WE INVADED RUSSIA; Irish crew sail to an Arctic record.(News) From: The Mirror (London, England) | Date: August 18, 2000| Author: Bushe, Andrew | COPYRIGHT 2000 MGN LTD. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

DARING Irish yachtsmen last night told how they defied a ban and secretly entered Russian territorial waters to sail into the record books.

Braving icebergs and polar bears, the six-man crew reached Victoria Island, or Lostrov Viktoriya, to become the first to sail a small ship so far north.

Earlier they had been quizzed by the Russian navy and then refused visas by the authorities.

But the crew of the Arctic Fern sailed on and actually reached a ...