Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-02-19 | Page 45 | Ice Floes Hold Many Vessels

liCE ICE FLOES HOLD I MANY VESSELS Airplanes Carry Food to Crews of Ships STOCKHOLM r. Feb 18 A A slight improvement in the ice conditions off oft the coast yesterday enabled fifteen steamers to enter Gothenburg har har- bor Tolay however the Ice pressure again increased to an enormous extent ex extent extent ex- ex tent and anxiety was expressed forthe for forthe forthe the forty vessels still drifting among the floes Snowstorms are hindering the use of airplanes to carry food to the vessels vessels vessels ves ves- sels and nd a also so are making the tho work of the ice breakers difficult The situation situation situa situa- tion In the sound and at the entrance to the Baltic sea Is critical The Baltic Is virtually closed The only open ports In Scandinavia are Chris Christ St. St V hanger Vanger nger Bergen and I No Swedish harbors at present are open