Expédition du Sibiriakov en 1932. Première partie - Récit de l'expédition à bord du brise-glace Sibiriakov en 1932

The issue of the practical use of the Marine Northern Road over its entire length between the Barentz Sea and the Behring Strait has always been on the table. Before the revolution of 1917, this issue has been raised for the last time during the Russo-Japanese war. It was dealt with, at the time, by a special commission which reached the conclusion that there was no satisfying answer to the study of the most appropriate Northern Road through the Glacial Ocean using the area comprised between the Cape Tchéliouskine and the Behring Strait. The economic, military and statistical importance of this issue drove the Tsar government to impose some exceptional measures in order to obtain the exploitation of the eastern half of the Glacial Arctic Ocean; and, in 1907, two icebreakers, the Taïmyr and the Vaïgatch, were built in the shipyards of Vega.