Baskadia

Winter navigation on Northern Sea Route

During the months of December and January the Northern Sea Route saw two convoys travel along the route. A westbound convoy reached its destination in the Kara Sea without incident.however, four eastbound vessels remained stuck in thick sea ice in the East Siberian Sea for a week and even after finding a way out of the ice were forced to seek refuge in the port of Pevek for the remainder of the winter.