Moscow, Feb. 17.
The Soviet flier, M, Vlasov, attempting to rescue the stranded scientists and who yesterday visited M, Ivan Papanin's camp, relates by wireless "Flying over the ice fields, I noted a gray stop looking exactly as M, Papanin described it over the radio before our flight, "We descended and at the height of 50 metres circled twice over the camp in salute, In order that we could see the camp better, M. Papanin and his companions hung clothing on poles and lit torches, "M. Papanin's camp is situated on a small iceftoe among blocks of ice and looks like a courtyard surrounded by an ice wall A wind motor and two tents stand in the camp. Members of the camp greeted us by waving their hands and shouting excitedly, "M. Papanin, with a camera in his hand, filmed our fight, Having pointed out to us the direction of the aerodrome situated two kilometres from the camp, M, Papanin ran to meet us, We landed and I rushed to meet M, Papanin, "Extraordinary Joy took my breath away and I had tears in my eyes. It is difficult to relate my emotions during this unprecedented meeting. M. Papanin and I embraced several times. His face was bronzed by the Arctic winds and has grown a small beard.
"We went with M, Papanin to the aerodrome where he clasped in his arms my navigator, M. Dorofeyev We delivered the letters from rel: tives and presents from the Taimyl crew—Moscow beer and oranges, M.
Papanin, deeply moved, thanked us and asked us to convey greetings to those taking part in our rescue expedition, "The snow began to fall snd we had to hasten our departure, We bade good-bye to M, Papanin, tool off and flew towards the Murmai One Plane Forced Down Bad atmospheric conditions yesterday distorted the wireless message about the flight of the aviator, M. Cherevichny, to M. Papanin's camp.
M, Cherevichny set off in search of the camp yesterday but flew into snowfall which obscured visibility and compelled him to land on ice north of the iceoreaker Murman, The flier M, Vlasov, discovered M, Cherevichny's. landing place to-day and landed near his plane whose frozen motor could not be started He brought M. Cherevichny and his navigator, M. Karabanov, to the Murman, Later M, Vlasov again took off and showed the Murman where M, Cherevichny's plane lay abandoned on the ice, The M, Vlasov remained aloft for four hours to show the way to the Taimyr which was advancing towards M. Papanin's camp.
The "Pravda" special correspondent reports from on board the icebreaker Yermak that the ship has entered the North Sea via Skagerrack and is sailing several miles from the south-western coast of Norway.
She expects to be in the region of the North Pole station on February 20.—Tass,
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