frers. Somewhat larger (23.16 m), the sloop was an example of the latest trend, fitting out a Maxi IOR (International Offshore Rule) to secure a win on both elapsed and corrected time. His crew included Frenchman Daniel Wlochovski in charge of navigation, as well as a 20-year-old New Zealander, Grant Dalton, who designed the sails. Heart attack in the Southern Ocean The race was not without incident however. In the South Pacific, Rietschoten came close to tragedy after suffering a heart attack. The skipper forbade his crew from divulging this news and prevented the onboard doctor from contacting a colleague – who happened to be close by aboard rival boat Ceramco New Zealand, skippered by Peter Blake. “The Kiwis were hot on our heels” , Rietschoten explained on his arrival dockside. “Had they known that I had a health problem, they’d have pushed all the harder.” Miraculously, Rietschoten recovered and Flyer II took the race win, just ahead of Frenchman Alain Gabbay on Charles Heidsieck III and Kriter IX helmed by André Viant. ‘Conny’ is still the only skipper in history to have won two editions.

Brittany’s youth step up to the plate Three Bretons, aged between 18 and 21, also had their hearts set on this legendary race. Teaming up with Gabriel Guilly, they built a ‘little’ prototype in a shed in Etel in Brittany’s Morbihan region. She measured under fifteen metres and was designed by the Joubert-Nivelt pairing. She went by the name Mor Bihan. The trio signed up some renowned sailors: Eugène Riguidel, Philippe Poupon, Jean-François Coste, Halvard Mabire and Jean-François Le Mennec… Nearly ten metres shorter than Flyer II, Mor Bihan bagged the win on corrected time in the third strenuous leg between Auckland and Mar del Plata. Eugène Riguidel, skipper for this victorious leg via the Horn, said aloud what many others were thinking: “A race that pits such different boats against one another is doomed. An event with a fixed rating per category would be much better…” He was proven right less than fifteen years later with the arrival of the VOR 60s.


1986, Lionel Péan rather than Éric Tabarly “The media and authorities hold a tremendous grudge against Bull – a nationalised French company specialising in professional computer systems – for favouring me over Éric Tabarly on his third participation” , recalled Lionel Péan.  Tabarly was after a Maxi – he had Côte d’Or built – and Bull thought, compared to their ‘team spirit’ slogan, ‘L’Esprit d’Équipe’, the double OSTAR champion had an image with a heavy singlehanded bias. Péan continues: “I realised that the Whitbread wasn’t won by the quickest boats, rather it favoured those who make good headway in relation to their handicap. When we bought 33 Export designed by Philippe Briand, we clipped her wings.” The latter pair knew each other very well and liked one another. In fact, Lionel went to the same secondary school as Philippe in La Rochelle. “We had to increase the buoyancy between the measurement points. We kept the same sail area and increased the surface area of the keel, which meant we were highly versatile on every point of sail. It’s worth noting that we still had Dacron sails back then. There was no carbon in the hulls. We also had halyards that were a mixture of wire and rope.” This strong skipper sailed with a group of seven young sailors. He had a floating position aboard, as did the guy doing the cooking, rotating each day. “We sailed our outward and return leg of the Atlantic at an average of 7.8 knots, and the two legs from Cape Town-Auckland and Auckland-Punta del Este at 9.8 knots, on a boat measuring just 56 feet and dating back to 1981. Today, when you see the performances posted by IMOCAs, you get the sense that our boats were “Retromobiles”! Everyone carried heavy packs of mineral water and tinned food galore, and we were the only ones to set sail with just an industrial watermaker. It was enough to produce our water and prepare the freeze-dried food. In IOR, the boats were measured empty so it was important to keep weight to a minimum.” Seventy days without seeing the horizon “It was the early days of SATNAV and, when it worked, we had a position about every four hours… In the Deep South, upon setting sail from Auckland, we spent 17 days in a complete pea-souper, so it was impossible to use the sextant.” Before leaving New Zealand, Péan put an extra five spinnakers aboard, so he had eleven in all. After completing a circumnavigation of the globe outstandingly well, Lionel Péan and his crew became the first French sailors to win the Whitbread, completing the course in 111 days. Cammas discovers sailing through Tabarly’s book about the Whitbread Since its creation in 1973, the Whitbread has inspired a whole generation. Such is the case for one young schoolboy born a year before the first edition, who loved hanging around in a bookshop in Aix-en-Provence after lessons. He came across a book entitled “Le tour du monde de Pen Duick VI” (Pen Duick VI’s circumnavigation of the globe) by Éric Tabarly, which his father gifted to him. “I’d never gone sailing in my life and I didn’t understand much about it as there were a lot of technical terms. I re-read it three or four times over the summer whilst we spent our holidays in the Alps… with a dictionary to hand. I was so inspired by the book that I kept badgering my parents, who were more mountain than sea, to sign me up for a beginner’s course on an Optimist in Marseille.” Not yet ten, this kid was called Franck Cammas. From his opening tacks on the water, he was smitten, and onlookers were impressed by the speed with which he learned how to sail. “Fairly quickly, I told myself that the most fantastic thing would be to compete in this race one day.” After his record-setting voyage in the Jules Verne Trophy and the Route du Rhum in 2010, the sailor from Aix-en-Provence was preparing to compete in the most prestigious of round-the-world races, the Volvo Ocean Race. In preparation for the start, at the end of 2011, he acquired the winning boat from the previous edition, Ericsson. He formed an entourage of specialists in the event, including a number of Anglo-Saxons to get a better understanding of the subtleties of this unique challenge, putting together a crew combining specialists from the round the world race, the Solitaire du Figaro and close-contact racing. Cammas launched a new boat, Groupama 4 designed by his team and the Argentinian naval architect Juan Kouyoumdjian, who’d learned his craft with Philippe Briand. Those familiar with the crewed round the world race weren’t suspicious of this sailor. He may have already earned a lot of wins in solo format, but this time he was discovering a world he didn’t know. Indeed, during the first leg, he was still in learning mode. With the passing miles though, Groupama 4 evolved and the team upped their game before taking the lead and winning the eighth and penultimate leg between Lisbon and Lorient… 

During the French stopover, whilst the overseas crews headed off for a round of golf or to have some fun, Cammas and his team further optimised their boat, to the extent that they cut away the companionway steps to save a few extra grams before the final sprint to Galway. The French team sailed an absolute blinder and Franck Cammas took victory in the Volvo Ocean Race in 2012, something which his idol Éric Tabarly was not able to do. Aboard the boat was a certain Charles Caudrelier, helmsman-trimmer, who would go on to be promoted to the rank of skipper of Dongfeng Race Team, a French-Chinese campaign. He too secured a win two editions later (2017-18) at the head of an accomplished international crew.

