Russia - Soviet Union

Apr. 18 Soviet Russia sets up a new North pole research station. Built on an ice floe. A new ice-floe research station North Pole-5 was set up in the Eastern part of the arctic late in April by the Soviet Authorities. Within a few days a whole township sprang up amidst high, snow covered hammocks on a large ice floe many years old. Everything necessary for life and research - tents - dwellings - foodstuffs - and a whole host of scientific equipment were flown from the mainland. The area around the North Pole-5 station is one of the least explored in the Central Arctic and therefore its study is of great value to science. The first group of polar researchers landed on the ice-floe as it passed the point 80 dos. Northern Latitude and 156 dos.13. Eastern Latitude Now the floe carrying the station is drifting northward having zig zagged about 200 kilometers. Photo shows On Duty at night - at the North Pole 5 station - where during the summer season it says light throughout the whole 24 hours

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