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Since
1954, Russian stations have gathered ice information, atmospheric
and pack ice data. In 1987, Ice Station 28 drifted as far
as 86° 32'N. The station was supplied mostly by air during
its life.
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Rudolph Island Research Station
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Ice Station
32 was located on Rudolph Island with a crew of six men performing
meteorological studies. |
Sterlegova Polar Station
Polar
Station 20 was placed on the Taymir River estuary and provided
a transfer point for mail from the various Arctic stations.
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Soviet / Canadian Trans-polar Ski
Expedition
1988
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Russians and six Canadians comprised a joint team that walked
over 1000 miles across the ice to the North Pole as a gesture
of friendship. The trip, lasting three and a half months, started
on March 7th from Anadyr, Siberia and ended at Cape Columbia,
Canada. |
A Congressional Visit to an Attack
Submarine Above the Arctic Circle
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party visited the USS STURGEON on April 7-8, 1989,
hosted by Admiral Bruce Demars. The still sensitive under-ice
threat from Russia made this fact-finding trip important. An unofficial
local stamp was applied to all covers. Ship mail was normally
transferred to a servicing ship, such as the USS FRANK CABLE,
for transfer to the regular mail service. |
Cape Chelyuskin
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A hydrometeorological
observatory was established at the Cape, named for U.M. Fedorova,
in 1989.
Mail was
returned from the station through the Staten Island, New York
post office.
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(Exhibition
pieces courtesy of George Hall)
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