Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-08-09
CRUSHED IN THE ICE

stef Weilman Arctic Exploring Ex.
sion Lose Their Vessel OF spitzner.
-: But. Undaunted by the Disaster.
Forward with Sledges and Alu-
Passage to the Pole.
CHICAGO, Aug. "A cablepram was
received in this city Yesterday from
Iromsoe, Norway, announcing that
D. Emil Pedersen. Engineer L. Win
"iP' H. Westphalt, mountaineer and
SooA' and one sailor of the polar expe-
oition which left that place on May 1
on the steamer Ragnvald Jarl, under
command of Walter Wellman, have re-
turned to TromsO on a whaler. They
Oring information of the loss of the
hagnvaid Jarl on May "a, or three
weeks after the expedition left this
port.
The accident occurred soon after the
vessel had left Danes island, near
Spitzbergen. A great field of pack ice
was encountered. and despite efforts
10 escape. the boat was ground to
pieces. Commander Wellman and his
party had sufficient warning of the
impending destruction to enable them
Go escape to the ice with the greater
portion of their scientific instruments,
aluminium boats, provisions and dogs.
Dndaunted by the misfortune, Com
snander Wellman and the remainder
OF the party, with the exception of
those who reached here yesterday. res
Oiutely set out in the search for the
pole They were then within Il few de-
grees of the latitude reached by Lock-
wood, of the Greedy expedition. The
loss of the Ragnvald Jarl will greatly
hamper the intrepid explorer. but it is
prOba bic that another boat will be
fitted up at once and dispatched to the
relief of the party.
Farther Particulars by the Fishing Boat
Malygn.
CgEIsTIANA, Aug. 3.-The fishing
vessel Malygn has arrived at from
soc, from North Spitzbergen, with
Capt. Bottelfse and three seamen of
Walter Wellmans Ragnvald Jarl
aboard her. They report that after
a severe struggle in the ice the Ragn-
valid Jarl arrived, on May 10, at Table
island. one of the seven islands. The
ice compelled the party to return to
Walden isle. On May "a, Wellman set
out with thirteen men, forty dogs, and
provisions for ITO DAYS.
Four days later the Ragnvald Jarl
was surrounded by ice and was totally
lost Only some stores were saved. A
message concerning the disaster was
sent to Wellman, and reached him
On Martins island. Wellman. Dodge
and two others returned to Walden is
land They built there a solid house
of wrcckage, which afforded ample
shelter to the explorers should they be
compelled to winter on Walden island.
Wellman departed on the 31st for
Martins island. The last news from
Wellman was received June 81. when
Winship came upon the expedition six
miles from the island. There the party
had come upon an impossible ice field.
Vellman was feeling for the opening
and all were well. Upon Winship's re-
turn to Walden island, Bottelfse and
others journeyed southwark in alum
mum boats, hoping to meet fishing YES
sells Thus they met The Malgyn.
a new vessel will be chartered to
bring back the expedition. Mean
while Wellman and his companions are
crossing the ice, proba bly, in the direc-
ton of Gilletland. The ice conditions
IN the early part of the expedition were
exceptionally unfavorable.
Trygve Heyerdahl, the young philo-
sophical student who accompanied the
expedition, has gone to Danes island
TO join Peter Oyen, the geologist.