Since the beginning of the school year at the stern of the only fully active Russian Navy hospital ship more than ten thousand nautical miles. Geography months of hiking its crew stretches from the coast of Alaska and Chukotka Providence Bay to Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands. According to the command of the Pacific Fleet, the crew is up to the task on the mission during a sudden inspection of the Eastern Military District in July of this year. After enduring this exam hospital ship took on board the multi-national team of swimmers and ensured a transcontinental international swim off the coast of Chukotka to Alaska. During this period, doctors closely monitor the health of athletes, providing a complete medical examination. Again, a mobile hospital team and the crew of the vessel with honor cope with the international mission. In late August, the hospital ship made the transition in the landing party for the Arctic Circle, where he held the medical support of the first in the history of the Navy amphibious landing on the coast of the Chukchi Providence Bay. In these days of «Irtysh» is Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, replenishes and is preparing to move to Vladivostok. Return to the main base of the Russian Pacific Fleet hospital ship is expected in late September.
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