An item dated Oslo, Norway 12th reported that Russia would attend the coming Antarctic whaling season. A Swedish company delivered several oil separators to fit out the Russian floating factory Slava. It was believed that she was the former German Wikinger in 1945 seized and used by the United Kingdom as the factory ship Empire Venture for one Antarctic season afterwards removing boilers and whaling equipment. She was handed over to the Russia as German war compensation. According to rumors were the Russians also repairing former German whaling boats
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