Hydrographic Expedition of the Arctic Ocean (GESLO) was formed in Vladivostok in August 1910. In its composition have been included specially built for this purpose on the Nevsky plant in St. Petersburg in 1909, two transport icebreaker - "Taimyr" and "Vaigach" - a displacement 1.5 tons each and machines with a capacity of 1.2 hpHead of the expedition was appointed an experienced hydrographer Sergeev Ivan Semenovich. The main objective of the expedition: to scout the Northern Sea Route and pass on it six of the Arctic seas
