The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-27
FROM The ARCTICS.
Members of the Wellman Expe-
dition Arrive on the Spree.
Their Story Of Hardships and Mis-
haps in lev Regions.
Already Forming Plans for An
other Attempt.

The steamship Spree. which arrived at
Quarantine last evening, mad among
her passengers the following Arctic eN-
plorcrs: Prof. Waiter Wcliman. Prof.
o. b. French, OF the Coast and Geodetic
Survey, OF Washington, who was astro-
nomical observer of the party; DR.
Thomas b. Mohun, medical officer, and
Charles G. Dodge. artist and photog-
rapher, all of whom reside in Washing
ton. ID. G..
They left here last March bound for
the North Pole via Norway, and have
been gone Il little over six months.
Prof Wellman, who was in charge of
the party, gives the following ac-
count Of the expedition:
1--WE left the town of Thomso. in Nor
way, May /. on the steamboat Rang
valid Jarl with twenty-five persons, all
told. sixteen 5f whom belonged to the
| expedition and nine to the crew. We
reached Spitzbergen, which is in latitude
| 1916, May 7. There we deposited a
large quantity Of provisions, leaving in
charge Prof. Oyen. Norwegian geolo-
gist who was to study the glaciers.
Nay 49, finding open water on II the .,
was headed for the southern island, $50
miles to the northeast. After several
battles with the ice we reached Table
| Island, May II, and were then in lati-
tude $3.50, or within $50 miles of the
North Pole. or about 40 miles south of
the point reached by the Lockwood and
thus far in eleven days from the time
we left civilization. having covered as
much ground In that time as other eX-
| up to this time the season had prom
| Used to be a favorable one, and we hoped
in few days to be able to set out on
our journey over the ice pack. to the
northeast. Storms set in on the 18th,
and vast quantities of broken ice went
drifting past. On the 18th the Jarl
was forced to the north, a little past
driven back by the floating ice, through
which no steamer. though she were as
large as the Spree. could have forced
Finding what appeared to be, per;
Walden Island, the expedition left the
having three aluminium boats five
, aluminium sledges and forty-fve
draught dogs from Belgium. Our course
was 10th to the eastward skirting the north
: ice. though exceedingly rough in places
wa was y yet practicable as a road.
es Fonr days later we RECEIVED word b!
7 crushed by the ice. Fortunately mos
e OF the stores were saved Notwith
= stsnding the loss of the ship, which Gu
; VI 49, ''''S "a iS'iSh', VIC uSSiuSu ~
go on.
I After exploring most of the coas
{ of the northeast land. we found the ic
| thrown up In hopeless confusion in ey
e cry direction. We made an effort will
I one boat and a picked crew of eight mel
e to advance to the north, but so rougl
: was the ice that after four days of in
|. | describable effort, we found that W
y had advanced less than four miles. TIL
{, same conditions of ice existed as far a
J. the eye could see
J. Further progress being impossible
d we made out way back. through man
II dangers and difficulties. to Waldo
! Island, often wading I'm water up to GU
J. waists. One member Of the party, Nj
n Alme, the meteorologist, broke one G
his legs. and we had to drag him owe
y the ice and slush In the boat.
It mo change occurring in the extremel
|. unfavorable nature of the season, whic
5 might give us an opportunity to sti
n work further north, we set out Aug
II to fight our way through drifting ice
d the mainland OF SpitZbergen. In tn
=. We were successful. After a hard sirius
e, gle of four days we reached Lo
I'd Island, and there found Norwegia
IS hunting sloop, the Berentine, which W
o. hired to carry us back to our hea,
n quarters at Danes Island. After thu
lie we went to Norway, where we arrive
al Aug. l5."
n Prof. Wellman looks well and heart
es and Is already making plans and pre-
n. aratons for another expedition ne!
al wear.