Camp of the Chelyuskinites, Polar Sea

To the Head of the Expedition, SCHMIDT

We send to the heroic Chelyuskinites our warm Bolshevik greetings. We follow your heroic struggle with the elements with admiration and are taking all measures to render you assistance. We are confident in the successful outcome of your glorious expedition and that you will inscribe new glorious pages in the history of the struggle for the Arctic.

STALIN. MOLOTOV. VOROSHILOV.

KUIBYSHEV. ORDZHONIKIDZE. KAGANOVICH.

Pravda. February 27, 1934.