A <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_and_Russian_manned_drifting_ice_stations" id="mwAQA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Soviet and Russian manned drifting ice stations">Soviet station</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Pole-1" id="mwAQE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="North Pole-1">North Pole-1</a>, becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drift_ice" id="mwAQI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Drift ice">drift ice</a> of the Arctic Ocean.