
Starting up in the dark, before sunrise

It gets a little lighter, this will be the maximum sun height for today...

The Li-2 is nearly home...

Just before landing at Salekhard

Need to keep the engines running for the generator stuff. MS forgot the whole layout here, but the controller says 'Turn next taxiway'...

Yes, you can get further north... Maximum is tested: 89 deg North.
Here it's cold enough to make contrails on the ground