Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-06-26
BATTLE WITH ICE.

5Jb&T@ST
EXCITING VOYAGE or JEANNE, ON
WHICH MRS STEVENS AND
DAUGHTER RETURNED FROM
NOME @s
Mrs R. N. Stevens and daughter
Clara returned from Nome on the
steamer Jeanne, the second vessel to.
arrive from the far Alaskan port.
Steve remained at Nome. The yoy-
age OF the Jeanie was a perilous one,
q $ appears from the Seattle Post-In-s
telligencer's account: sSy+K &e#$ F$$*
THE Pacific Steam Whaling Com
pany's steamer Jeanne, Capt. P. II.
Mason, which holds the record OF hay-
ing been the first svesseIto reach3Nome
for two consecutive years; arrived yes
terday from the north with thirteen
passengers and $1,000 0 worth OF treas
ure. She was twenty days on the
voyage, the delay being due to
broken rudder. The accident occurred
the fourth day out from Nome, Capt.
Mason tied up his ship to an iceberg:
and made such temporary repairs as
enabled him to proceed to Dutch har-
Dor There further repair work was
done: Discussing his battle with the
ice OF Boring sea- Capt. Mason said:
'The conditions were worse than I
have ever known them. We met ice
5seYenty-dne miles. northwest Of Uni
mask pass. It was much farther
south than / ever saw it before. We
battled with it for twelve days. Fight
ing it by day, we rested at might, tying
up to the ice by throwing our lines
over some great hummock. This year
the dangers from the ice were greater
than they have been in the past.
There was moreSo o it, to begin with;
it was thicker and in some indescrib-
able manner the ice would force it's
way under the ship, threatening to
capsize the vessel at times. Such. dan
gers were never before encountered.
Then, too, the tide ran stronger and
swifter. ~
"In trying to reach Nome I first
steered the Jeanne along the east OF
Bristol bay side. Finding this route
impossible, I then took the middle
course, going between Nunivak and St
Matthews Island. Sixty miles north
of st Matthews, on our way in, WI
struck open water, which continued
for 125 miles. There was not a cake
OF ice to be seen. Our curse was tt
the northeast of St. Lawrence. W.
sought to return the, same way, but in
stead of open water we found nothing
but ice. This incident illustrates Thu
cratic action of the ice in Bering sea
"The young ice-that is, ice d foo
thick-bothered us a great deal. II
the midst OF these thin pieces w
would encounter chunks Of grea
ANoSs% -+-E- ..1' ' -lH --'EE s - sF .
Five thousand people assembled OF
the icy shores of Nome harbor to gree
us. One could not describe the 10.
and delight of the people at seeing
their friends and acquaintances, am
in some instances relatives, after bein;
imprisoned by the. rigors of Alaskan
winter for seven or eight months
EWhens they sighted the Jeanne the.
threw their boats of the ice banks in
Etof the sea and rowedI out to meet us
Indeed, the welcome was annoying a
times. We were two hours covering
the last two miles Of the voyage, hav
ing to pick UP this and that welcomin.
rowboat crowd. Vs. 49,.
1T was a curious sight to see. tn
Nome imprisoned people deyouring tn
fruit and vegetables carried north b.
the Jeanne. Men would seize an or
ange and eat peeling and ALL, Other
were delighted to get an unpeeied ray
Fpotato Vegetables; fruit and gree
stuff generally were in great demand
Two days before reaching Nome tn
Jeanne encountered a great snoy
storm On May % over ten inches fel
on the decks OF the ship