The Coconino sun., 1901-01-26
ARCTIC EXPLORERS.
Efforts Made to Recover Those
 Who Were Lost.
The Latest Expedition to Return without Some of Its Menbers- Duke of AbFassl Will
 Return for Then.

It was announced recently that the duke of the Abruzzi would return to Franz Joseph Land next spring in the hope that he might succeed in rescuing the three men from his expedition who were lost during his recent sojourn in that far northern land. In the brief re- port of h;s discoveries, and of the re- markabt sAedge journey of one of his parties which attained the highest lat- ituGe ever reached, nothing was said of the great misfortune which befell the expedition. The facts have been made known only since the expedition re- turned to Italy. Ii will be re membered that uhe first sledge party wh.ch the duke sent north from his vessel, the Stella Poare, when she was frozen in the ice in latitude s1 degrees 55 min utes, was faimre, owing to the fright fnl cold. the temperature falling to 52 degrees Celsius. It was late in Feb ruary when this expedition returned to the ship. On March h fresh attempt was made. Ten men and many dogs started northward. After ten days march Lieut.. Gaurini. of the Italian navy, the Norwegian machinist Stock en, and the Italian Alpine guide Ulie, declined to go any further, and were sent back to the ship with the sledge and ten dogs, says the New York Sun.
 They never returned to the ship and no trace of them could be found. All the other members of the party, with the ships doctor as leader, advanced for 20 days to beyond the eighty.third parallel and returned safe and soundt to the ship. It was the third expedition that later made the highest northing.
 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. After the re- turn of the expedition to Italy an of ficiai 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 Abrnzzi thought the men could possi- bly be- alive. Dr. Cavalli. 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 storms or fallen through the ice.
 The duke of the Abruzzi alone said he believed there was hope 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 live, as Nansen did in the same region. upon the game they killed. He at once hired another vessel the Stella Polare being too badly used up for further arctic work, and in the spring he will make his way with new crew across Ba- rents sea to the archipelago where he spent last winter. He will lead for lorn hope, but he has nobly determined to'undergo all the hardships necessary to ascertain whether his lost comrades arc still alive in the frightful arctic ot nhnra <ha-