Evening star., 1937-07-24

good 1t is at q height Of 5000 meters!
1t Is easy to breathe In the cabin the
temperature is 9 degrees above, and
outside only degree below
I am terribly hungry. And no won
der In 40 hours we have only once
tried the coffee and the chicken, and
that was 80 hours ago.
1 ask Sasha to hand me the rub
Der bags with our food supplies. Here
is chicken, meat. ham, oranges, ap-
pies, chocolate. I select a rosy apple.
1t is frozen, but very juicy. 1 give
some OF the apple ice cream to Valery
and Sasha and begin to put some
away myself. Then we each take an
orange. These are entirely frozen and
we can only thaw them out 4 bit on
the pipe that warns the cabin. valka
rejects this dish. In general he eats
nothing at all on the trip. Sasha
eats another orange and I finish al
most all the rest How the 1uice
peps you up! After breakfast ask
Chklaw for his pipe, and pull at 1t
with great satisfaction while looking
down at the Amundsen straits, COW
cred completely with ice, and the
northern part of Banks Island.
Beliakov is completely exhausted.
He has been working hard and now
begS for some sleep. I make room
for him, He flops down on the floor
OF the cabin, sticking his feet under
our reserve controls.
In exceptionally fine weather We
leave behind us the southern end of
Banks Island and fly over clear water
Inc clear water looks incongruous to
us after the endless ice Of the Pole
OF lnaccessibility. And even now it
LOOKS out OF place. since both to the
right and the left there Is pure ice
instead of straits and the shore Is
still locked in solid band of ice.
Chief Task Carried Out.
At AIS pm. Cape Pierce Point, Of
which We have spoken 50 much in
MOSCOW, swims under U.s.
And so the chief task assigned tn
us oy Comrade Stain has been car
ried out-the territory of Canada is
beneath us. We have flown $500
kilometers. And how many kilo-
meters were eaten up by the greedy
winds Of the Arctic? How much
extra gasoline did we use in those dif-
f1cult climbs into the clouds, and in
avoiding cyclones? Probably not less
than $500 kilometers, that is, rs per
cent Of the entire fight.
But will any one blame US if it is
understood that we were the ex-
plorers Of this difficult route. that We
were the first to follow it and that
We followed it surely? Now, on the
basis of our fight. others may take
this route with greater speed and
With great saving in the expendi-
ture OF energy and fuel
4:37. Marvellous anti-cyclone con-
dltions. Hardly any clouds. HEAVY
mists up to 5000 meters and yerv
warm-not more than zero.
At & O'Clock the Big Bear Lakes
begin. Noting on the map the cor
rectness OF our course. I take over
the radio. Like Beliakov, I notice
only a slight reaction in the antennae
The rest of the apparatus works splen-
dldly. Just the same, I decide to
transmit radio message, hoping that
1t Will be received by the nearest n
dio station in Canada.
To all from RT No. IS:
Stain, Voroshilov, Rukhimoytch
Kaganovich, Flight Headuuarters. II
understand your anxiety. But you
too, understand us that the flight hax
gone well, but not 30 simply. There
were many difficult hours. Now the
hardest flying is over, since at the
early stage in Canada it Is still clear
and quiet and in "a hours We shall
arrive. Now I send you best wishes
IN your affairs from the crew. Thank
you for everything and do not worry
The difhculties have been overcome
and we are glad that in the main We
nave already carried out the assien-
ment OF our government and our
people
Greetings BAIDuKOv
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