The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-12
MOBILE SCOUTS
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Captain samoyolovich told his
story Of the rescue IN laconic matter
of fact messages but it was evil
dent that he had been deeply moved
by the sufferings Of the rescued
men. He sent word he was pros
ceeding as rapidly IS possible To-
rescue the remaining members of
the Mobile party marooned on an
ice foe somewhere off North East
Land or Foyne Island. This Is the
group OF which Mobile himself was
formerly a member.
Frantic With Joy
Captain Samoyolovich described
the joy OF Mariana and Zappi as
comparable only to that OF dead
men returned to life."
Apparently the two survivors
were too exhausted. sick and torn
mentally to give the horrible de-
tails of their own sufferings.
Both were half frozen and nearly
starved to death. They were given
medical attention Immediately upon
being taken aboard the Krassin.
The members OF the Malmgren
party suffered the utmost agonies
of body and mind. : Death from
starvation and exposure faced them
continuously as they drifted in 'the
desolate Arctic Sea, the only sound
being the grinding of the ice fields
and the crash of colliding bergs. q
Fought Against Freezing
They were so weak and their
movements were so hampered that
they had difficulty in getting enough
exercise to keep from freezing 10
death. When they. left the Mobile
party on May 25 to seek the coast
of North East Land or Foyne
Island the men carried what they
thought was enough concentrated
food - chiefly pen1mican - for As
days. They had expected to reach
land in a few days--a week at the
utmost.
In attempting to cross to the
coast line they began traversing a
fioe that was detached by the cur.
rent and wind and carried them
into the open water. They found
themselves helpless. They had no
wireless equipment and their only
hope was in being sighted by an
aviator or stray whaler.
Mariana and Zappi said that Prof.
Malmgren died as a result OF the
terrible cold and exertion a month
ago while their floating floe was
off Brock Island.
Mariana and Zappi had been prac-
tically without food for - days
when they were saved. They are
in extremely weakened condition
from exposure and starvation.
Death Helped Them
Although Malmgren was a strong
man physically and used to the rig
ors Of the far north, ne was the
first to weaken. After his death
the other two were able to increase
their rations somewhat. The only
water they had was from melted
snow and surface ice, which was
not salty.
Day. after day they scanned the
horizon for a searching plane. only
to be disappointed. Although in the
last stages of weakness they strug
gled to their feet with two small
flags in their hands when the Rus
sian airman at last. after what
seemed an eternity, scared into view
in the gray Arctic sky.
Low Dots On Ice
While making q reconnaissance
from the Krassin, ChucknOvsky
spotted three dots on the ice. He
circled low about them and two Of
the specks, waving frantically, re-
vealed themselves to be men. The
third lay motionless on the ice,
dead.
Chucknovsky could find no place
to land near the marooned men. He
flew back to the Krassin and gave
their position as 80.42 north lati-
tude and 25.45 east longitude. Then
he made another flight and circled
over the three men again but could
not land.