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This is the second part of a two-part episode. The first part dealt with the Hamar-de-Ban incident.

This part will deal with the events and explanations of the Chivri Pass incident.

The Hamar-de-Ban incident.

The Hamar-de-Ban incident.

We're just snugly against Finland and a bit of Norway to the west and judging into the parents and white seas otherwise.

seas otherwise. The Kola Peninsula sits almost entirely within the Arctic Circle, and almost

Beckins' trouble from the rest of the world, like a curled finger, towards Russia. Historically

inhabited since the 7th century BCE, it was the indigenous Sami people who held claim

to the area in the first millennium CE, up until the forced collectivization and relocation

by the Soviets in the 20th century. Its strategic position along ironically ice-free coasts

made it an ideal military location, and its rich deposits of ores and minerals used for

fertilizer made it a booming industrial locale. It stands today as the location of the highest

concentration of nuclear weapons, reactors, and facilities in Russia.

So in the Arctic Circle, it also sits along the North Atlantic Current, an offshoot of the

Gulf Stream, which brings it warm temperatures in winter, cool temps in summer, and practically

funneled winds which stab inland and rip across the whole peninsula.

Two mountain ranges stretch across it, the Kabini Mountains, and the Lava Zero Massive.

The latter, having the highest point on the peninsula, at 1,201 meters, or 3,940 feet.

With numerous lakes, rivers, plateaus, and passes amidst gorgeous natural taiga and tundra,

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