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Soviet aviators rescue 102 from Arctic ice after two months
Soviet pilots swooped in through polar storms to save 102 Wrangel Island castaways from the Cheliuskin expedition. The group, including ten women and two children, were ferried to Cape Kahem then mainland hospitals. 100 had been rescued since April 7, with Otis Schmidt treatment in Nome and others moved toward Vladivostok.
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Wrangel Island
Moscow
Cheliuskin
Cape ¥An Kahem
Prof
Otto Schmidt
Nome
Alaska
Cape Wellen
Providence
Khabarovsk
Vladivostok
M. Ushakoff
Cheliuskiners
Stepneff