Jul 11 1976
From The Space Library
Tass announced that the yachts Rodina and Rossiya had left the port of Vladivostok in an attempt to repeat the route sailed by Russian navigators 250 yr ago on 2 expeditions to Kamchatka under the leadership of Vitus Bering (1681-1741). The 7-man crews of the ships would begin by visiting Okhotsk, the port where Bering built the ship that went to Kamchatka, then proceed to Kamchatka about 3740 km away. In 1977 and 1978, the expedition would cruise to the Bering Strait and go ashore in North America where Bering's ship St. Peter visited 17 July 174 1. (Ris, Tass in English, 11 July 76)
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