were awarded the hero of the soviet union title. [ ] references[ edit ] ^ a b саляев, рашид ( february ). дрейф в историю . мурманский вестник (in russian). murmansk . ^ "north pole drifting stations ( s- s)" . woods hole oceanographic institution . - - . retrieved - - . v t e north pole drifting ice...
and crew aboard vaygach and taymyr made the first russian landing on wrangel island . in , led by colonel i. sergeev, vaygach sailed together with taymyr, whose captain was boris vilkitsky . together, they tried to force the whole northern passage in order to reach archangelsk . severe weather and ice...