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-293 days until the start of Leg 2!Start Day!

5 November Race Start Leg 2, Cape Town to Auckland, Table Bay Harbour (Live streamed on Facebook and YouTube ).

Entrants depart the V&A marina from 10:30hrs local time. Official start 14:00hrs local time. The race start can be viewed from East Pier, Cape Town Harbour.

Congratulations Maiden! Winners of OGR 2023

Explorer aus (28) cross the royal yacht squadron finish line, cowes, at 17:35 on 13 may after 69d 0h 35m 52s., they are the last finisher of the 2023 ocean globe race., follow the race.

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Turning the tide for ordinary sailors with a dream

The golden age of fully crewed ocean racing around the world seems a distant memory..

Huge budgets and elite professionals racing custom carbon yachts costing upwards of €1m, that 'fly' on foils steered by sophisticated autopilots, not sailors, where shore teams via satellite are making tactical decisions are the new norm. Technology moves so fast that sailors the world over, while marvelling at these advances, have been left behind and look back fondly at the Corinthian days of the 1973 Whitbread Race and dream.

A time when adventurous sailors put together their own campaigns, skippers and crew made all decisions and the fleet was evenly matched. A time when budgets played a small part, technology was minimal and humans dared to achieve.

Well it’s time for a reality check. Time to step back, slow down, take a deep breath and experience life defining moments!

Following the hugely successful 50th anniversary Golden Globe Race in 2018, and again in 2022, McIntyre Adventure is proud to launch the 50th anniversary celebration of that first fully crewed round the world race. This retro Ocean Globe Race (OGR) takes to the high seas with 14 teams on September 10th from Ocean Village, following the same route as the clipper ships and the inaugural 1973 Whitbread Race in similar, affordable yachts.

The Ocean Globe Race is the future of accessible around the world ocean yacht racing for any sailor and has a huge future. This opportunity returns after nearly 30 years and is set to inspire and capture the imagination of sailors and passionate followers the world over. Already nine teams are preparing for the 2027 OGR as sailors grasp what this opportunity truly means. 

Turning the tide for ordinary sailors with a dream.

Don McIntyre Ocean Globe Race Founder

2023 Entrants

Galiana WithSecure

• Boat Type: Swan 55 (Hull No. 2)
• Skipper: Tapio Lehtinen
• Country: FINLAND

• Boat Type: Swan 53 (Hull No. 17)
• Skipper: Rufus Brand
• Country: SOUTH AFRICA

• Boat Type: Baltic 55
• Skipper: Campbell Mackie
• Country: AUSTRALIA

• Boat Type: Swan 65 Ketch
• Skipper: Dominique Dubois
• Country: FRANCE

Spirit of Helsinki

• Boat Type: Swan 651
• Skipper: Jussi Paavoseppä

White Shadow

• Boat Type: Swan 57
• Skipper: Jean-Christophe Petit
• Country: SPAIN

L’Esprit d’équipe

• Boat Type: 33 Export
• Skipper: Lionel Regnier

Translated 9

• Boat Type: Swan 65
• Skipper: Marco Trombetti / Vittorio Malingri
• Country: ITALY

Pen Duick VI

• Boat Type: 73ft Bermudan Ketch
• Skipper: Marie Tabarly

• Boat Type: 60ft Aluminium Sloop
• Skipper: Tanneguy Raffray

• Boat Type: Nautor Swan 57
• Skipper: Mark Sinclair

• Boat Type: Swan 53
• Skipper: Jean d'Arthuys

• Boat Type: 58ft Bruce Farr Design
• Skipper: Heather Thomas
• Country: UNITED KINGDOM

• Boat Type: Swan 51
• Skipper: Taylor Grieger
• Country: USA

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The Ocean Globe Race (OGR) is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the iconic Whitbread Race the best way possible, by sailing around the world like it’s 1973.

The opportunity returns to race around the globe

Time to step back, slow down, take a deep breath and go..

With so many of the beautiful yachts from previous Whitbreads being rescued and restored, as has Maiden of course, it seems only fitting that they should be raced around the world again! Tracy Edwards MBE, Maiden

I'm delighted to hear that a 50th anniversary edition of the Whitbread is being launched. The Ocean Globe will be a great adventure as well as a great race for the participants. What a challenge one can set themselves? My congratulations to the organisers - it's such a bold and exciting move. Sir Chay Blyth

Of all the challenges, this Ocean Globe Race beats all its predecessors, the Whitbread and those that followed in its wake. The late Bob Fisher, veteran yachting journalist and author

This supreme challenge is an opportunity for those who could usually only dream of participating in such an event. Take it from me, this will offer an experience of a lifetime with lasting memories that will forever remind you of a unique and outstanding achievement. Ashley Manton, Chairman International Association of Cape Horners

What a brilliant idea to give people another chance to have the fun, to make the friends and to share the experiences we had fifty years ago. There will be days and weeks of being terrified, exhausted, cold, wet and miserable; other times you will be excruciatingly bored, but you will make friends for life, with a deep friendship born of the shared experience of danger, exhaustion and discomfort, and at the end you will realise it was the best thing you have done in your entire life. Butch Dalrymple Smith, Crew Sayula Winner 1973

The first Whitbread Race in '73 was a huge adventure and became a major milestone in the history of ocean racing. This retro Ocean Globe Race marking the 50th anniversary of that first race will be just as exciting and provides a unique opportunity for ordinary sailors to test themselves in the rolling surf of southern oceans once more. Barry Pickthall, Author of five Whitbread Race books

Those early Whitbread days really were full of passion. Every edition put up new challenges with the human element so important. The stories and characters became legend and we had a lot of fun. I have lots of memories of 'Fisher & Paykel', many of which are about coming only second! This new Classic Challenge in the Ocean Globe is going to excite a lot of people on and off the water. Imagine if Steinlager and F&P return! Grant Dalton, Whitbread and Volvo Ocean Race legend

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The maiden crew became the first all-female outfit to triumph in the race earlier this month..

Monday 29 April 2024 22:08, UK

The Queen has praised the endeavours of a "brilliant" all-female yachting crew after they won a global race in a world first.

The Maiden team from the UK crossed the finish line at Cowes, Isle of Wight, earlier this month having sailed for 153 days in the Ocean Globe Race.

