New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-15
ON ELLESMERE LAND.
THE EXPLORING EXPEDITION CAMPED
OK CAPE SABINE.
HAS sYERDRCP ANTICIPATED ITS LABoRs,
How NEWS WAS RECEIVED FROM
PEARY-A SUCCESSFUL BEGIN
MING OF THE ENTERPRISE


pect to reach Godhayn. the settlement on the
south side Of the island. at o'clock tonight
The sun shines bright and the water is smooth
/ as glass The temperature on deck is comforts-
bic for summer clothes The company sit about
/ on deck in the sunshine. reading and writing
and playing checkers Some indeed are clad
in fur lined cloaks but this is merely a remind.
| or Of the blustery days We have passed. The
/ coast Of Greenland is in sight all along our
right rugged mountains 900 to 1900 feet high
/ their tops dashed with patches and streaks ~
snow while their lower tanks brown and
bare From a distance they look completely
/ barren but We know that on approaching closer
we shall find them covered far up with a com.
paratively abundant vegetation grasses Wn.
lows. birch. poppies, saxifragc. blueberrles.
crowberries and, most beautiful Of all. the pink
! epiotium.
The pleasure Of to-day makes us forgive the
Arctic it's III humor Of three OF four days ago.
but to forgive may not he TO forget However
! on looking over the diary. II appears that out o,
/ tho ten days that We have been AZ ga seven
were easant and only three decidedly unpeas-
ant and these three were no worse than are
encountered by nearly every Atlantic steamer
The Arctic part of our voyage began. so 10
speak. IN the afternoon Of July p the afth day
! sydney.
Domino Run. on the Labrador coast. 70 send
off mail by one of the boats that call regularly
at the stations along that coast The brief stop
was utilized by four or five ~ our party 70
lump overheard and take a bath in ice water
only one Of them repeated the performance
From there our courso was shaped directly for
Disco Island About II p. m, just as we had
retired several violent conclusions informed Va
that we had reached the foe leo. Emerging
| from the ca bins We saw the horizon girdei by
an apparently impenetrable belt OF ice. but On
nearer approach this was found 10 be merely
q mass Of loose foes with here and there rather
large lanes Of open water Most of the time
the ship was able to avoid collision by turning
into these lanes. but in many cases there was
no way but to run directly against cake 50 as
either to break it or push IT aside. This con-
tinued all night and most Of the following day
The belt Of ice was about one hundred mile,
vide Hardly had passed out Of 1t when the
| wind rose and the grew boisterous. inducing
violent return OF seasickness. The smoke ~
the various chlmneys was distributed over the
entire ship by the steady head wind with pitt
less accuracy. so that one could breathe freely
only on the storm beaten forecas,le. And to
think that we paid money to get here vas the
exclamation ~ some Of the passengers on
July % nj noon. however the sea grew calmer,
and the sight Of the Greenland coast soon
changed the prevailing mood 10 one If enthusi-
asm AS evening came on the beauty Of the
scene was enhanced by the tnts spread over
land and water by the setting sun. Whales
were seen repeatedly quite cose 70 tho SHIP
sending up jets of spray from their hoNho's
and throwing their tails high above tho water
as they plunged downward. Later on several
herds Of walrus were observed gamooNng on
the surface The mate tried 10 attract them By
utterng their cry, "Awuk," which. he says, read
ilv induces them to approach boat to thsi
destruction. At midnight the twilight vas az
bright as it Is half an hour after sunset in the
United States Fine print could be read IS
easily as in daylight
CORDIAL RECEPTION AT GODHAVN.
Melville Bay August ?
The first three days have been busy ones W.
landed at Godhavn Disco Island. on Sunday eve
Ming. July. 80 and met with most cordial re-
cention from Governor Olsen. Godhayn amply de-
serves its name, Good Haven From the hlsh
and precpitous south shore Of Disco Island
spur Of granite rock projects southwark and
then curves westward in the form of a hook
forming a harhor which from within appears
completely land locked When We lay here in
ing the foam OF breakers mast high, yet the
harbor was calm enough for a light rowboat
The Governor had no tidngs from Peary or his
steamer Windward. lie surprised US by the IN
formation that four steam whalers, the Nova
Zembla the Eclipse the Diana and the Esqu-
mau. had passed by Disco in the latter part OF
May. on their way to the whaling grounds IN
Lancaster Sound. Previous reports had esen
tba affac hot h..
ern Bafin Bay was practically extinct no whales
having been caught for several years and some
OF the steamers being accordingly advertised io'
sale
We purchased ten dogs for our Ellesmere Lana
expedition paying FL for each. also kay or
skin boat for =. as well as kamiks (Esquimaa
boots and sealskin clothing The dogs were pu'
in the hold OF the ship. on the coal They pro'eu
to be more gentle and tractable than We eA'
pected readily taking food from our hands r"
food give them the garbage Of the snip o.
we'll as daily ration Of dried fish bought Oh a.
Esquimau at Disco. at 81 for ffty-eight pounus'
The fish are Of variety called capelin by 'n'
= Newfoundland sailors.
} From Godhavn We proceeded north~ard y
way of Vaigat; that is TO say. the strait seq.
aratng Disco Island from the mainland o.
Greenland. The Vaigat is called the Rhine o.
Greenland" because Of the magnificent scenery
and it was mainly the hope Of enjoying THIS tnS'
determined us 10 take that course THIS h0P'
ended in almost complete disappointment as
heavy fog hid most Of the land. Ever SIM SIM
then the fog has been almost CONTINUOUS, -
the sea has remained perfectly calm and ths
temperature mild cat Disco on july ~ a.
D. m. il was - degrees Fahrenheit III -
shade. and ~ degrees in the sunshine on a.,
quarterback. the thermometer being laid ns'
on the deck. which was decidedly warm 70 u.
touch). No foe ice whatever has been SEN
and even icebergs are rare In the open go
though numerous along the shore. where w,
: are constantly cast of by the large GIa0arrss ~
: coming down from the Greenland ice cap -