AERIAL FOOTAGE 🚁 DUDINKA (KRASNOYARSK REGION)

AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE : Take in these fascinating aerial views from the far north of Russian Siberia, compliments of AirVuz contributor VadimUshKa. The video was filmed over and around the town of Dudinka, which lies on the banks of the Yenesei River in the province of Krasnoyarsk Krai. The Yenesei is one of the three great waterways which drain the vast watersheds of Siberia into the Arctic Ocean. The town of Dudinka came to prominence as the western terminus of the Norilsk Railway, once the northernmost line of Russia.

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The city of Dudinka is an urban settlement, the administrative center of the Taimyr Dolgan-Nenets municipal district. Dudinka is located beyond the Arctic Circle, on the right bank of the Yenisei River, at the confluence of the Dudinka tributary into the river, after which the city got its name. The distance from the regional center, the city of Krasnoyarsk, to Dudinka is more than 2,500 km. The city is connected with the center and other settlements of the region in summer by river, and throughout the year - by air. Dudinka is a seaport in the lower reaches of the Yenisei, the northernmost international seaport in Russia and the largest in Siberia. All year round it is connected by sea traffic with Arkhangelsk and Murmansk, during summer navigation - by river traffic with Krasnoyarsk and Dikson. The world's northernmost railway and motorway connect Dudinka with Norilsk Airport (44 km) and the city of Norilsk (96 km). The city of Dudinka belongs to the regions of the Far North. The climate here is harsh subarctic. The average annual temperature is -9.4 ° C. Winter is long and harsh, frosts can reach -50 ° C and below. Summers are short and cool, although in some years temperatures of 30 ° C or more are possible.