They had passed through South Africa, New Zealand and finally Punta del Este, Uruguay, before making a beeline back to British shores.

Camilla welcomed the crew to Clarence House, saying: "You're doing a brilliant job, keep on doing it - that's really important."

Captain Heather Thomas, one of the five Brits on board, said: "It was incredible after we'd found out we'd won.

"It's a pretty historic moment for women's sailing, I'm really happy with the result, the girls all worked really hard for it - so we're proud of ourselves."

The winning yacht was sailed by an international crew that included women from South Africa, Costa Rica and the Caribbean.

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As well as the triumph, the women are part of a project promoting the education of women and girls in countries where access is difficult.

Najiba Noori, who admitted to having no experience of sailing, told Sky News's Mark Austin one of the main reasons she joined Maiden was because she could give "a voice" to the women of her country, Afghanistan , as she also captured the voyage on camera for a documentary.

Ms Thomas told Sky News of the Maiden relying on traditional sailing methods of celestial navigation instead of using GPS, as modern technology is banned according to the race's rules.

She added: "The biggest thing for the crew is that we didn't have any digital music so we had to use cassettes instead," confessing ABBA's greatest hits album was their go-to.

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Maiden was the brainchild of veteran yachtswoman Tracy Edwards, who skippered the boat during the 1989-90 Whitbread global yacht race with an all-female crew.

The 58-foot yacht had been abandoned in the Indian Ocean until Ms Edwards launched a campaign to resurrect it as part of the Maiden Factor Foundation, which was completed in 2018.

Ms Edwards said the organisation's patron Whoopi Goldberg had challenged her to find a diverse crew.

She said: "For me, this is the end of a 45-year fight for the equality of women within sailing and sport generally and actually women's empowerment.

"And when Whoopi Goldberg became our patron, she looked me square in the eye, and when she went 'change it'. I went 'okay' so we did. So we put this incredible crew together because we want to change the face of sailing."

The 2023-24 Ocean Globe Race, marks the 50th anniversary of the first edition of the Whitbread round-the-world race, and featured 14 boats representing eight countries.

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• September 10, 2023

Fourteen teams, racing on iconic yachts such as Maiden and Pen Duick VI, start the crewed ‘retro’ around the world race, the Ocean Globe Race

Amost exactly 50 years to the day since the first Whitbread Round the World Race, the latest ‘retro’ race, the Ocean Globe Race , set off today from Cowes, UK.

Fourteen teams racing in three classes set off on a single start from the famous Royal Yacht Squadron line, with fluky conditions in the Solent granting the fleet a brief window of 10-15 knot breezes to get over the line and make for spectacular scenes, though shortly after the breeze faded to zephyrs as the fleet made their way west.

The Ocean Globe Race fleet, with Pen Duick VI nearest camera, shortly after starting from the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes

The Ocean Globe Race is the latest ‘retro’ race to pay homage to the ground-breaking ocean and offshore races of yesteryear, this one a crewed around the world with-stops, which is intended to capture the spirit of the first Whitbread Round the World Race, and is organised by Don McIntyre, who is also the man behind the Golden Globe Race modern editions.

This week marked the 50th anniversary of the Whitbread Round the World Race, which first set out from Portsmouth, UK on 8 September 1973.

Thanks to an anonymous donor, the support of MDL Marinas, and a lot of tireless work behind the scenes, the Ocean Globe Race (unlike the Golden Globe Race, which moved to France for its reincarnation) started once again from the Solent, with the race village hosted in Ocean Village, Southampton, before the fleet set off from the Royal Yacht Squadron line off Cowes today.

A busy pre-start for the Ocean Globe Race fleet leaving Cowes, UK

Despite some unforcast rain shortly before the start, an impressive and eclectic spectator flotilla gathered to see the fleet off, with a slightly authentic Whitbread-era air of chaos as the 14 race yachts milled around pre-start amongst RIBS, race yachts, classics, spectator ferries, and a vintage steam ship.

Nevertheless, all fourteen got away cleanly without incident and were swiftly demonstrating some old-school boat handling skills: Galiana WithSecure hoisting her blooper sail shortly after the downwind start, while L’Esprit d’Équipe demonstrated a twin-pole gybe.

Iconic Ocean Globe Race entries

The Ocean Globe Race has attracted some truly legendary yachts. Most famous on this side of the Channel – and certainly attracting the greatest spectator flotilla – is Tracy Edwards ’ Maiden . The Bruce Farr-designed 58-footer, which twice competed in the Whitbread Round the World Race, is the only all-female team in the race, repeating the history of Tracy Edwards’ famous 1989 race, and is skippered by Heather Thomas.

After falling into near total disrepair, Maiden was rescued by Edwards and had a major refit in 2017/18 ahead of a world tour to raise funds and awareness for girls’ education. In order to bring her back into race trim additional bunks have been added, as Maiden will race with a crew of 12, a new sail wardrobe, additional heating for the Southern Ocean stages.

Thomas said: “We’ve really pitched her towards winning the race, performance wise we’ve got four different headsails, four different spinnakers, so we’re really going to be pushing her to her limit to try and beat Marie [Taberly] and Pen Duick , and Neptune and Translated and all of them! So we’re really trying to push as hard as we can.”

Whilst Maiden has broken many glass ceilings, an all-female team has never won a crewed around the world race, so that is the team’s ultimate goal.

The iconic Ocean Globe Race yacht Pen Duick VI, skippered by Marie Tabarly, is one of the hardest raced entrants in recent years, here competing in the Rolex Fastnet Race. Credit: Kurt Arrigo/Rolex

Maiden is racing in the highly competitive Flyer class, which also includes the iconic French yacht Pen Duick VI , led by Marie Taberly, daughter of French sailing legend, Éric Tabarly. Like Maiden , Pen Duick VI had been on a world tour, the Elemen’Terre project, raising awareness of environmental and social issues through activities including art and performance.

At 73ft Pen Duick VI was designed by André Mauric and built for the 1973/4 Whitbread Round the World Race and had a major refit ahead in 2011/12 as well as updates for her round the world project. It has retained many of its original features, including industrial hatches, coffee grinders, and twin cockpits.

Also in the Flyer class is another Mauric design, the 1977 Neptune , which raced in the 1977-78 Whitbread Race to 8th place. The French team includes Bertrand Delhom, who aims to become the first sailor with Parkinson’s disease to race around the world.

Translated 9, previously raced in the 1977 Whitbread Round the World Race as ADC Accutrac by British skipper, Clare Francis, training ahead of the 2023 Ocean Globe Race.

