
Iceland, the last day of October 1942. A British steamer with fifty-eight men aboard is sent to Russia alone. Under the cloud there is no sun and no star, and her compass cannot be trusted.
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Fifty-eight men sail from Iceland for Russia in November 1942, alone, and are wrecked off the South Cape of Spitsbergen.
By Rafa del Valle

Iceland, the last day of October 1942. A British steamer with fifty-eight men aboard is sent to Russia alone. Under the cloud there is no sun and no star, and her compass cannot be trusted.