WesWorld

Final preparations for expedition to North Pole by Institute for Arctic Research, Russian Akademy of Sciences have begun. Icebreakers Admiral Rodzhestvenskii, Admiral Nebogatov, Arctica, and Kara Sea have finished loading supplies and scientific cargoes for their expedition, which press release by Institute for Arctic Research indicates will commence in three days time.

Expedition will steam approximately 600nm at 10 kts before encountering polar ice pack, and will have a further 600nm to steam at 2-3 kts before reaching geographic North Pole.

Expedition will remain at Geographic North pole for two weeks to allow for research of weather, polar magnetic fields, ice characteristics, as well as any wildlife found on or under the ice.

Expedition will then steam for Bering Strait.
Admiral Rodzhestvenskii will continue south at 20kts to circle Antarctica, then return to Murmansk via Atlantic Ocean. Thus will she complete an unprecedented polar circumnavigation of our planet.

Admiral Nebogatov, Arctica, and Kara Sea will return to from Petropavlovsk to Murmansk via Northern Sea Route.

The Canadian Government wishes luck to the Russian expedition, and offers the services of it's northern outposts and other resources if needed.

Just curious... What's the extend of the polar ice back in the 1930s and how thick was the ice back then?

Quoted

Originally posted by Rooijen10
Just curious... What's the extend of the polar ice back in the 1930s and how thick was the ice back then?

My personal feeling is too much, but there isn't any data to back it up either way. No one went to the Arctic after the first couple of people. Mostly because there's nothing there apart from cold.

Nowadays you can drive/sail with ease.