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September 20, 2006 · about 20 years ago

Historic Soviet shipwreck ‘found’

Russian divers say they have found the wreck of a Soviet ship which sank attempting a historic journey along the Arctic coast in 1934. The Chelyuskin was trapped in ice as it tried to complete a voyage from Murmansk in north-western Russia to Vladivostok in the Pacific Ocean. It was supposed to show

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Russian divers say they have found the wreck of a Soviet ship which sank attempting a historic journey along the Arctic coast in 1934.

The Chelyuskin was trapped in ice as it tried to complete a voyage from Murmansk in north-western Russia to Vladivostok in the Pacific Ocean.

It was supposed to show that a normal vessel – rather than an icebreaker – could complete the journey.

More than 100 of the crew were rescued by pilots who were hailed as heroes.

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