Russian Schooner
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In N. Guinea
At Port Moresby, in April, was the Russian three-masted auxiliary schooner “Zarya”, which is engaged in geophysical icsearch. Carrying the normal fore-and-aft rig on main and mizzen, “Zarya” had the unusual feature of a square-rigged fore mast.
She ar ived at Port Moresby out o' Australian ports after clearing Odessa in August last yea y , md is bound for Shanghai and * -adivostok.
“Zo ya” was carrying a comple ment of 34 officers, seamen and scientists. Laboratory equipment on board was designed mainly for ionspheric and magnetic meridian research.
“Zarya” was chosen for the mag netic research because of her all-wood construction.
The leader of the expedition, Professor M. Ivanhoff said that detailed records were bzing col lected and sorted on a daily basis.
“Zarya” was open for inspection by the public at Port Moresby.