1:33:02
Secondly, the ice was melting.
1:33:04
Thaw followed by freeze-up.
1:33:07
At such a time,
a ship which can't keep moving...
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can be caught and crushed
like a cardboard carton.
1:33:13
Thirdly, my ship could only move
at half speed.
1:33:17
My decision was to put back
to the nearest port.
1:33:20
Unfortunately, before leaving Leningrad...
1:33:24
I had taken on board an airplane...
1:33:27
and...
1:33:29
a hero.
1:33:32
He wanted to try and take off
and see if he could find them.
1:33:36
I agreed that if he should see them...
1:33:39
within two days' sailing distance
of the Krassin...
1:33:42
we would try to reach them.
1:33:44
It was their own lives they were risking...
1:33:46
and that is always seductive.