First voyage to the Kolyma: The Soviet North-East Polar Expedition 1932–33

Shipping on the Kara Sea section of the Soviet Northern Sea Route—to and from the mouth of the Yenisey river from the west—had been established on a regular, indeed routine, basis by the 1931 navigation season, when 16 freighters took part (Belov, 1959, p 379). At the other end of the sea route, how...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Barr, William
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1979
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Kara Sea
Chukchi Sea
Kolyma
Yenisey
Shmidt
Proliv Longa
Chukchi
Northern Sea Route
Polar Record
yenisey river
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400002679
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400002679
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Summary:Shipping on the Kara Sea section of the Soviet Northern Sea Route—to and from the mouth of the Yenisey river from the west—had been established on a regular, indeed routine, basis by the 1931 navigation season, when 16 freighters took part (Belov, 1959, p 379). At the other end of the sea route, however, the situation was radically different. Between 1923 and 1931 the mouth of the Kolyma had been served each season by only one, occasionally two, of the freighters Stavropol', Kolyma and Leytenant Shmidt without icebreaker escort, these vessels would fight their way through the ice of the Chukchi Sea and Proliv Longa to the mouth of the Kolyma (Belov, 1959, p 216–56, p 385–403). The 1932 season saw a dramatic change.

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