IMPRISONED IN NORTH SEA
HUNDRED ON RUSSIAN VESSEL. POSSIBLE RISKY AERIAL RESCUE. By Telegraph—Press Assn.— Moscow, Jan. 25. A wireless message from the Chelyuskin states that all the 103 on board are now living crowded on the lower deck to economise on the fuel
The Chelyuskin was imprisoned in the ice in the north-west Behring Straits over three months ago and has since drifted over 1500 miles, stated a message received on January 8. After vain attempts to get free the ice-breaker must now drift in the Arctic for the remainder of the winter.
The advent of the “polar night” has made the projected aerial rescue too dangerous, but two aeroplanes, each capable of carrying 30 passengers, will be available at Providence Bay, on the Chukitsk Peninsula, ready to attempt rescue work in the darkness if the vessel’s commander calls for help.
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Taranaki Daily News, 29 January 1934, Page 7
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