A trip to the North Pole was arranged for children on a Christmas tree at the Polytechnic Museum

Dozens of pupils from Moscow's children's institutions were able to go on a New Year's trip to the North Pole. Dozens of pupils from Moscow's children's institutions were able to. The Arctic landscapes were created for them by the staff of the Polytechnic Museum and the State Central Museum of Modern History of Russia during the charity Christmas tree on December 24.

The children were given a unique tour and told about the Northern Sea Route, followed by quests and experiments. Technologies is one of the organizers of the T1 IT holding. Every child could become an icebreaker captain.

"Children will not only learn about the Arctic, scientific stations, the richest resources in the Arctic, and beauty, but they will also learn new and useful things for themselves. For example, how to knit sea knots, what flag designations occur in the navy," said Dmitry Kozhanov, General Director of the Polytechnic Museum.

After the experiments, all the children received New Year's gifts.

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Candies and garlands of sheep are used as decorations.

The day before, the installation of the country's main New Year tree on the Kremlin Cathedral Square was completed in Moscow. A century-old spruce with a height of 26 m was brought from the village of Zemlino, Ruzsky urban district, Moscow region. This year, the fir tree is decorated in the "Frosty Pattern" style using mother-of-pearl, white, gold and blue shades. The Christmas tree is decorated with 2.5 thousand toys, 2.5 km of garlands, as well as the largest ever LED snowflakes with a diameter of up to 115 cm.

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