3 men rescued from Russian arctic island

Chicago Sun-Times | December 1, 1998 | Copyright

MELBOURNE, Australia A helicopter rescue team today reached a three-man television crew that had been stranded on a remote Russian island above the Arctic Circle for a month and a half, rescuers said.

The helicopter, sent by international medical emergency company AEA International SOS, landed on frozen Wrangel Island, company spokesman Mark Crawford said.

"They're in fair spirits," Crawford said. "They're surviving of course, but they were down to their last three days of food." The TV crew arrived Sept. 2 on the island to make a documentary on polar bears. The group intended to leave ...

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