Another famous British woman skipper’s yacht is now racing as Translated 9 in the Flyer class, having originally sailed as ADC Accutrac , skippered by Clare Francis, to 5th place in the 1977/78 Whitbread Round the World Race.

Translated is a Swan 65 which has been impressively refitted with a lengthy build up campaign to the race, and is likely to be a strong contender. The crew is primarily made up of amateur sailors who applied to take part, but includes experienced Italian skipper/owner Marco Trombetti and his son Nico as First Mate. It also includes 2022 Golden Globe Race veteran, Simon Curwen, who took line honours in the race and was first in the Chichester Class.

The fifth boat to make up the Flyer class is another Whitbread class winner, the Briand-designed L’Esprit d’Équipe , which won class in the 1985/86 edition of the race. L’Esprit d’Équipe is skippered by pro racer and boat builder Lionel Regnier.

The 14 Ocean Globe Race yachts, including seven former Whitbread entrants, assembled in Ocean Village, Southampton. Credit: Aida Valceanu / OGR2023

Adventurous entrants

Nine other teams are competing in the Adventure Class (for yachts 47ft-56ft) and Sayula class (56-66ft). They include the Baltic 55, Outlaw , another Whitbread Race veteran, having raced in the 1985-86 edition as Equity and Law ; the sole American entry, a Swan 51, Godspeed , which is crewed by US military veterans; the Olin Stephens designed Explorer , which is skippered by by 2018 and 2022 Golden Globe Race veteran, Australian Mark Sinclair ; and Evrika , the Swan 65 formerly owned by Pink Floyd’s Rick Wright. Evrika is now skippered by French sailor and boat builder Dominique Dubois after the yacht he originally entered, a Swan 651 called Futuro , was blown from its cradle during Storm Gérard in February this year and written off.

The smallest yacht in the fleet is Galiana , the 1970 Swan 55 skippered by Golden Globe Race veteran Tapio Lehtinen . Lehtinen has a young crew that he carefully selected over several years of trials, as one of his key goals is to bring on young Finnish sailors, having himself competed in the 1981-82 Whitbread Race at the age of 23.

Lehtinen is well known as a classic yacht aficionado and Galiana has been lovingly restored, but was dismasted at the start of this year’s Rolex Fastnet Race. The team worked swiftly to preserve all the sails and hardware, and Galiana has a fully repaired – though less aesthetically pleasing – rig.

The Ocean Globe Race fleet heading west out of the Solent, Galiana (far right) flying a blooper downwind.

Down below the refit for the Ocean Globe Race took inspiration from yachts such as Kialoa 3 , with classic white panelling where new bunks have been added, and practical touches including air-dryers for wet kit and boots. The aft companionway was also closed off to create a drier entranceway to the living quarters and nav station, while the main saloon now has a smaller table from Lehtinen’s previous boat, his Gaia 36 Asteria – which famously sank in the Southern Indian Ocean last November.

However, it’s Galiana’s sail plan which is most remarkable, including a traditional blooper. Lehtinen admits that while it might not help her rating, he had to choose an authentic sail wardrobe from the ‘70s “Because I’m a romantic.”

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Butch Dalrymple-Smith: First Whitbread & Best Years to be Alive

The best years to be alive in human history: Butch Dalrymple-Smith on a life lived on a planet of infinite resources, when the Solent was the test tank and the stars were your GPS.

Butch dalrymple-smith: i am a lucky man.

“There is not doubt that I am a lucky man. I was born at the end of the second world war, which meant that mine was the first generation ever to have lived in an unbroken period without conscription or the obligation to go abroad and kill foreigners. At least, in England we escaped it. We lived through the cold war and the shadow of nuclear holocaust, but isn’t it always like that? Our distant ancestors must have felt the invention of the bow meant the end of warfare as they knew it. Bullets and shells were equally terrifying; then bombing civilians from the air. ICBMs with thermonuclear warheads were simply more of the same. Now we face terrorism, cyber warfare and robot killing machines, perhaps the scariest of the lot.  It never changes. I experienced the transition from post-war bankruptcy to a steadily improving economy, lowering prices, rising salaries and an overwhelming feeling of optimism as living standards steadily improved with every passing year. But already I can see the end of this happy state: increasing inequality, reduced purchasing power, rising unemployment, unachievable living costs. I had just left school when the birth control pill came on sale. Syphilis and gonorrhoea had been defeated by penicillin and AIDS had not yet been invented. The resultant explosion of sexual liberation was all the more exciting because it was unprecedented. And didn’t we take advantage of it!

I saw the introduction of plastics and enjoyed the convenience of cheap consumer products before anyone realised the problem of accumulating waste… a problem I leave to my children with acute embarrassment.

Throughout my life minerals of every sort have been abundant. On a geological timescale, the period when provision of finite resources was limited only by demand will be a mere blink in our planet’s history. But I was there… it was my time.

In my lifetime there has been unbelievable progress in technology. Just look at the contrast between the primitive life of my parents and the computer-enhanced, connected and convenient world of today: comfortable homes, reliable cars, electric help with the chores, free communications and cheap international travel. This trend will probably continue but for us it was all novel and amazing. We relished our new technology-enabled powers all the more because we were the first generation to see so much progress so quickly…. and I am happy to leave the challenges of dealing with artificial intelligence and genetic modification to our children. I hope they manage.

We went through various panics about the limits of growth: How long could the planet feed itself? What happens when oil runs out? How can we control pandemic diseases in an age of international travel? And yet the agrarian revolution, new oil discoveries and increasingly effective pharmaceuticals soon made our concerns ephemeral.

For almost all of my life, the problems of species extinctions, climate change and overpopulation were of no concern, and now in my dotage none of it really affects me, although once again I hand on the baton in this generational relay with a feeling of guilt.

The Golden Years of Sailing

In sport, I hit the sweet spot with a precision that was uncanny. I was there when competitive sailing was a blast, when the best of the best national teams competed just for the fun of it. Without sponsors or pay masters we enjoyed our racing in a way that is inconceivable today. The IOR may have been a flawed handicapping system but it provided unbelievable racing and wealthy, enthusiastic owners enjoyed it just as much as the rest of us. They were prepared to pay for new race boats at a rate that even today’s corporate sponsors can’t match.

