The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-03-30
ARCTIC e x Pc IRE RS.
Efforts Made to Recover Those
Who We're Lost.
The Laaest Expedition 10 Return
without some OF Its Me1nbers.- M
Duke OF ABREAST Will
Return for Them.

IL was announced recently That the
duke OF the Ahruzzi would return to
Franz Joseph Land next spring in the
hope that he might succeed in rescuing'
the three men from his expedi ton who
were lost during his recent sojourn IN
that far orthern land. In the, brief re-
port Of his discoveries, and Of the re-
1arkab.h sledge journey of one of. his
parties which. ATTAINED the highest lat
itude ever reached, nothing was said Of
the great mistfor tune which befell the
expedition. The facts have been made
known only since the expedition re-.
turned to Italy. It will aforementioned
that the first sledge party which tina
duke sent north from his vessel, the
Stella Polare, when she was frozen i'm
the ice in latitude 81 degrees IS min-
uteA was a failure, owing to the fright
full cold. the temperature falling to 50
degrees Celsius. It was late in Feb
ruarN when this expedition returned to
the ship. 0n March ii q fresh attempt
was made. Ten men and many dogs
stanted northward. After ten days
march Lieut.. Gaurini, Of the Itaian
navy, Hhe Norwegian maehinist Stock
en-, and the Italian Alpine guide Ulies
declined to go any further, and were
sent back TO the ship with THE sQedNa
and ten dogs, says the New York Sun.
They never returned to the ship and
no trace of them could be found. ALI
the other members OF the party, With
the ships doctor as Leader, advanced
for 20 days to beyond the eighty -tEind
parallel and returned safe and soundIto
the ship. It was the third expedition
that latter made THE highest nor#hing.
Searching expeditions were sent out
for the lost men, but all in vain. Two
depots OF supplies were Left for them at
places which it was thought they might.
reach if they were alive. Aften the re-
turn of the expedition to Italy an Of
fciai marine inquiry was held as to the
disappearance of the three men, Seven
members of the expedition were exam
ined None except the duke Of the
Abruzzi Thought the men could posi-
bly, be- alive. DIR. CavaLi, who was with
the party when the unfortunate men
turned back, testified that the ice was
weak in many places and covered with
new snow, and he believed the' party
had fallen in and were drowned. There
was no danger, HE said, of their losing
their course ON their way back to the
ship, for they KNEW perfectly the route
to steer. A rescue expedition would be-
impossible in the dark season. Other
witnesses expressed the belief that the
men had either succumbed to snow
gtorms or fallen Through theice.
The duke Of the Abruzzi alone said he
Believed there washope that the men had
reached one Of the supply stations, or,
at least, had found refuge on some.
island where they might be able to 1--we,
as Nansen did in the same region, upon
the game they killed. He at once hired
another vesseA the Stella Polare being
too badly used up for further arctic
work. and in the spring he will make
his way with a new crew across Ba-
rents sea to the archipelago where he
spent last winter. He will lead a for
loEn hope, but he has nobly de termined
to'undergo all the hardsl1ips necessary
TO ascertain whether his lost comrades
are still alive in the frightful arctic
waste where they were swallowed up.