"ALL WELL"
SCIENTISTS ON ICEFLOE
(Received January 22, 2.15 p.m.)
OSLO, January 21;
The party of Soviet explorers who are camped on an icefloe in the Polar regions have sent a wireless message that all are well. They are now 100 miles from the coast of north-east Greenland. The floe is still breaking up. ,
A Soviet scheme for the exploration and utilisation of the Arctic territories, was carried forward last year by the establishment of a research station on an icefloe within 12 miles of the North i Pole. One of the chief objects of the expedition was meteorological research in connection with the proposed air route between the Soviet Union and the United States. Meanwhile, in case an emergency rescue is essential, the ice-breaker Murmanetz will start as soon as possible to observe ice movements and establish commmunication "with the scientists. The icebreaker Tamir is also standing by, with two aeroplanes ready to land on the icefloe and remove the scientists and their instruments." Two further aeroplanes are ready for further emergencies,
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 18, 22 January 1938, Page 10
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