Moscow, Oct. 24.
Soviet Russia celebrated yesterday the first anniversary of the drifting of the Soviet ice-breaker Sedov in the Polar region.
M. Josef Stalin and M. Mikhail Kalinin, Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union, sent a telegram of congratulations to Captain Badyguin and the fourteen members of the crew.
The Sedovs position was given yesterday as 83.57 deg. North and 13308 East. The highest latitude was reached by the vessel a few days ago, this being 84.13 North.
For the past year, the ice-breaker has covered 1,500 miles and arrived lat a point over 500 miles north of its starting point a few days ago.
The ice-bank in which the Sedov is drifting has shifted its direction and at present is heading south-west—Havas.
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