Soviet Polar Rescue
Associated Press
MOSCOW — A Soviet icebreaker has begun evacuating personnel from a research station that was adrift near the North Pole, the official media reported. The atomic-powered icebreaker Sibir traveled more than 1,700 miles to reach Station North Pole-27, the government newspaper Izvestia and the Tass news agency announced.
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