The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-15

ment and the ice pressure was heard
in all directions. On April 8, we were
at S5 degrees so minutes north, con-
stantly hoping to meet some other Ice
On April 4, we reached Sc degrees 8
minutes north but the ice became
rougher until on April it got so bad
that / considered it unwise to continue
our march in the northerly direction.
1--WE were then at Sc degrees IA min
utes north. We then made an excur-
sion on skis further northward in or
der. to examine as to the possibility of
a Yurther advance, but we could see
nothing but ice of the same description,
hummock and hummock to the hor-
izon, looking like a sea of frozen break
ers. We had had low temperature and
during nearly three weeks it was in the
ne;ghborhood of 40 degrees below zero.
On April / it rose to degrees below
zero but soon sank to 38. When
wind was blowing in this temperature
we did not feel comfortable in our too
thin woolen clthing. To save weight
we had left our fur suits on board ship.
The minimum temperature in March
was 49 and the maximum was "a. In
April the minimum was 38 and the
maximum 20 degrees
I'VE saw no sign of land in any di-
rection. In fact the foe of ice seemed
to move SO freely before the wind, that
there could not have been anything in
the way of land to stop it for long
distance. We were now drifting rapid
ly northward. On April s, we began
our march towards Franz Josef Land
On April IL, our watches ran down ow-
ing to the unusual length of the march
After that date we were uncertain as
to our longitude, but hoped that our
dead reckoning was fairly correct. AS
we came south, we met many cracks
which greatly retarded our progress.
The provisions were rapidly decreasing.
The dogs were killed one after the other
to feed the rest. In June the cracks
became very bad and the snow was in
exceedingly bad condition for travelling.
The dogs and the ski. and the sledge
runners broke through the superficial
crust and sank deep in the wet snow
Only a few dogs were now left and pro-
gress was next to impossible, but un-
fortunately, we had no line of retreat.
'The dogsrations, as weel as our own,
were reduced to q minimum, and we
made the best way we could ahead
We expected daily to find land in sight
but we
LOOKED IN VAIN.
''On May 81, we were in SO degrees 21
minutes north, and on June f. in 80 de-
grees 18 minutes north, but on June Is,
we had been drifted to the northwest
to 81 degrees rs minutes north No land
was to be seen, although according to
Payers map, we had expected to meet
with Betelmann Land at SO degrees
ncrth. These discrepancies became
more and more puzzling as time went
on.
4'On July % we continued our journey
over tolerably good snow. On July "a,
when about 81 degrees north, we sighted
unknown land at last, but the ice was
everywhere broken into small foes, the
water between being Allied with crushed
ice in which the use of the kayaks
was impossible. We therefore had TO
make our way by balancing from one
ice piece to another, and we did not
reach land until Aug 6, at 81. .38 north,
and about So degrees east longitude
This proved to be entirely ice capp-
ed islands. In Kayks we made our way
westward in open water along these
islands and on Aug. 12 we discovered
land extending from southeast to north
west. On Aug. 26 we reached a spot Ia
1:13 north and 56 east, evidently well
suited to wintering, and as It was now
too late for the voyage to Spitzbergen
J considered it Wisest to stop and pre-
pare for winter The winter passed
well and we were both in perfect health.
On May 10 we were at last
ready TO start. we came
to open water on May % in 81:e5 nerfh
but were retarded by storms until June
8.
I'VE came on June u 70 the south side Of
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