Sailing was a perfect way to spend my young adulthood. We went from regatta to regatta, scratching a living as best we could between races and having a wonderful time travelling from one party to the next: Admirals’ Cup , transatlantic races, the Ton Cup regattas, Hobart, Bermuda, Maxi Worlds, Whitbreads… The boats today may go faster and know where they are with ridiculous precision, but our combination of hardware at a human scale; the responsibility of brain-based decision-making; navigation where the stars, a sense of smell and the shape of the waves played a part; the reliance on experience and gut feel for weather prognosis in the absence of accurate forecasts… it all contributed to a racing experience which today’s hotshots can only dream about.  But now the genie of overwhelming technology is well and truly out of the bottle and only classic yacht racing and the anachronistic Golden Globe revival portray a shadow of how it used to be.

Butch Dalrymple-Smith on Yacht Design

Designing yachts was more fun too. Without computer fluid dynamics we simply drew shapes that we liked and generally they worked. Compared to today, weight, balance and performance were all a bit of a lottery. The very thought of running 50 computer-created variations of the same boat around a computer-simulated race course fills me with horror. The Solent was our testing tank. Call me old-fashioned, but I loved using pencil and splines to define a shape. It was exacting work and you didn’t want to change it once it was done but there’s something very aesthetic and rewarding about completing a lines plan on Mylar, and the discipline of fairing and keeping control was part of the enjoyment. Perhaps only another veteran yacht designer will understand what I mean. Demand was buoyant and most of the boats were pretty good too. The 1970s and 80s were the best years ever to be designing boats.

“In short, the planet and society as a whole have been good to me”

Butch Dalrymple-Smith

My life was so much better than the generations before mine and I am pretty sure it will prove to be a lot better than generations to come. As I face my final years of this mortal coil I have to smile and reflect that I had the best of everything in the best of all possible worlds. How lucky is that!”

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Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

The Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug ( Russian : Яма́ло-Не́нецкий автоно́мный о́круг , romanized :   Yamalo-Nenetsky avtonomny okrug ; Nenets : Ямалы-Ненёцие автономной ӈокрук , romanized:   Jamaly-Nenjocije awtonomnoj ŋokruk ) or Yamalia ( Russian : Ямалия ) is a federal subject of Russia and an autonomous okrug of Tyumen Oblast . Its administrative center is the town of Salekhard , and its largest city is Novy Urengoy . The 2021 Russian Census recorded its population as 510,490. [11]

Administrative divisions

Demographics, vital statistics, ethnic groups, united states sanctions beginning september 2019, notable people, external links.

The autonomous okrug borders Krasnoyarsk Krai to the east, the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug to the south, and the Nenets Autonomous Okrug and Komi Republic to the west.

The West Siberian petroleum basin is the largest hydrocarbon ( petroleum and natural gas ) basin in the world covering an area of about 2.2 million km 2 , and is also the largest oil and gas producing region in Russia. [12]

The Nenets people are an indigenous tribe who have long survived in this region. Their prehistoric life involved subsistence hunting and gathering , including the taking of polar bears ; the practice of hunting polar bears ( Ursus maritimus ) continues up to the present time. [13]

Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug is traversed by the northeasterly line of equal latitude and longitude, that is, at the point 70°N and 70°E, with equal degrees. The Polar Urals rise in the western part and the highest point of the okrug, as well as of the whole Ural mountain system, is Mount Payer . [14] [15]

The area consists of arctic tundra and taiga, with three large peninsulas – the Yamal Peninsula , Taz Peninsula and the Gyda Peninsula (itself containing the Yavay Peninsula and Mamonta Peninsula ). There are nearly 300,000 lakes in the okrug, some of the main ones being Pyakuto , Chyortovo , Neito , Yambuto , Yarroto and Nembuto . [16]

The Ob River flows through Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug to the Kara Sea via the Gulf of Ob , which dominates the geography of the Okrug (together with its two sub-bays, the Taz Estuary and Khalmyer Bay . [17] [18] [19]

A number of islands are off the okrug's coast – from west to east, the main ones are Torasovey Island , Bolotnyy Island , Litke Island , Sharapovy Koshki Islands , Bely Island , Shokalsky Island , Petsovyye Islands , Proklyatyye Islands , Oleny Island , and Vilkitsky Island .

On December 10, 1930, Yamal (Nenets) National Okrug ( Ямальский (Ненецкий) национальный округ ) was formed based on Ural Oblast .

Population : 510,490   ( 2021 Census ) ; [11] 522,904   ( 2010 Russian census ) ; [20] 507,006   ( 2002 Census ) ; [21] 486,164   ( 1989 Soviet census ) . [22]

From 1960 to 2016, Yamal Nenets population increased from 60 000 people to more than 530 000 due to the natural resources discovered in the region. Currently, Yamal Nenets is the only Arctic Region in the Russian Federation that is not experiencing population decline. Despite the growing pressure on the regional environment, former governor Dmitry Kobylkin assured in 2016 that industrial developments are not affecting the traditional lifestyles of the native population. Official data accounts for an increment of 11 percent of the indigenous population from 2006 to 2016. [23]

Regional demographics

The Nenets make up 8.9% of the population, preceded by ethnic Russians (62.9%), and followed by Tatars (4.7%) and Ukrainians (4.5%). Other prominent ethnic groups include Khanty (2.5%), Azerbaijanis (1.7%), Bashkirs (1.5%), Kumyks (1.2%), and Nogais (0.9%) (all figures are from the 2021 Census). [26] Due to the area's oil and natural gas wealth, it is one of the few places in Russia where the ethnic Russian population is growing. [ citation needed ]

According to a 2012 survey [28] 42.2% of the population of Yamalia adhere to the Russian Orthodox Church , 14% are unaffiliated generic Christians , 1% are believers in Orthodox Christianity who do not belong to any church, 1% are members of the Slavic neopaganism (Rodnovery) or practitioners of local shamanic religions, and 1% are members of Protestant churches ; Muslims , mostly Caucasian peoples and Tatars , make up 18% of the total population. In addition, 14% of the population declare to be "spiritual but not religious", 8% are atheist , and 0.8% follow other religions or did not give an answer to the question. [28]

In 2009, Yamalo-Nenetsky Avtonomny Okrug is Russia's most important source of natural gas , with more than 90% of Russia's natural gas being produced there. The region also accounts for 12% of Russia's oil production. [30] The region is the most important to Russia's largest company Gazprom , whose main production fields are located there. Novatek   – the country's second-largest gas producer   – is also active in the region, with its headquarters located in Tarko-Sale . According to Novatek on 22 October 2019, the natural gas reserves in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug represent 80% of Russia's natural gas and 15% of the world's natural gas supply. [31]

