The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-14
RELIEF FOR THE WHALERS.
The Expedition sarely LANDED IN Northwest
Alnaka-A 0oO.MIle Tourney Vet.

SEATTLE. Feb. l3.-Iieut. II. @. Hamlet, on
the United States revenue cutter Bear. which 10
taking relief to the distressed whnlers at Point
Barrow, writes of the landing Of the relief ok
petition and the trip up to the Arctic. The
letter was brought to Seattle by the steamer
Lnkme to-day.
The Bear touched at Dutch Harbor on the
way up and left there q part of her cargo, to DO
taken on again next spring. Telling Of the re-
mainder of the trip, Lieut.. Hamlet says:
About 1 p. NJ, Jan. 10. the first Ice was en-
countered. and shortly afterward Panuk
Island of Southeast Cape. 81. Lawrence Island.
was seen close aboard. The ice was sufficiently
heavy to impede tho progress Of tho
ship materially. Nevertheless she was headed
for Slcdge Island. Tho weather was extremely
cold and young ice was forming rapidly. After
working into the ice until 4:45 p. M, 1t being
intensely dark and the ice rapidly joining the
small foes into o solid field Of ice, the Captain
deemed 1t advisable to get clear while there
was yot time, as to be frozen in then would
have made It impossible to land the expedition
until too late. If at all; and the vessel would go
drifting around the pack without having ec-
complished anything. Accordingly the vessel
was headed to the southwest.
BY P. NJ. Of the 1Ath. being we'll clear of the
ice. progress could be made toward Cape Van
couver, tho next probably available place to
land the expedition. The weather was very
cold, with strong head winds and thick snow
storms.
At A. M. of the 18th the weather cleared
somewhat. and Cape Vancouver was seen
ahead. Shortly afterward young leo was en-
oountered extending to the sound and out
toward Nuniyak Island as far as could BIO seen
from the crows nest.
After working slowly through the leo until
O.QO ID NJ a. yyaa aaan TINT tho villnpa Rh0Wn
by the chart on the south side of the Cape did
not in reality exist, and an attempt was made to
find it further to the northward.
1t was becoming rapidly 80 dark as to make
points on shore indisting uishable, when at 1886
P. NJ. just as tho attempt was about to be given
up for that day at least. what appeared to be q
village was seen some distance up a rather
larger bay. Next morning we got under way,
and proceeded to an anchorage near the village.
Lieut.. Jarvis started for the village, but was
intercepted when about o mile from the ship by
several native canoes and informed by the
trader of the village that the expedition could
be safely landed on tho beach abreast the ship
and conveyed to the village on dog sleds.
From this trader it was learned the village
was called Tununok and that he was himself
about to start for st. Michael via Andrefski.
He promised to conduct the party to St. Michael
in ten days from the time of starting.
with this information Lieut.. Jarvis returned
to the ship at 10 A. NJ. and the work of disem-
barking the expedition was immediately begun.
About that time the ice began to run 30
heavily as to make 1t difficult and dangerous to
work boats through 1t except by dint Of some
good luck and much excellent management, but
the entire expedition, with dogs, sledEes. stores,
and outfit. was successfully landed. and started
on its way to the village by 4 p. NJ. Tho Bear
returned to Dutch Harbor and will follow UP
the ice In the spring to Point Barrow"