These pictures, from the North Pole, were flown to Moscow and from there to London. The Soviet scientific expedition led by Professor Otto Schmidt successfully established a scientific village on an ice floe in the frozen wilderness from which valuable scientific information and regular weather reports are now being sent by radio for the first time in history. Ivan Papanin, leader of the party, packing ice around one of the tents of the station turning it into a ice house. 30 June 1937

These pictures, from the North Pole, were flown to Moscow and from there to London. The Soviet scientific expedition led by Professor Otto Schmidt successfully established a scientific village on an ice floe in the frozen wilderness from which valuable scientific information and regular weather reports are now being sent by radio for the first time in history. Ivan Papanin, leader of the party, packing ice around one of the tents of the station turning it into a ice house. 30 June 1937 Stock Photo
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