Since the early 2010s Gazprom has been developing Yamal project in the Yamal Peninsula area. As of 2020, Yamal produces over 20% of Russia's gas, which is expected to increase to 40% by 2030. The shortest pipeline routes from Yamal to the northern EU countries are the Yamal–Europe pipeline through Poland and Nord Stream 1 to Germany. [32] The proposed gas route from Western Siberia to China is known as Power of Siberia 2 pipeline. [33]

Following the 14 September 2019 attack by Houthi movement on Saudi Arabian oil fields at Khurais and Abqaiq ( Biqayq in Arabic) during the 2019–2021 Persian Gulf crisis, the United States imposed sanctions under Executive Order 13846 against several international companies, including Cosco Shipping Tanker (Dalian) Seaman and Ship Management Company Ltd and the Cosco Shipping Tanker Dalian (大連中遠海運油品運輸有限公司). Both of these are Cosco Shipping Company subsidiaries that support LNG shipments from Sabetta . [34] [35]

Ships operated by these companies and their partnerships are directly affected by the sanctions. As of late September 2019, China LNG Shipping Ltd (CLNG) – a joint venture between the Cosco Shipping Tanker Dalian company and the Canadian firm Teekay – operates six of Sabetta's LNG ice fleet of 15 ARC7 LNG tankers, including:

• Eduard Toll ( Russian : «Эдуард Толль» )
• Rudolf Samoilovich ( Russian : «Рудольф Самойлович» )
• Nikolay Evgenov ( Russian : «Николай Евгенов» )
• Vladimir Voronin ( Russian : «Владимир Воронин» )
• Georgy Ushakov ( Russian : «Георгий Ушаков» ) (bound for Sabetta following sea trials)
• Yakov Gakkel ( Russian : «Яков Гаккель» ) (currently undergoing sea trials in South Korea)

Also affected are five ARC7 tankers which supplied by Dynagas in a partnership between Sinotrans&CSC and CLNG, as well as three ARC7 tankers from a joint venture between the Cosco subsidiary Shanghai LNG and Japan's MOL (株式会社商船三井). While these ARC7 tankers are not directly sanctioned by the United States, US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) rules require caution to be exercised when dealing with these related companies. Of the fifteen ARC7 tankers operating out of Sabetta, only Sovcomflot 's Christophe de Margerie is not affected by the sanctions.

Service for these ships was previously provided at Honningsvåg, Norway , but this will be phased out and future LNG tanker shipments in the Northern Sea Route are expected to occur between Murmansk and Kamchatka , remaining in Russia coastal waters. [36] [37] [38] On 30 January 2020, the United States lifted sanctions on Cosco Shipping Tanker (Dalian) and its TC LNG. [31] [39] [40]

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Salekhard is a town and the administrative centre of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. The town lies on the Arctic Circle, with the town centre being about 1 kilometer (0.62 mi) south and suburbs stretching to the north of the circle. The population is 47,910 (2021 Census) .

Nadym is a town in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on the river Nadym. The population has fluctuated over time: 46,611 (2010 Russian census) ; 45,943 (2002 Census) ; 52,586 (1989 Soviet census) .

Noyabrsk is the second largest city in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located in the middle of the West Siberian oil fields, on the Tyumen–Novy Urengoy railway about 300 kilometers (190 mi) north of Surgut. Population: 110,620 (2010 Russian census) .

Novy Urengoy is a city in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. Population: 107,251 (2021 Census) ; 104,107 (2010 Russian census) ; 94,456 (2002 Census) ; 93,235 (1989 Soviet census) . It is the largest city in the autonomous okrug.

Tarko-Sale is a town and the administrative center of Purovsky District in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is located on the Pyakupur River near its confluence with the Ayvasedapur river, 560 kilometers (350 mi) southeast of Salekhard the administrative center of the autonomous okrug. The population of Tarko-Sale was 20,398 (2010 Russian census) ; 18,517 (2002 Census) ; 17,400 (1989 Soviet census) .

Muravlenko is a town in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located 480 kilometers (300 mi) southeast of Salekhard. Population: 33,391 (2010 Russian census) ; 35,926 (2002 Census) .

Labytnangi is a town in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on the left bank of the Ob River, 20 kilometers (12 mi) northwest of Salekhard. Population: 26,936 (2010 Russian census) ; 27,304 (2002 Census) ; 31,501 (1989 Soviet census) .

Gubkinsky is a town in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on the left bank of the Pyakupur River, south of Salekhard. Population: 23,335 (2010 Russian census) ; 20,407 ; 9,676.

Tazovsky is a rural locality and the administrative center of Tazovsky District in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on the Taz River 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) from its fall into the Taz Estuary. Population: 6,793 (2010 Russian census) ; 5,965 (2002 Census) ; 6,985 (1989 Soviet census) .

Nadymsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the seven in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug of Tyumen Oblast, Russia. It is located in the central and southern parts of the autonomous okrug. The area of the district is 103,960 square kilometers (40,140 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Nadym. Population: 19,919 ; 23,470 (2002 Census) ; 29,772 (1989 Soviet census) .

Krasnoselkupsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the seven in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug of Tyumen Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the autonomous okrug. The area of the district is 106,270 square kilometers (41,030 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality of Krasnoselkup. Population: 6,204 ; 6,384 (2002 Census) ; 7,940 (1989 Soviet census) . The population of Krasnoselkup accounts for 64.1% of the district's total population.

Priuralsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the seven in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug of Tyumen Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the autonomous okrug. The area of the district is 64,150 square kilometers (24,770 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality of Aksarka. Population: 14,995 ; 7,680 (2002 Census) ; 6,616 (1989 Soviet census) . The population of Aksarka accounts for 20.9% of the district's total population.

Purovsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the seven in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug of Tyumen Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center and south of the autonomous okrug. The area of the district is 108,400 square kilometers (41,900 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Tarko-Sale. Population: 51,280 ; 47,667 (2002 Census) ; 56,049 (1989 Soviet census) . The population of Tarko-Sale accounts for 39.8% of the district's total population.

Shuryshkarsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the seven in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug of Tyumen Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the autonomous okrug. The area of the district is 54,016 square kilometers (20,856 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality of Muzhi. Population: 9,814 ; 9,559 (2002 Census) ; 9,001 (1989 Soviet census) . The population of Muzhi accounts for 36.8% of the district's total population.

Tazovsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the seven in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug of Tyumen Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north, northeast, and east of the autonomous okrug and borders Purovsky, Nadymsky, and Krasnoselkupsky District; these exist to the south, south-west, and south-east, respectively - alongside Yamalsky District west over Gulf of Ob, and Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District and Turukhansky District east within Krasnoyarsk Krai. The area of the district is 174,343.92 square kilometers (67,314.56 sq mi), which consists of the Gyda Peninsula, Taz Estuary as well as the region directly east of it. Its administrative center is the rural locality of Tazovsky. Population: 16,537 ; 15,600 (2002 Census) ; 18,515 (1989 Soviet census) . The population of the administrative center accounts for 41.1% of the district's total population.

Yamalsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the seven in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug of Tyumen Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north and northwest of the autonomous okrug. The area of the district is 117,410 square kilometers (45,330 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality of Yar-Sale. Population: 16,310 ; 14,918 (2002 Census) ; 15,029 (1989 Soviet census) . The population of Yar-Sale accounts for 39.8% of the district's total population.

Yar-Sale is a rural locality in Russia located east of Salekhard near the Gulf of Ob in the northern part of Western Siberia. It is the administrative center of Yamalsky District, one of seven in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug of Tyumen Oblast.

Aksarka is a rural locality and the administrative center of Priuralsky District of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. Population: 3,133 (2010 Russian census) ; 2,569 (2002 Census) ; 2,365 (1989 Soviet census) .

The Governor of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug is the head of government of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, a federal subject of Russia.

Yelena Gennadyevna Zlenko , is a Russian politician who is a member of the Federation Council from the executive authority of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug since 18 September 2018.

• ↑ Law #119-ZAO
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• ↑ Госстандарт Российской Федерации.   №ОК 024-95   27 декабря 1995 г. «Общероссийский классификатор экономических регионов. 2.   Экономические районы», в ред. Изменения №5/2001 ОКЭР. ( Gosstandart of the Russian Federation.   # OK 024-95   December 27, 1995 Russian Classification of Economic Regions. 2.   Economic Regions , as amended by the Amendment   # 5/2001 OKER. ).
• 1 2 Charter of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Article   11
• ↑ Official website of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Dmitry Nikolayevich Kobylkin, Governor of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (in Russian)
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• ↑ Official throughout the Russian Federation according to Article   68.1 of the Constitution of Russia .
• 1 2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Всероссийская перепись населения 2020 года. Том 1 [ 2020 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1 ] (XLS) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service .
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• ↑ "Russian Census of 2021" . (in Russian)
• ↑ Перепись-2010: русских становится больше . Perepis-2010.ru (2011-12-19). Retrieved on 2013-08-20.
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• 1 2 "Пресс-релизы и мероприятия: Сообщение ПАО "НОВАТЭК" в отношении танкеров ледового класса Arc7" [ Press releases and events: Communication from PAO NOVATEK regarding Arc7 ice class tankers ] . Novatek website . Moscow . October 22, 2019. Archived from the original on October 22, 2019 . Retrieved January 4, 2020 .
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• ↑ " 'Power of Siberia 2' Pipeline Could See Europe, China Compete for Russian Gas" . VOA News . January 18, 2022.
• ↑ "China criticizes new U.S. sanctions over Iranian oil deals" . Reuters . September 25, 2019 . Retrieved January 4, 2020 .
• ↑ "США включили в санкционный список по Ирану китайские компании" [ US includes Chinese companies on Iran sanctions list ] . Kommersant (in Russian). September 25, 2019 . Retrieved January 4, 2020 .
• ↑ "Российский СПГ атаковали рикошетом: Санкции США лишают "Ямал СПГ" трети флота" [ Russian LNG ricochet attacked: US sanctions deprive Yamal LNG of a third of its fleet ] . Kommersant (in Russian). October 1, 2019 . Retrieved January 4, 2020 .
• ↑ "Iran-related Designations; Issuance of Iran-related Frequently Asked Question" . United States Department of Treasury . September 25, 2019 . Retrieved January 4, 2020 .
• ↑ "Executive Order 13846 (6 August 2018)" (PDF) . United States Federal Register Vol 83 No 152 . August 7, 2018 . Retrieved January 4, 2020 .
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• ↑ Pamuk, Humeyra; Gardner, Timothy (January 30, 2020). "U.S. lifts Iran sanctions on one unit of Chinese shipping giant COSCO" . Reuters . Retrieved January 4, 2020 .
• Законодательное Собрание Ямало-Ненецкого автономного округа.   Закон   №119-ЗАО   от   17 ноября 2010 г. «О гимне Ямало-Ненецкого автономного округа». Вступил в силу   со дня официального опубликования (20 ноября 2010 г.). Опубликован: "Красный Север", спецвыпуск №147/1, 20 ноября 2010 г. (Legislative Assembly of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.   Law   # 119-ZAO   of   November   17, 2010 On the Anthem of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug . Effective as of   the day of the official publication (November   20, 2010).).
• Государственная Дума Ямало-Ненецкого автономного округа.   №56-ЗАО   28 декабря 1998 г. «Устав (Основной Закон) Ямало-Ненецкого автономного округа», в ред. Закона №140-ЗАО от   21 декабря 2015 г.   «О внесении изменений в Устав (Основной Закон) Ямало-Ненецкого автономного округа». Вступил в силу   15 января 1999 г. Опубликован: "Красный Север", 15 января 1999 г. (State Duma of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.   # 56-ZAO   December   28, 1998 Charter (Basic Law) of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug , as amended by the Law   # 140-ZAO of   December   21, 2015 An Amending the Charter (Basic Law) of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug . Effective as of   January   15, 1999.).
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The Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia

The capital city of Yamalo-Nenets okrug: Salekhard .

The Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug - Overview

The Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug is a federal subject of Russia, part of Tyumen Oblast and the Ural Federal District. Salekhard is the capital of the region.

The population of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug is about 552,100 (2022), the area - 769,250 sq. km.

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Yamalo-nenets okrug latest news and posts from our blog:.

14 June, 2020 / Life of Reindeer Herders of the Polar Urals .

5 March, 2019 / Salekhard - the view from above .

13 May, 2018 / Nenets Reindeer Herders of Yamal .

20 April, 2017 / Life of the Nenets Reindeer Herders in the Russian North .

9 December, 2015 / The Magic of the Russian North - Polar Lights near Novy Urengoy .

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21 December, 2010   / The Yamalo-Nenets region could become a new supplier of halal meat to Muslims in Qatar. This week Qatari officials will get their first taste of reindeer at Russia-Qatar investment forum in Doha. Russia is rich in tasty reindeer.

