Kotelny Island
Matisen returned on 17 April 1902, reporting that 7 miles away from Kotelny Island he ran into a polynya and turned back. On 29 April, Birulya with three Yakuts was sent to New Siberia to assist the planned voyage of "Zarya" to Bennett Island. In early May, Kolchak and Strizhev surveyed Belkovsky Island and run into polynyas in the northern and western directions.