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The North Atlantic Current allows the Arctic port of Murmansk to remain ice-free in the winter.
The warm North Atlantic Current keeps the port ice-free.
That would be Murmansk.
The Murmansk port city is on the Kola Bay northwest of Russia. With the warm North Atlantic Current, the port stays ice-free and open all year round.
There were a series of PQ convoys to Russia from Britain carrying war materiel, Murmansk convoys. PQ17 was devastated by submarine & air attack.
Murmansk, Russia with around 340,000 people. Population has decreased from just under 500,000 in 1980. Murmansk is ice-free compared to other settlements. Other cities north of the Arctic circle have populations below 100,000.
"The town of Baltiisk, just outside Kaliningrad, is the only Russian Baltic Sea port said to be "ice-free" all year round, and the region hence plays an important role in maintenance of the Baltic Fleet."
Murmansk Oblast was created in 1938.
Vecherniy Murmansk was created in 1991.
Murmansk Governorate ended in 1927.
Murmansk Governorate was created in 1921.
The area of Murmansk is 150.55 square kilometers.