The Archive · 1938

Race to Rescue

Planes and Provisions Being Brought to Scientists Moscow Feb, 7. aeroplanes aboard -breaker Murman left for Greenland to res scientists of the Soviet No:

Meteorological Expedition, who have been drifting helplessly on a ledge of ice somewhere off the north coast of Greenland since February 1, The Murman also carried sufficient coal and food for six month. The acroplat s will be used to spot the exact position of the scientists and an attempt will then be made to bring them to safety The ice-breaker Taimyr is also proceeding from Murmansk to the Greenland Sea to rescue the party which is headed by M, Ivan Papanin, Reuter,

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