Evening star., 1937-05-26
By the Associated Press.

Bythe Associated Press.
MOSCOW, May 26.-Concern for
the safety Of I. P. Mazuruk, pilot OF
one Of three transport planes flying
food and equipment to the Soviet
polar air base, was evident in Moscow
today when no report was received
from him Is hours after the take-off.
Two of the planes reported they had
landed near the Pole, one finding the
tiny outpost on an ice foe and the
other sitting down about 13 miles be-
yond the earth's northern axis and an
unannounced distance from the base
camp.
Authorities said they felt the lack
of report from MaZuruk might be un-
necessarily alarming. 1t was pointed
out that he may have landed near the
camp where four of the Soviet air
trail pioneers are to live for q year,
but failed to report because of
damaged radio.
Are Soviet's Best.
The transport that reached the
camp was piloted by VASTLY Molokoff.
1t Slid to halt on the runway the
advance party had 2rooved into the
Ice at 624 am, Rudolf Island time,
about 9:24 pm, Tuesday, Eastern
Standard time, thus completing the
dash of about $50 miles from the
Rudolf Island base in Z hours and "a
minutes.
The other ship, in the hands of A.
D. Alexieff, sat down about am
Brief messages from the polar outpost
thus far did not explain why he failed
% land at the ice foe camp. All three
pilots are expert in Arctic flying and
are among the Soviet Unions most
famous airmen.
The three planes swept over the out
post about seven hours after their
take-off from Rudolf Island, but ap-
pRrently Molokoff's ship was the only
one successfully guided down directly
to the camp.
The others continued circling over
the wastelands. The crews on the three
supply craft were believed to total
about Is men.
Damage to the radio apparatus at
the polar base interfered somewhat
with plans to direct the planes. Mol
okotf, Alexief and Mazuruk had
planned to follow radio beam into a
safe landing.
Regular radio communication from
the polar camp, remained in effect,
however
- Regular Flights Hoped.
The three pilots spread out in re-
connoltering formation as they neared
their goal reckoning their course by
the radioed position of the Arctic
camp and keeping an eve out for the
broad wings of the ship that landed
DR.. Otto J. Schmidt and his party of
II on the foe Friday afternoon
Schmidt is general director of the ex-
pedition.
The supply craft had good weather
throughout their flight. At one point
one of the three radioed: There are
huge ice fields below us, stretching for
many miles, divided only by very mar
row assures"
The cargoes of condensed food and
scientific apparatus will be used by
Comdr. Ivan Papanin, commander Of
the group of four. who will remain
fpr year on the slowly shifting foe.
They will make weather observa-
tons and complete other studies
through which the Soviet Union hopes
to establish regular flights over the
Arctic shortcut to the United States
Their quarters will be a collapsible,
fur-lined hut, which one of the sup
ply ships carried.
Camp Drifting.
The three transport ships and their
crews, together with Schmidt and the
other eight members of the original
expedition and the plane that carried
them, were expected to leave the Win
tering party in the frigid loneliness of
the top of the world after the camp S
supplies had been stored.
All four planes were scheduled to
hop back to Rudolf Island, three of
them en- route to Moscow and the
fourth to remain there, with MaZuruk
in command, ready to carry succor to
the outpost in event of emergency.
The floating ice field on which
Schmidt and his expedition landed
Friday has been drifting about 1917
miles day, but not in a straight line,
and was believed to be within so miles
OF the Pole. It was 13 miles from the
earth'S axis when the Schmidt nartV