Fire & Ice Arctic Convoys 1941-1945The Arctic convoys run to the ports of Northern Russia from 1941 to 1945 combined the man made and maritime horrors of the Battle of the Atlantic with the unforgiving ferocity of one of the most inhospitable of the world's climates. Maintaining that lifeline through the waters of the Arctic circle was essential to the development and maintenance of the Anglo American alliance with the Soviet Union. With the massive campaign on Germany's Eastern front