ADRIFT IN POLAR ICE.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 114, 13 May 1920, Page 5

ADRIFT IN POLAR ICE.

BRITISH SHIP TO RESCUE. i LONDON, May 12. 'The British icebreaker gwatogor, in hurriedly preparing at Bergen to rescue the Russian ship Solovei, which is driftiig westward in the Kara Sea. The BvUtogor has recently been breaking up the boom protecting the harbour of . Scapa Flow. Each hurdle weighs 180 tone. The Sviatogpr hurled herself against the barrier -for two months until tlie boom was demolished. The crew of the Solovei abandoned an' effort r.tb. reach land, and are now awaiting expected rescue before the ice melts/ Otherwise their position will be deeperate.—(A. aiid N.Z. Cable.) ;;/."': TL

v .: A cable message dated- March 31 _ "stated that an S.CKS. wireless signal-had been received from the. ship Solovei, ice- ■, bound in the Kara Sea,-between Novaya. Zentfya and the Siberian coaet, aejdng for help in'humanity'S name for 80 men, women, and children, who were perishing 1 ; of cold and hunger. The coal on the ship : Was exTiausted, and wooden barrels were , \keing used for fuel. The Russian Soviet .GbVefrimeht offered a "recompense to the British GoveViunent if it dispatched an '- V>?eaker to the rescue. ' _ .' - -