New Port) is a settlement in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on the mouth of the Ob River.

[citation needed] Along with Dikson, it is the main port on the Kara Sea.

[5] The Northern Sea Route is so long that the Soviets tried to power each leg of the voyage by locally mined coal.

The weather (even in the warmest month, July) is notoriously unpleasant.

Winter lasts eight months, and precipitation is low throughout a year.