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gpitzbergen. The dispatch came
from the ship BY radio.
Lundborg said shat all Of the
marooned men are beginning to show
signs of mental alteration.
Lundborg related that Mobile cried
like a baby when he was rescued.
He was in such weakened condi-
ton that it was necessary to carry
him from the tent on the ice floe to
the rescue plane.
II felt terrible that had to leave.
Lieutenant Viglieri and the other
four men on the ice foe" said
Lundborg. but / only could take
one man and the others insisted
that / take their commander.
promised them would come back
again"
Lundborg not only came back but
found himself in the same plight as
the Italia survivors until he was
rescued by the Swedish aviator
Schyberg. He now is safe but they
still remain on the ice floe with
their chances Of being rescued grow.
ing simmer daily.
When reached the tent on the
ice for the first time. I found it in
an indescribably filthy condition.
All the men were dirty. ragged and
with full grown boards.
During my thirteen days impris-
Onment with them after my plane
overturned. conditions were awful.
In the dirt and misery we were all
ut time feverishly hopeful and then
at other times in the depths of
darkest despair.
while / was with the men,"
Iundborg said, II tried to buoy
their hopes and convince them
that rescue was near at hand. But
that constantly overhanging fog
and the uncanny sound OF the
grinding ice made it hard for any
Of US to be hopeful.
On Half Rations
I'VE wee on half rations all the
time. For breakfast we had some
chocolate and biscuits which had
been dropped by Major Maddalena's
plane. For dinner we had bears
meat which we cut with scissors.
Lieut.. Viglieri rationed out the
food and was in complete charge
of the encampment.
"cecioni. the chief mechanic of
the Italia, was badly wounded.
When my plane somersaulted on
my second landing, he had been
brought TO the place where the
others expected would land so
that could rescue him next. But
when we found that my plane was
too badly damaged TO take off
again, we made a comfortable bed
for him on the wings of my Fox
ker. as he was very heavy and
the task Of bringing him over the
ice had already overtaxed the
strength Of the others.
The next day we moved the
tent out under the Fokker. as it
was easier to do that than move
Ceccfoni. Life in the tent was far
from pleasant. We were all nerv.
GUS and sometimes our frequent
discussions became violent.
Wind and Darkness
''For five days, terrific cyclone
ragged. Although most of us were
sick with fever, and unnerved,
each kept a four.hour watch
throughout the storm. Blagli, al.
though suffering from high
fever, heroically crept from the
tent twice day to attempt to
keep us in communication with the
outer world.
During the storm we almost
gave UP hope completely. In the
blackness Of the night. it was
terrible and even in the daytime
it was 30 dark you could hardly
see a few feet away.
After the storm, the weather
cleared and we were able to see
Cape Leigh Smith distinctly. Flying
conditions were excellent and we
became respondent because the re-
lief expeditions did not take ad-
vantage of them.
Finally two planes appeared
over the horizon. One, a Moth
was piloted by Schyberg. The
ether, the Hansa. was piloted by
jacobson. Jacobson circled over
the camp while schyberg landed
and took me aboard. ] never was