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Comment from March 2016 by "quasi-libet": > Finally, I have found out the end of the text on page 129 of “Transactions of the Oceanographical Institute”. “The
by speps 9y ago
Comment from March 2016 by "quasi-libet":
> Finally, I have found out the end of the text on page 129 of “Transactions of the Oceanographical Institute”.
“The scientific reconnaissance vessel “Slava-9” began his regular 13th cruise with the “Slava” Antarctic whaling fleet on 22 October 1958 … On 27 November she got to Bouvet Island. A group of sailors landed which couldn’t leave the island in time because of worsened weather and stayed on it about 3 days. The people were withdrawn only by helicopter on 29 November”.
The mystery is resolved. The answer turned out to be a quite prosaic one. I am even feeling kind of regret for it.
- ocfnash 9y agoSPOILER ALERT ^^
- gambiting 9y agoSo pretty much what the author suspected - it was a soviet vessel, and the details of the adventure were most likely hidden deep in an ex-soviet archive somewhere, almost impossible to find(until someone did, obviously).
- caf 9y agoWell, with the completely unexpected addition that the mysterious flattened copper sheet may well have been left by a ham radio operator who made an expedition to the island just for the purpose of making radio contact from there.