Historic Soviet shipwreck ‘found’

Russian divers say they have found the wreck of a Soviet ship which sank attempting a historic journey along the Arctic coast in 1934.

The Chelyuskin was trapped in ice as it tried to complete a voyage from Murmansk in north-western Russia to Vladivostok in the Pacific Ocean.

It was supposed to show that a normal vessel – rather than an icebreaker – could complete the journey.

More than 100 of the crew were rescued by pilots who were hailed as heroes.