St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-21
MEATH The ARCTIC SUN.
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way through in truly wonderful way.
1t takes five men TO pilot her passage, as
the noise from the crushing of the ice
browns ordinary calls. One man at the
bow. who calls the direction to the man
at the bridge, who repeats it to the two
men at the wheel; then one man de-
tailed in the crows nest Tor barely at
the top Of the main mast, watches for
large clear entrances. This afternoon
we laid alongside an iceberg, and cut
off supply of ice to replenish our
water supply. Mrs. Peary's ST. Ber-
nard dog, Michael Angelo" while en-
deavoring to walk on the railing, fell Off
into the sea. After considerable trou-
bic he was rescued, and the first place
he made for after being hauled on board
ship was that same narrow railing. He
seemed determined to see if he could
not repeat the feat without falling off,
and he succeeded But he was pun
ished by imprisonment for the rest of
the night. The mercury dropped to
zero during the night.
July 23.-More ice than we saw even
yesterday. At noon a regular ice jam.
without water visible; Just crushing,
Surging mass OF ice. 1t took us four
hours to go five miles, and at times it
seemed as though 1t would be imDoSsi-
bic to get through. At 80 p. III. we
left the ice as completely as we entered
it, and saw but little more the rest of
the day.
AN IMPRoMPTU CELEBRATION.
July 26.-About 2 a. III. | was awak-
ened by Hello, Navy" from DR..
Vincent. He was arranging for cele-
bration. At 40 the cannon was load
ed, and at II the first salute was tired,
followed closely by two others, cee-
brating the crossing of the Arctic cir
Gle and the entering of the Arctic sea.
We were then all called into the cabin,
and found it decorated with American
fiags,and all drank lie monade in honor
of our safe arrival in the Arctic seas, and
the future success of the expedition.
About p. m. Lieut.. Peary went on
shore and returned with a native
Eskimo. who was installed on the
bridge as pilot. 1t took several ups of
hot tea to warm him up. and he then
made the desired signs. His language
was limited. Soon we were entering,
between the huge cliffs, the harbor of
HOlsteinborg, South Greenland. The
gov ernor soon appeared in boat bear
ing the Danish flag. Holsteinborg is
an important point for whalers, as the
Earbor is good, and. from the great rise
and fall of the tide, the facility for
Bleaching vessels i'll need of repair is
uneXcelled on the coast. Reindeer
used to be very abundant, as many as
$500 having been killed here by less
than eighty natives in one year. The
women are dressed entirely different
from the LabadOr danes. They are
clean. bright-iOoking, and dressed very
gay, from their kamiekS to the ribbons
in their hair. We all went ashore with
the determination to truckene (trade)
with the natives, and were quite sue
cessful. L noticed one of the women
wearing very pretty pair of kamicks.
l offered her two krOnerS for them, and
|, she proceeded to her cabin and pulled
| them Oft for me.
| July 81. = The night-darkness has
entirely disappeared. All continuous
daylight now.
July 2s.-Reached the settlement of
| Godhayn, consisting of two houses, two
warehouses and number of Eskimo
mud nuts scattered about. Population,
exactly l34. Godhavn is located ON Disco
island, i'll Disco bay. 1t is hardly
worthy of the title of island, as it is
very small and looks like large rock
| pile. Across the bay is a grand series
of cliffs, reaching up into the clouds,
| tipped by an ice-cap, with an elevation
| of from 2, 100 to $500 feet. The crown
is sometimes jagged and similar to the
spires OF giant cathedrals. A huge gully
or creyice runs through the center, with
a glacier at the top. We all went ashore
| for the skin clothing which the lieuten-
ant had ordered here of the Danish gov
eminent. Three pieces made from the
best of sealskin: Tiniak COAT with
hood attachment. the fur trousers and
| the kameks. Twenty-one dogs taken
on here. making total of sixty-four-
running loose everywhere except in the
rigging.
July 30.-Arrlvnd at the famous city
of Upernavik. This place is very much
like all the rest of the Eskimo settle
lnents, except that it has the honor o.
of being the most northerly white set
tlement on the face of the globe
Aug. Leaving the Duck islands at
40 pm. yesterday, the Falcon steamed
past the point of Cape York at $50 D.
IN. today, having made the run from
Duck islands to Cape York, through
ice-Jams and in face of contrary winds,
in twenty-fou hours and fifty minutes,
the quickest passage on record through
Melville bay. Distance, 2l213 miles.
The stokers worked as they had never