Professor Samoilovitch, the famous Jewish Arctic explorer, who distinguished himself by his rescue on the Soviet icebreaker “Krassin” of the crew of the Nobile Arctic expedition, who passed to-day through Berlin, has given an interview to the J.T.A. here, in which, speaking of his plans for the future, he said that for six months he had on the icebreaker “Russanow” repeated the voyage which Baron Nordenskjoeld had made in 1879 from Northern Asia along the Siberian Coast, through the Behring Straits to Vladivostock.
He is now taking command, he said, of another expedition to the North Pole on the “Krassin”, with the aid of aeroplanes, in order to discover the shortest air route between Europe and America. Professor Samoilovitch said that he hoped that next year the first Russian airship built on Commander Nobile’s system will reach Alaska.
The realisation of my plan to find a short air route from Franz Josef land over the North Pole ice to America, will be the crown of my life-work, Professor Samoilovitch said.
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