The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-12
TO THE NORTH POLE.
A Trip to the Frozen Regions
by a Seattle Citizen.
zee NAM coloRgo MouNT AINs
Mr.. IRA H. Breasonss Account of = Sam
mer's Teur Toward The North
rale.

3 trip - the north sso,e--uf - near IS &c
eouA est 10 it Viii two companions he
ssarSeNs cut on q to;fr. tie main. though
ratiAr eccentric. oblecs Of whish MAS 70 80
where they w0aid not lasek ether tourists.
For hundreds and esen taenssad3st miles
they failed 10 get away ggoea CIVILIZATION,
ban finally. after nearly freezing themselves
to death. they d.a leave ether travellers ee-
hind. and succeeded in setting within
few hundred miles d the north pole. Mr.
Rronson describes his trip 90 the cold re-
gions Is fellows.
On the 9th OF August, 1857, the good ship
Eldorado lei. her docks ia Hull and
steamed slouly oas into the dark aaa
solemn night. solemn because we felt the
s'ealm before tbe Storm Our instincts
we're carFecs. the ligats Of HUI had not
sunk below the horizon before the STERN
was upon us The wind came oat al the
north and il came in a hurry, anu lasted
the waters os the ocean into = wissl sna
furious sea Tons al solid green boarued
the forepArt OF the ship ana came az q
great waters pass mtslgace. The heavy
seas made the ship trenlale from stem 10
stern. and against the msrhty noise OF the
elements without we're lifted the voices 81
the sorFowlul within. MomankAna vas
weeping and mankind was keeping her
company He who was sailor enenah 90
he we'll Was sympathetic enough to
he SICK Tais depsaeas made fast
friends win the sniske stack aud
chung for IFS 10 is guards oalisiaes Ct the
fast shat it Was t.eUiy painted IN red aud
black stripes Ii was anything bui happy
company that waited tkat nlshs Cor The
morning. and when the morning came
the storm was increasing al ihat day
and night the uind eamc IA hing seAn IN
our teeth and il sas not aaiil nnpa 81 the
third day that We eaughf sight 81 land the
black Wild coast 81 Norway. aud . hal a
coast DO We leek At Ii and wonder that
oat OF such fashe-iant eanle the 'asid AID
fearless Nleklngsq thai thtse SANS nssan-
tain cradles reared the sans WHO, born be-
tween mountain tap and raging waters,
we're to teach NritAia lessons a conquest
and give their best baeod 70 the race hat
has led the wosldg That these eFasse3
heights and mirhty waters sfere 90 bring
forth The men who dasea IN the face OF
snperstitious Europe 20 cros = the unknown
seas and end Western wuris
On the 18TH took passage on Norue-
gian steamship Tor tie Moth. AllthAt aay
ne sailed along in magnificent ilaris The
bounds OF which were stately hills which
lifted their heals sometimes thousands OF
feet In shses pef7ensiieulzrs from tie
wnter's edge Standing on q deck quar-
Ter at : nsils away 40 hid 20 heck far np
in the sky TO see The tops Of the walls he
tween which the ship sslled The echo a.
the hoarse whistle s0apicd came back to
us for seven seconds ard ialf The cattle
and sheep on the hills ooled ike red and
white dots and the houses Of mSn we're
like little boxes. We passed IL ard out or
around some great shclf-'ike rock aud then
perhaps To look at tbe oeean outside. For
most OF the tine Tor two DAYS We we were
in the shelter Of the fiords. At bejan |
changed SHIPS once more and wa soon
. Within the Arctic cifc!s, the peint 10 the
north Of which the san may be seen NJ
midnight. it WAS too late 20
see that Thenomenon then. but
the sun vas stu above the
horizon more hours than ] cared 10 stay
awake 10 look al g. 70 / commenced the
usual practice Of regulating my sleep BY
my watch. A. We passsd north the days
heightened We could read al night and
an day, bnt the sun at noon II not tie
blazing one 20 which we are accustomed.
lie goes around the horizon ard not 10 the
zenith. The light Is sabaued and the heat
Is wanting. Mere IL not for the esntl stream
Norway would be- a isnd 81 Sosid Ice. a. Il
is in August We SILVER even with ouf win.
ter clothing about ~. Soon we noticed
the way In which providence Ia God hand
has compensated the NoFseman for bis loss
/ Of light. The mountains began 60 take on
strange eolOfs. day IS Gay tks eifec,
qaiued until At last as we neaFel tie opeu
/ sea the scene along in the evenings was IL.
/ desegibatlv beautiful.
| Far OF We might zee d great black mon.
/ sser whose head Vas covered With The eser.
/ nal SNOW; near. stood hgogn one then
/ ruYp!e. ara thus to red or gray. hlnr ard a
/ tinee OF yellow. wLise al bore alike the
4 snoN. Their mighty shadows cat them.
/ selves for miles aT.on the wgscr or upof
each other, AMI TIE water whsre not "a
covered Was sometimes red ard Sometimes
green. ant ever 81, peFhaps the glory a
i ali. were the cE0uds. iaEming fantastic
screens through ard msoa which the ssn
/ throws such c0lofs as only the imagination
/ can paint. The effect ri tins whole xas the
/ greagest panorama nsn car iook uton.
have seen The ocean IN It's grandeur hai
z "A
! where the ocean comes q look % The rock
l built giants which, tie cannot destroy. ~
/ man stands n sws and wonter where Si0sl
/ has in such secsied manner separat ei
the water irota the land
IL was agreed on every hand that we bad
ssnsve7 seen il on this wise before 0ns
/ old traveller sad that earth has mol
another SorKsy Day ~ day We saised
north and once sgain I iels my snip Ane
took passage en- a trading rsslp houns
around into she northeast Arctic. sol
uas male At Hnnamergest. thn niest north
srn town in the world. & nonunisa
erected here Nv tie Txar makes north iati
tnsse - degrees. 80 minutes, lis sefosaas
Not least aaaong tsla wenderz % his North
err world 10 the eyes 81 the soutsefn bort
are the Lspiars.ers. with iheir 0lminasigl
bodies. crooked iegs wrapped % iike Isnna
mics, and large feoslshs. @bieb last de
fornaity q NoraeEisE solesaniy inioFfses
me xas caused mus DO y0u &C. sb&t Z
uosntlng to . loas seoop afsnt : foot 4
diameter. WEI. when bahes tiss.g moth
srs feed them Rsfa sueh spenn2.
Prom sfasnasefsesf TIE ship stood on
frDu the LAID ARD made for The NpFtl
ear4. ne s4s.nt u laid oHe sees belof
isaxtne Europe - she seush We were i
tAa cpen Arcflc ard the wind was kesi
ara vastly coid. Our god ship Nog9iani
rslouea into the ieg wAtes g. She nsAte D.
m.v oat into fhe so.irlsss u the ifseklea
OCEAN Ear beyoua TIE hau15s os men a.
baths "a con- aawree Tbe elsarrn there - 4
The sol.fu3e HaudFe4s 81 nslses seat b ~
the mountains. tke tosses. the ssacisFs a.
other nonaeFs shat Ao aEakef tIse enttsEssi
+ = - !. e...-s.ts. H. .S4sss ttea rtff fsss.