Ziegler Polar Expedition

[6] He was to renew the efforts to reach the pole with dog sledges from Franz Josef Land where plenty of Baldwin's provisions were still stored in depots.

[10] The ship then returned to Teplitz Bay at Rudolf Island, where the expedition started setting up their winter quarters on 31 August.

Against the will of the captain, Fiala ordered the America to be berthed at the fairly exposed Teplitz Bay too, rather than in a safer position further south.

[11] On October 22, the lines by which the America had been fastened to the shore snapped in a storm, sending the ship adrift during the polar night.

Two expedition members, Anton Vedoe and Russell Porter, attempted to test the conditions further north on their own, but did not get far before turning south, conducting an extensive mapping of Franz Josef Land instead.

Anton Vedoe discovered a coal seam in the hill next to Cape Flora, greatly easing the strained supply situation.

While they were waiting in vain for a ship to arrive, discontent led the group to fracture into separate camps that refused to cooperate.

[18] Porter carried out additional surveying work in Zichy Land while Fiala and the remaining men returned south to Alger Island.

William S. Champ, who had already tried to come to Franz Josef Land with the relief ship Frithjof the previous year, again sailed for the ice fields aboard the Terra Nova with captain Johan Kjeldsen in 1905.