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| | "Antonovs at the Pole" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) |
 | | Each plane carried as much as nine tons of precious cargo - food, scientific instruments, clothes, tents, boats, etc. The supplies and equipment were dropped off on the ice floes, and the scientists and support personnel remained behind. |
 | | Designed in 1930 as a new generation plane, the Tupolev ANT-6, designated TB-3 by Soviet Air Force, was an all-metal four-engine monoplane considered the most advanced heavy bomber of its time. |
 | | The letters 'ANT' stood for the name of the designer Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev, founder of the company which is still designing and building aircraft today. |
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