At 1430, greater damage had been inflicted on the ship by the strong ice pressure, and at 

 1600, 13 February 1934, the ship sank. 



After the catastrophe of the ship, the participants of the expedition from the CheliusKin 

 crossed the ice and stayed until 13 April 1934, at the so-called "Camp Schmidt. " On this day, the 

 last participants of the expedition were taken from the ice by airplanes. 



During the time of the sojourn on the ice, Gakkel and Khmyznikov continued their interesting 

 observations, which were the first in this respect. The ice continued to drift (obeying the wind and 

 the current) to rotate, to be heaped, and to be fractured. Figure 89 shows the plan of Camp 

 Schmidt for 8 March 1934. 



Figure 89. Plan of Camp Schmidt. 



The fissures, which were formed during the existence of a camp, are shown in addition to the 

 movements of the ice fields relative to one another. 



The ice field of the station "North Pole" underwent practically no rotations, relative to the 

 meridian, during the drift from the North Pole to the Greenland Sea. The ice with which the 



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