“Three Russians, two airplane pilots and a professor, are in Juneau this afternoon enroute to the Arctic to attempt rescue of 89 marooned men on an ice floe.” The Daily Alaska Empire, March 20, 1934. It was definitely noteworthy news, the Chelyuskin rescue, if successful, would be the largest-scale arctic rescue in history. The shipwrecked men had already been forced to endure two dangerous months on the ice, it seemed likely that time was starting to run out.
Ship Name: Chelyuskin
Ship Type: Iron Hulled Steam Ship
Tonnage: 7500
Year Built: 1933
Nationality: Soviet Union
Year Sank: 1934
Location Sank: Chukchi Sea
Reason for Wreck: Crushed by Ice in Storm
Lives Lost: 1
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