The First Soviet Convoy to the Mouth of the Lena

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Barr, William
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1982
• Subjects: History; Icebreakers; Marine navigation; Marine transportation; Northern Sea Route; Russian Federation; Tiksi; Kara Sea; Taymyr; Freed; Ostrova; Bukhta; Krasin; Poluostrov Taymyr; Bukhta Nordvik; Samuila; Litke; Arctic; Icebreaker; lena river
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65383

In 1933 the newly-formed Glavsevmorput' (Chief Administration of the Northern Sea Route) dispatched the first convoy of freighters via the Northern Sea Route to the mouth of the Lena to deliver cargoes bound for the Yakut ASSR. It consisted of three freighters and was escorted by the icebreaker...