galyamorrell

galyamorrell

Galya Morrell is a polar explorer and environmental artist, who has lived and traveled in the Arctic for over 30 years. She and her husband, Greenlandic explorer and actor Ole Jorgen Hammeken, divide their time between New York City, Greenland and Siberia.
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Cox and female Soviet greeter

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