Moscow, Sept. 24.
The Soviet Arctic expedition which is attempting to discover a "northeast passage" from Archangel to Vladivostok has had a_ setback owing to the disablement of its icebreaker Sibiriakov.
The propeller shaft of the vessel broke last Sunday after Sibiriakov had been held up by ice-bergs 150 miles from the Behring Strait.
The leaders of the expedition hope that the disabled vessel may drift towards the Strait and be picked up and towed by a steamship to safety.
The Sibiriakov has a crew of 65, including a woman.—Reuter. of the Naval War College at Newport, Rhode Island, from 1927 to 1930, being relieved of this duty and raised to vice-admiral only recently.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Cordelia Phythian Pringle and a daughter, the wife of Lieut. J. D. H. Kane, U. S. N.—United Press.
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