The First Tourist Cruise in the Soviet Arctic

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Barr, William
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1980
• Subjects: Exploration; History; Icebreakers; Malygin (Ship); Tourist trade; Travels; Barents Sea; Frantsa-Iosifa; Zemlya; Russian Federation; Karskoye More; Arctic; Arthur Island; Baldwin; Bukhta; Harmsworth; Mys Flora; Ostrov Artura; Single Island; Tikhaya; Zeigler
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65642

In the summer of 1931 the icebreaking steamer Malygin sailed from Arkhangel'sk, bound for Zemlya Frantsa Iosifa with the first Soviet tourist cruise to the Arctic, the main objective being to visit the various historic sites of the archipelago. The steamer also made a rendezvous with the airshi...