The Voyage of the Chelyuskin

xii, 324 pp. 8vo. Original blue cloth, white titles. An account of the Chelyuskin's voyage in the Arctic, during which it became stranded in the ice. The crew escaped, and their journey led to the establishment of new trade routes. Arctic Bibliography 3045: "This book is a translation of Dnevniki cheliuskintsev, 1935, q.v., in the first chapter only; following chapters differ including rather more scientific and rather less general information. The material is drawn apparently from O. IU. Shmidt's Pokhod Cheliuskina, 1935, q.v. Narratives and diaries of scientists and crew dealing with Cheliuskin's attempt to sail along the Northern Sea Route from Leningrad to Vladivostok (1933-34). The events leading to the sinking of the ice-breaker in the Chukchi Sea on Feb. 13, 1934, the life of the participants in a temporary camp on the drifting ice, and their rescue by air two months later are given in detail; some data on temperature, soundings, the measurements of ice waves, analysis of plankton, and observations of animal life along the route are included. Chapter by O. Shmidt, the leader of the expedition, indicates the scope of the work. Contents: Pt. 1. The Chelyuskin's story. Pt. 2. The airmen's stories."