City Desk :
The Russian nuclear icebreaker ’50 Liyet Pabedi’ (50 Years of Victory) returned to the Russian port of Murmansk on Friday (August 22) after a 10-day North Pole expedition with 66 selected school students from 21 countries, including Bangladeshis. The sixth international Arctic expedition, titled ‘Icebreaker of Knowledge’, is organised as part of the celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Russian nuclear industry and the 500th anniversary of the discovery of the Northern Sea Route.
The expedition, organized with the support of Russia’s state nuclear agency Rosatom, involved 66 selected school students from 21 countries. The participating countries included Bangladesh, Egypt, Turkey, Bolivia, Kazakhstan, China, and other countries. Abdullah Al Mahmud, a 10th grade student of Rajshahi Cadet College, represented Bangladesh in the expedition, says a press release.
Abdullah Al Mahmud’s home is in Beguar Khal village of Alamdanga upazila of Chuadanga district. His father Bahar Ali works at the Bangladesh Power Development Board and his mother Mosha. Morjina Khatun works at a government primary school.
On Friday night, The New Nation correspondent spoke to Abdullah Al Mahmud, who is in Russia, and his father Bahar Ali, who is with him as a guardian, on WhatsApp.
When asked about Abdullah Al Mahmud’s feelings, he said, “This is the first time I have come outside the country. I have completed the North Pole expedition on a nuclear-powered icebreaker. I feel so good that it cannot be explained in words.
