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Toll Memorial Cross Traditional Geocache

Hidden : 9/12/2011
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This geocache was placed during the CASE 13 (Circum-Arctic Structural Events) geoscientific expedition to the New Siberian and De Long islands. It is hidden on Bennett Island at the memorial cross that was erected in 2003, about 100 years after the Arctic explorer Eduard Toll and his group vanished during the attempt to reach Russia's northern coast from Bennett Island via the sea ice.
The cache is not the small plastic container with information about the cross!

The Toll Memorial Cross, in the background the icebreaker Mikhail Somov

The CASE 13 expedition was organised by A.P. Karpinsky Russian Geological Research Institute (VSEGEI), Russia and the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Germany.

CASE 13 Expedition logotype

26 scientists visited key areas on the Anjou and De Long islands for studies related to the geological history of the Arctic, natural resources and palaeobiology. The expedition used the icebreaker "Mikhail Somov" as base. During fieldwork I hid four geocaches in places that I assume will be revisited by later expeditions:
Kot'lny Polar Station, Kot'elny Island (GC364DX)
Zhokhov Polar Station, Zhokhov Island (presumably muggled almost instantly by the someone from the ship's crew. Thus not listed on geocaching.com. Coordinates are: N76.163088, E152.830447)
Henrietta Polar Station, Henrietta Island (GC36AQX)
Toll Memorial Cross, Bennett Island (GC36AR4)

All geocaches feature a completely waterproof box, waterproof logbooks and a number of CASE 13 expedition logos as souvenirs. Bring your own pen. I assume that all geocachers who have the luck to visit this cache are well aware of the dangers in the high Arctic as, e.g., polar bears.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Orybj gur sbhaqngvba bs gur pebff.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)