Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-06

ditions OF travel upon the main pack after
we are once there The question is how to
get across the belt of debris from both pack
and shore that now lies between us and the
main ice. probably twenty or thirty miles
In With, eNcsrtlingly rough and moving to
ami fro with every change of wind. To
make this crossing with the ship need
but day or two of favorable winds We
hal so much good luck up to last Tuesday
that We can well afford TO be patient dur
M this week, or even longer If necessary.
ON Skis.
This morning the Ragnvald JarI was
brought to a ulooring in little cove on the
southeast shore of Walden Island, in lati-
tufe ~h-;.I. where we are safe against the
pack coming from the northeast and where
W. could also be secure should the wind
shift to the northwest. Here We have had
come rare sport. First, all hands that
ccUli lie spared from the ship started bear
hunting Walden Island. To reach the
island IL WAS necessary to work ones way
u rough several hundred yards of indie
scrinIbiy rJu-l shore ice Bergs rising
forty feet from the waters level were
thrp"n among pieces ranging in size down
10 . foot thick. Heavy pieces stood on edge
as INST the DiS blocks, leaving creyas5aS
twenty feet deep. blue as indigo. All was
covered with Il thick layer of soft snow.
Al one step a man would be standing upon
The edge Of piece of ice standing perpen-
dicIi1Tiy. and the next he would go into
pocket Of SnOy up to his armpits, or his
Zoo would stick in crevice and give him
severe wrench ia the effort to extricate
himself. Some of the Norwegians tried
their skis on The Ice. A Norwegian wants
a pair Of skis on MS feet wherever there Is
SNOW II such thing as snow could be
IN. lSi.HI III the Internal regions a genuine
Ncr,s eSitn would want to slide into it, IL he
hal Ia go at all, on his favorite pair of
snovsfpes. or if given his choice of going
10 snowiess and skiless heaven or to an
no Nrrll hn
prefer ;Ge batter. But skis did not go very
well In this ice. one Norwegian was seen
heal downward IN a pocket of snow, with
his ~Xi-~hod feet kicking about lust above
tn. surface. Declining all assistance-he
wouid nave felt dis5raced thereby-he man.
aged to pick himself out, covered with
smiles and frost. Rut he took off his skis
AMI SIsed them for use on the mountain
side Americans accustomed to the use of
the ~urN~hoe viii be surprised to learn that
the SEi il used most effectually in noun
tain climbing. The ski runner in such
work HIS his choice of three methods. He
may go up the hill sii-Wise, inching along
slowly. and this he must do where the ac-
ClNity Is very steep. He may on more
moderate incline toe in for grip upon the
surface, pushing with his bamboo ski pole,
or he may toe out, crossing his skis behind
him IL = in coming down the hill that the
ski runner mas the most sport.
Today. for instance. Mr.. JuelI took a slide
from TIE top of the mountain on Walden
Island down q sharp declivity, landing in
a mass Of soft snow, in which he was
buried fairly out of sight. Mr. Heyerdahl
turned Il Somefsault on skis, and Mr.. Aime
ard Mr.. Dahl followed their example.
Three hvelier young men than these 1t
would not be easy to find. with or without
skis. MIR. Heyerdahl, who is a young law
yer. is noted the best ski runner in
ChTistiania. Lawyer JUell Is almost as
skillful. while GeolosIst Dahl and Me-
teoroloCist Alrne are crack men with the
Rational snOwshoes. Mr.. Franklin of New
York. the second fastest skater in America,
takes TO the ski almost as kindly as to the
steel runners In fact. We all like the Nor
wegian snogyshoe and are learning to use
IL IN any kind of snow. It will doubtless be
Of much assistance to us on the pack. With
q bright sun and a temperature OF IA above
zero r. a rambIe through the frightfui
Shors ice and upon the rocky hills. with