Where in the world

**Begbie** · 01-10-2008, 07:47 PM

Dikson

**good2bhappy** · 01-10-2008, 07:50 PM

are we talking an island in the north of mother russia

**jandajoy** · 01-10-2008, 07:58 PM

Originally Posted by Begbie

Dikson

Go on...........................quickly.

**jandajoy** · 01-10-2008, 07:59 PM

Originally Posted by good2bhappy

are we talking an island in the north of mother russia

Not quite.

**Begbie** · 01-10-2008, 08:08 PM

Originally Posted by jandajoy

Originally Posted by Begbie

Dikson

Go on...........................quickly.

eh ..it's the northernmost settlement in Russia

Port Dikson, belongs to Norilsk

**jandajoy** · 01-10-2008, 08:11 PM

Originally Posted by Begbie

eh ..it's the northernmost settlement in Russia Port Dikson, belongs to Norilsk

That'll do. Well done. Over to you.

Dikson (Russian: Диксон) is a closed urban-type settlement in Krasnoyarsk Krai. Population: 690 (2008 est.); 1,198 (2002 Census);[1] 4,449 (1989 Census).[2]
Dikson is the northernmost port in Russia and one of the northernmost settlements in the world. It is located so far north that one may experience complete darkness with no civil twilight from the 8th of December to the 5th of January. In most major settlements north of the Arctic Circle, there is still substantial twilight during the polar night at midday. It is also one of the most isolated settlements in the world. Dikson is named after a Swedish explorer.
Dikson's inhabitants informally call their settlement an "Arctic's Capital"; a name taken from a popular Soviet song.
The urban-type settlement of Dikson, as well as Dikson Island, have been named after Swedish Arctic pioneer Baron Oscar Dickson. Dickson, along with Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Sibiryakov, was the patron of a number of early Arctic expeditions, including Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld's Russian Arctic explorations.

**Begbie** · 01-10-2008, 08:18 PM

**jandajoy** · 01-10-2008, 08:19 PM

What do you want to know?

**Begbie** · 01-10-2008, 08:22 PM

Name of the place

**jandajoy** · 01-10-2008, 08:26 PM

Oh ok....

**good2bhappy** · 01-10-2008, 08:30 PM

I MSN encartered that place but saw nothing!

**jandajoy** · 01-10-2008, 08:41 PM

Originally Posted by good2bhappy

I MSN encartered that place but saw nothing!

If you're talking about the Port of Dikson, Russia, try Google Earth. Wiki has very little on it. That's why i used it.

**good2bhappy** · 01-10-2008, 08:48 PM

There is no pic!

**jandajoy** · 01-10-2008, 08:50 PM

Originally Posted by good2bhappy

There is no pic!

What did I post then?

**good2bhappy** · 01-10-2008, 08:57 PM

no wonder it looked barren to me!

**Mr Pot** · 01-10-2008, 11:50 PM

^ Janda that was an obscure one. My brain started cooking and I had to go for a beer just to steam off

**jandajoy** · 02-10-2008, 08:33 AM

Originally Posted by Begbie

antiscroll

**jandajoy** · 02-10-2008, 08:41 AM

Blue mountains ? No it's not.

**jandajoy** · 02-10-2008, 09:02 AM

the Dolomites ?

**Begbie** · 02-10-2008, 12:37 PM

No but going thro' the centre of the earth from the Dolomites and out will bring you fairly close

**jandajoy** · 02-10-2008, 12:45 PM

New Zealand?

**Begbie** · 02-10-2008, 04:48 PM

Pedant. Right hemisphere go east.

**pickel** · 02-10-2008, 04:55 PM

Torres del Paine, Chile.

**Begbie** · 02-10-2008, 05:43 PM

Well done Pickel.

**pickel** · 02-10-2008, 05:58 PM

What country? What is the name of this body of water?

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