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Saving the Chelyuskin
Author: R.E.G. Davies
Russian Life: Jul/Aug 2004
Department: Features
Page: 42 ( 3) pages
Summary: Seventy years ago, the icebreaker Chelyuskin was trapped in arctic ice, its 112 passengers and crew stranded off Chukotka. Then Soviet airmen mounted a daring airborne rescue unlike anything ever before attempted.
This article appeared in the Jul/Aug 2004 issue of Russian Life. The text of this article is not available online.
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