Putin's Russia in biggest Arctic military push since Soviet fall

A general view shows ships moored in the Northern Fleet's Arctic headquarters of Severomorsk, Russia July 30, 2016. Picture taken July 30, 2016. REUTERS/Oleg Kuleshov

MURMANSK, Russia (Reuters) - The nuclear icebreaker Lenin, the pride and joy of the Soviet Union's Arctic great game, lies at perpetual anchor in the frigid water here. A relic of the Cold War, it is now a museum.

But nearly three decades after the Lenin was taken out of service to be turned into a visitor attraction, Russia is again on the march in the Arctic and building new nuclear icebreakers.