“G. Sedov”

“G. Sedov” – a Soviet icebreaker that conducted an unprecedented drift from the Arctic to the Atlantic Ocean in 1937–1940. Was built at the shipyard “Henderson and Co” in Glasgow, England, in 1909 and was initially named “Beothic.” Later was purchased by the Russian government in 1915 from “Hudson’s Bay Company” and renamed after the Arctic explorer G.Y. Sedov. In 1916–1919 was used for cargo transportation during winter navigation in the White Sea, and as an icebreaker as well. In 1920 the “G.S.” participated in the First Soviet Arctic Expedition in the Kara Sea to the mouths of the Ob and the Yenisei (the so called Siberian Bread Expeditions). In 1928 took part in the search of the members of U. Nobiles’ expedition on the airship “Norge,” which wrecked to the north of the Svalbard Archipelago. In 1929 the “G.S.” was used for the expedition of the Institute for Northern Studies in course of which Franz Josef Land was explored and a first geophysical observatory was founded in the...