The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-29
FOUND POLAR GAME IN PLENTY.
EXPLORER BALDWIN ADDS TO
HIS STOCK or FOOD.
A suppl, OF walrus and Bear Meat - Needs
OF an Arctic Expedition -Condense
Foods -- Advantage of the Ziesler
Party over Others Bound for the Pole.
Copyright, 1901. BY +. B. Boid,rin.

tOEuriEh, lVUl, Ov r ID. Dofu""'
Only those who have ventured oeyono
the eighticth parallel Of latitude can nave
sny idea of the complete isolation Of a
collar expedition during the long winter.
You who may be sitting beside a merry
crate fire when YOU read this have no fear
nf cold or hunger or any need OF nan, be-
.or.c YOU are within req ch Of all of natures
,torebouses of food, heat and comfort.
Ru, once YOU pass above the Arctic circle
and neglect to return to civilization before
tho ice pack closes in, the truth is crushed
pnon you- heavily. IL you ara not possessed
re SUFFICIENT supplies TO fight a six months
,irbt through 10 the dawn. seriously even
II Won have everything an abundant lore
sight could have provided for a u
which is too often fatal because OF It's Tor
rible monotony Of severe hardship.
For a night in the polar regions IA not
an idle thing, neither is an attempt TO reach
his lend Of the earth" a simple voyage, a
camping and a steady march over a smooth
6eld of ice. The stoutest hearts are chilled
by the long desolate night, through all OF
which a world Of ice groans and crackles.
And when the dawn comes, there Is only
m encircling whiteness of snow about TO
dazzle the ewes and the breaking up OF the
vast cxpanse into chasms and pinnacles OF
glisening ice mountains.
II ia a harsh picture which you at home
may s~ee-something like that OF the bleak
shore Of Norman's Woe on which beats
an icy shrouded ship with the two occupants
frozen stir to the mast. But Longfellow
never lived beyond the Arctic Circle ana
those who may try to conjure up the ter
rors of the North forget that the polar
regions, grim and terrible as they are:
have no hardships too great 10 be endured
by those impelled by such motives as are
the members of my party and backed by
such stores Of supplies as guarantee our
lives and a considerable degree OF comfort
during our stay in the frozen north.
For the Raldwin-Zieglcr polar espedi,,
tion prepared well-wc have tons of food
for ourselves. the dogs and the ponies
and our guns will add much to this store.
No expedition has ever gone cut with so
complete an equipment.
There are orly two sources OF supply
for an Arctic patty after navigation closes
the cargo il has brought along and the
Wild game TO bc found III the ice PACK
SO an expedition in scar for the North
Pole needs 10 search for little else. Inc
food which is b, ought along must be the
mainstay Of life
Tho game, Of course, is supplemental
~ because fresh meat ia necessary 10
Ievent curry among the members oil
The party and also because the hunting
itself offers a means of diversion and Tecre-
alton. this source Of food supply becomes
an important factor On my previous
trims TO Franz Josef Lam | had decided
tha, the western coast at Al2er Island
was q favorite feeding ground of he walrus
Here there are plenty CT mollusks and
such other food ar the walrus l. accus-
toned TO dig up with his iage tusks;
considered i very fortunate, therefore,
that our first Arctic camp was pitched
on the southwest coast Of Alger bland,
and we had not been located there long
before the truth Of my former surmise
was proved.
Large herd- Of walrus were in the near
neiyhborhood. and every man who could
shoot q gun or hurl a harpoon had plenty
OF. sport during the days following our
arrival there. When We we're making our
way up through the Islands 81 Franz JOSEF
group one day We had a light hat made
our. hearts glad.
Right ahead Of VS. wa- a herd Of vnlrI.s,
forty or fifty all told. diving and plungiEg
their great black bodies alternately IN ard
out of the water. Then they caught eight
az US, but, though the sight OF greater sea
monsters may have been strarge to them,
our ships did not brighten them
We, on cur part. were wary OF Nenturing
acaiu.i them except ia large force, Tor IA
walrrls /. a fight er. have seen him tear "A
hole through IN" oak bJt'om OF "a whale
beat with little apparent '-orl We
manned three large boats ard, with good
men nj the cars and uu' best haTI'ois and
TlIFE nh NNAIals " r. = u ~ 'HAA
That was a chase 20 remember The
great buli- made no attempt to escape
until twenty II the hero were ulaughtcrrd
Neautimc they ,hargrd cur btai' WIN
their tusk. and r"aIed QUAY a. ,hey
fought The ~" remalEder OF the herr
gave up tho unequal contest and. diving aud
swimming under tine sur'aCe got a"ay
one Of our BEATS t,lipW"l against wind
and tide for nearly three uil"s uhil r"a'I
iug the ice pack. iho herd made a stand
TEly had taken refuge behind the shof'
ise and the whole lt glnr'i oui d"ihhllN
a. ~ from a wa'ei holc
Two men worked iuoiT way pNeI The Ice
and drrY, the .ntir- herd out from lshind
tho fragment ~ an iolsrg aud thea issar
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