History of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

The first information about the Yamal land and indigenous peoples living there - the Nenets and Khanty, refer to the 11th century. However, Novgorod merchants visited “the Edge of the Earth” (this is how “Yamal” is translated from the Nenets language) even earlier.

From 1187, the lower Ob was under the control of Veliky Novgorod, and, after its fall, it passed to the Moscow princes. In 1592, Tsar Feodor sent an expedition for the final conquest of the lands of the “great Ob.”

In 1595, one of the Cossack detachments built a fortress called Obdorsk (today, it is the capital of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug - Salekhard). Obdorsk fortress became the northernmost Russian settlement in Siberia at the time. Gradually the population grew, active trade in furs, mammoth bone, boats, fur clothes, and other goods was developed.

This was promoted by the famous Obdorsk Fair. In January-February, the Nenets and Khanty, merchants of Tobolsk, Yenisei, Arkhangelsk gubernias gathered there. From 1796 to 1920, this region was part of the Tobolsk gubernia (province). By the beginning of the 20th century, Obdorsk annually exported up to 3,200 tons of fish and about 50,000 fur skins (arctic fox, fox, squirrel, ermine, etc.).

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In 1930, the Yamal (Nenets) district was formed as part of Uralskaya oblast with the center in Obdorsk. In 1933, Obdorsk was renamed to Salekhard (meaning “a settlement on the cape” in the Nenets language). In 1939, according to the All-Union Population Census, there were 45,734 people in the district, including 15,348 nomads.

The main branches of the economy of the region in the pre-war years were the fishing industry and reindeer husbandry, harvesting of furs grew at a rapid pace - 10 times from 1931 to 1940. In 1944, it was included in the Tyumen region. After the end of the Second World War, a new branch of the economy (fur farming) began to develop rapidly (silver-black foxes, blue arctic foxes, mink).

In the summer of 1958, the Yamal-Nenets complex geological exploration expedition was established in Salekhard. Intensive search for hydrocarbon deposits began. From 1964 to 1966, on Yamal, a number of large deposits of natural gas were discovered, including Gubkinsky deposit with a reserve of 350 billion cubic meters of natural gas and Urengoy deposit (the largest in the world).

In 1977, the Yamalo-Nenets okrug became an autonomous region. In 1991, the Yamalo-Nenets region adopted a declaration of sovereignty. In 1992, after the signing of the Federative Treaty, the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug became a full-fledged subject of the Russian Federation.

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Yamalo-Nenets region landscape

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River in the Yamalo-Nenets region

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Yamalo-Nenets Okrug scenery

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The Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug - Features

Most of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug is located within the northern part of the West Siberian Plain, a small part is located on the eastern slope of the Ural mountains. From the north it is washed by the Kara Sea. This province belongs to the regions of the Far North, more than half of its territory is located beyond the Arctic Circle.

The territory of the Yamalo-Nenets okrug is located in three climatic zones: arctic, subarctic and the zone of the northern strip of the West Siberian lowland. The climate is determined by the presence of permafrost and the cold Kara Sea, the abundance of bays, rivers, marshes, and lakes. Frequent magnetic storms are accompanied by colorful northern lights.

In general, the climate of this region is characterized by a long winter (up to 8 months) and a short summer, strong winds, a small amount of snow cover. The average annual air temperature is negative, in the Far North it reaches minus 10 degrees Celsius. The minimum temperature in winter drops to minus 55 degrees Celsius, in summer - up to plus 30 degrees Celsius.

The name of the region mentions the Nenets as the titular nationality inhabiting this territory, despite the fact that the majority of the local population is Russian. The ethnic composition of the population according to the 2010 census: Russians (61.7%), Ukrainians (9.7%), Nenets (5.9%), Tatars (5.6%), Khanty (1.9%).

The largest cities and towns of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug are Novy Urengoy (118,700), Noyabrsk (109,500), Salekhard (52,000), Nadym (46,400).

Natural Resources of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

This region’s water resources are rich and diverse: the coast of the Kara Sea, numerous bays, rivers, lakes, and underground waters. Ob Bay is one of the largest sea bays in the Russian Arctic. In total, there are about 300 thousand lakes and 48 thousand rivers, the largest of which are the Ob, Nadym, Taz, and Pur.

The Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug is on the leading places in Russia for hydrocarbon reserves, especially natural gas and oil. Today, Yamal produces about 90% of all natural gas in Russia (about 20% of global production) and more than 14% of Russian oil and gas condensate. In the Polar Urals, chrome, manganese, bauxite, and gold are mined.

At the same time, a huge part of the region’s natural reserves is still waiting for industrial development. One of the long-term projects is the development of the gas reserves of the peninsula and the shelf of the Kara Sea. There are 11 gas-bearing and 15 oil and gas condensate fields discovered here. Potential resources including gas on the shelf are estimated at 50.5 trillion cubic meters, liquid hydrocarbons - more than 5 billion tons.

One of the peculiarities of Yamal is that industrial development of natural resources and traditional activities of the indigenous population of the Far North coexist together. The world’s largest reindeer herd is grazed here - more than 600 thousand heads. The tenth part of the whole area of the region - about 8 million hectares - is a specially protected natural area.

Tourism in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

Tourism in this region of Russia includes:

• Ethnographic tourism (accommodation in a chum (traditional house), national cuisine, participation in national holidays - Day of Reindeer Herders, Fisherman’s Day, Raven’s Day, Bears festival);
• Ecotourism (visiting wildlife sanctuaries and nature reserves);
• Seasonal trophy hunting (autumn, spring - waterfowl game, winter - fur animals, polar wolf, brown bear, wild deer, moose);
• Fishing (nelma, grayling, char, perch, pike);
• Sports tourism (weekend hikes, climbing, hiking and skiing trips, water trips and rafting);
• Tours on deer and dog sleds;
• Cultural travel (participation in archaeological excavations in Ust-Poluy and Mangazeya);
• Ski tourism at the ski resort “Oktyabrsky”.

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Beautiful nature of the yamalo-nenets autonomous okrug.

Small river in the Yamalo-Nenets region

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Lake in the Yamalo-Nenets Okrug

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Yamalo-Nenets Okrug landscape

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Pictures of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

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Village in Yamalo-Nenets Okrug

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Country life in Yamalia

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Life of reindeer herders in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

House of reindeer herders (chum) in Yamalo-Nenets Okrug

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Winter in Yamalo-Nenets Okrug

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