The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-07-20
A ARCTIC Z, x pLORERs,
Efforts Made to Recover Those
Who Were Lost.
The Tn Latest Expedition to Return
. Without Some OF Eta Members-
Duke OF Abruzzi Will SET
'f>s Return for Them. =.s

II was announced recently that the
duke of the AbruzM would return to-
FRANZ Joseph Land next spring in the
hope THAT he might succeed in rescuing
the three men from his expedition who
wei: were lost during his recent sojourn in
that far northern land. In the brief re-
port of his discoveries, and of the re-
IIlldsa8rkable sledge journey Of one of his
parties which attained the highest lat
ltude ever reached, nothing, was said Of
the great misfor tune which befell the
expedition. The facts have been made
known only since the expedition re-
turned to Italy. It will aforementioned
THAT tina THE first sledge party which tine
duke sent north from his vessel, the
Stella Polare, when she was frozen in
the ice in latitude 81 degrees IS min
utes, was a failure, owing to the fright
ful cold, the temperature falling to So
degrees Celsius. It was late in Feb
ruary when this expedition returned to
the ship. On March III q. 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 UHe,
declined to go any further, and were
sent back ITO the ship with THE sledge
and ten dogs, says the New York Sum
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
Tor 20 days to beyond the eighty-third
PARALLEL and returned safe and soun0to
the ship. 1t was the third expedition
that later made the highest northing.
y 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
t1clal 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
sAbruzzi thought the men could posi-
billy beIa4iVe.. 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 ofthe Abruzzi alone said he
believed There washope that the men had
reached one of the supply sta tions, 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. Heat 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 a new crew across Ba-
rents sea to the archipelago where he
spent last winter. He will lead a for
lorn hope, but he has nobly determined
to'underg'o all the hardslhips necessary
to ascertain whether his lost comrades
are still alive in the frightful arctic
waste where they were swallowed I'D,