Sasha Meets Russia: Flavors of the East. Murmansk: Life at the Edge of the World

Sasha, an American with Russian roots, heads beyond the Arctic Circle to Murmansk and the tiny village of Teriberka on the shores of the Barents Sea. In Murmansk, Sasha is welcomed aboard the Lenin, the world’s first nuclear-powered icebreaker, where the turbines are started up right in front of her. At an Arctic food truck, she tries fried cod tongues! She also tries flounder and the renowned Kamchatka crab – a species introduced to the Barents Sea as an experiment, only to end up taking over the entire Arctic coast! In the Sami village of Loparskaya, Sasha meets reindeer herders who have lived alongside these animals for centuries, tries meat cooked over coals with lingonberries, and samples… moss?! Finally, scallops and sea urchins straight from the Barents Sea. You won’t taste anything this fresh in a Moscow restaurant. Watch and discover what the Arctic really holds: A harsh frontier, or the most welcoming place in Russia?

Watch “Sasha Meets Russia: Flavors of the East. Murmansk: Life at the Edge of the World” on RTD website and on RT’s live feed. The time of the broadcast is available on RT’s schedule page.