ADMINISTRATION AND PORTS OF THE NORTHERN SEA ROUTE

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002300410007-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 23, 1998
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: September 16, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

CLASSIFICATION : T: / jC.;; RcL ;S OPPICI.AW uilLY
COUNTRY ussR
SUB.ECT Administration and Ports of the Northern
Sea Route
PLACE 5X1 A6a
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DATE OF INFO. Prior to 15 September 1948
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NO.OF ENCLS. 7 ((; pp.)
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REPORT NO.
fro Attached is a diagram showing the organization of the Chief Administration
of the Northern Sea Route and its relation to other agencies and institutes
connected with rosearoh in the Arctic (Attachment I).
Zo Also attached are diagrams of the following Arctic ports:
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Cape Chelyuskin
Port Igarka
tort Dickson
Amderma Fluorine .tine
Port Dudinka
Ust Port
.3.. Following are additional notes on soma of the por
is the t'kej" ror the entrance of ships into the Yenipl~ i ver.
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a. Port I arkas Port Igarka is.situated on the right bank of the Yenisei
River exaa ly at the mouth of the small tributary Igarka. It is 700 kme
south of the mouth of the Yenisei. Between Igarka and the sea the river
is navigable for all transatlantic vessels. The port is important for
the export of wood. There are two sawmills and all the technical
installations iiecessary for the loading of wood.
b. Port Dudinka: This port also is located on the right bank of the Yenisei
ver"ms north of Port Igarka. It is a natural port formed by a
bend in the river. It has a wooden quay at which vessels of medium draft
can dock. The port is important as a fur trading depot and also because
of the existence of nickel mines and probably platinum mines in the
vicinity.
o. Ust Portz This port also is on the right bank of the Yenisei and is
orme y a bend in the river. The port nas a small wooden quay for
the use of the colony of the fur trading depot and a factory for
preserving fish. Two hundred kiloters north of Ust Port, at Golohildna
is a branch of the fur trading depot..
d. Port Dickson: The port is located on an island situated directly opposite
die nor hwost point of the continent in the Yenisei Gulf. Port Dickson
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The'island, located at 73?N,t is the center of polar research for the
western sector of the Arctic. The port has a powerful radio station
and well-equipped scientific laboratories, It is a station tor
syato atio observations.
e.. AA,derr.-a: In 1935,4 a port was built in the passage between an island
an a coast 4 lar-s west of the mine. This passage is navigable and
provides shelter for ships in bad weather.
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