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Word: wellen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...wilderness of the Arctic Ocean north of Bering Strait, while a semicircle of rescuers hovered from Cape Van Karem, Siberia, to Alaska. Last month a rescue plane swooped onto the ice pack, loaded the Chelyuskin's ten women and two babies aboard, got back safely to Cape Wellen, Siberia. Since then the ice pack, twisted by Arctic currents, hammered by icebergs, has begun piling in on itself. It heaved the camp kitchen into splinters, erupted the surface of the improvised landing field. A loose block of ice nudged the pack's edge, smashed Professor Schmidt's motorboat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Off the Ice | 4/23/1934 | See Source »

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