The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-29
BALDWIN OFF FOR The POLE.
THE EXPLORER TELLS or ms
FaREH FIJI To CIlTLIZ ALTON.
Wnisuiu~s ef the start ->or~e gisn Gu.
pidi,, disappointed b, Yankee inKe-
mutt, tu Packing the Men Ia the
part, Russian Friendship Exhibited.

htssiA. july - ~ lah' We
are o. Our faithful old pilot has fulfilled
HI task aud j. waving Us n farewell from
the decX of n lightship N the far away north
coast ~ Moray. Three the
America. Fr.thjof and Belgica ate dipping
their i.ags To the civilized world behind them
aud their crews ARE listening To the faint
htrrahs from the shore. u Is n gorgeous
sunlight night. the Arctic cirrl. miles to III.
south of ". and w. are bound for the fnys-
leriour and fasci .a,ing realms Of the North.
who's. secrets 49, many brave men have
attempted to discover.
Not without unusual toll aud troubl.
ha- Uur start ben brought about Per
haps In truth | should say that this little
event. Our farrwe I'll to the world, II nO, our
start a, all We made that many months
ago. when cur labors began with selecting
our ships and their crews. getting together
the meinber- Of IA. expedition and purchas-
ing -auipmen, and pro, i-ion. Americana,
already know how ths~e things were ac-
complished and Ar. proud Of the fact that
American generosity has htted out The most
completely equipped expedition that has
ever sailed away Ia the frozen North And
not only 10 Americans AT, these things
known. for al every stop In our progress
AlFiA WV hl NiFNh
at iittle fishing haml.'s. W. are greeied with
g esrs and sp~i on ,ur way with good
Wishes for success
IL was AT 1rom-Oa. Norway. that W.
ass our littls fleet Here wc { ok
on cargoe- Witch most sailing masters
would hav. hesitatcd To- attempt carrying
Ind.-sI. ~ confident wefo many of The
s~hipo~urrs ia Tfumso- that w. should
nt-sI assistance .n TRANSPORTING utu ruulp-
ment 60 Franz josef Land that they had
steamers ready To Orer me "a a good hirel
when | arrived They all said The ftithJot
was considerably oVerburdened and That
The stores awaiting shipment un the America
would require another ship at least
There ~er. 500 separate bundles ia the
warehouses, and IN" first sight uf them IN
scattered confusion Was -Oinew hat dts
conc-rtiug But when ~ had di-p-used
with the useless crates aud packing bOs-s
our four YEAR, supply OF fOod assumed
sucl, a compaci api-arauc" That 10" need
~ another ship WAS not apparent. and The
vessel wing al BnchuT by oar slide silently
spread her sale and s'ol- away
Besides a general cargu 81 provisions
and equipment. I had contracted for ten
tons ~ dried fish for our dogs, and nov
tina, the extra steamer had -et -ail TIA"
merchant from whom IA. fish had ha-n
ordered t-Cane alarmed aud without
waiting 10 500 whether We could take the fish
from his warehouse. remarked Ia me. taking
II a. q matter 81 course that there would
IL. no room for the hsh on the America
sOf course, vuu will H. obliged Ia Iay
mo a commission Tor taking the fish IN
your hands
He wac not a little astonisl.ed when |
assured him that every fi-h would IL taken
aboard, aud 1t was only when hal- after
tale 81 this dog food had been taken away
ia large lighter that Ice gave up the idea
~ an extra %gratuitv BY separating the
hal-- aud -tO~ins the tsh. a handful a. u
time. l.stw.-n l1hes, barrels. tins. aud. ia
fact. wherever n small SPACE apI-sred,
We sOlVeSd this most important problem
Finally there remained but the three
portable houses, and the fnthJof took
Two Of Theses and the third one Was placed
ON the America. This last task was com
plei.d un Saturday night and the sunday
| fulluwing Wac a day ~ resi-
We We're not aisle To- grt away with our
heavily loaded ships without accident.
| hnw While all hands were a. dinner
on our firs, dAv ~ r.si ia. America h-gan
To- drag her anchor IN the starhoard side
before a strong southwest wind and a very
swift --a current She vas t-ius driven
rapidly toward the shore when "" drupped
the anchor ia the port bow atd -'opf'ed
her before any damage Mas don"
strange io relate. a similar accident
occurred t. ia" Autarctlca when a wear or
two agu. SHE lay al anchor IN 'hi- puri.
Our chapter ~ accidents l. made complete
| Nv the recording Of but one Other ph the
following TUESDAY, th" day ~ our depart
ar. from Truni-u-, On. ~ the lafg" whale
lnst- drupp~Si on 10" foot - on" ~ our
-.amcn aud an ampuiAii"n "t 100" ht'l"
toe was necessary tn" operation was
/ quickly and -kilfully done Nv oar own
| d,rtnr- d injured man pleaded hard
that he H. not left behind, aud With such
a spirit. Of course, We should not have
Thought Of DENYING him, even bad he
suffered "a greater disability bremen
th. injured man. H. a type ~ the men Who
make up our party
Gu board our vessels many professions
ar. represented. vet every maj does hi-
shsr, uf the hard manual work n soon
~ w. were cut al sea on the "aN AROUND
to SulumSola. where VI" took on our
dogs and ls-, lot ot equipment, IA" men
bu-led themselves getting our ratso mo
l-,tcr shape ON thr iur"vs-il" "a group
~as bu-ily -mplov,si ia breaking up crates
aud iux--. storing the wuUd ia IA" engine
room To- save fuel another group waS WI
ing tu hlack-n hands and faces ia h,t nag
coal from l-' wt,-u decks into ~" bHheei>.
Herr wa- an sNampl. ~ the Sudden and
strange transformation from ne" g"ttl"r
American NJ" which many ~ uS hav" JIst
l~fi behind. n comparative "l-' a~'snd"iri
for whatever fate ~ forum" NAV nav" IA
store every on" lending a hand a. ih"ugh
~" had iss'u accustomed 4" lu-' NIct "aN-
~ these for a lfrtime Thu - III" KIND
uf men who ~. facing the dread t"rrnts
nf III" North with such courageous spirit
Dickson from m" me hanicai engineers
once, Nslff uiit NFin'f lf'il ~" ~" ~ ~
medicine. fisls from the photo engraving
room. Porter from the draught-insn-
onic.. I~eNingw-li from the universally,
barnard FROM hn-in---. Har" from th"
studio. Sandin from th" theological semi
nary. twn N.-iin brothers from ih" '''ctncal
engineering rDuin. Andre from college,
Rillnt from ~" manual training ~h"ul,
and Niu.vari from mercantile NE
On ia" afternoon ~ Va" daN ~ our ar
rival AT Sulnmi"la. la ,umIanN WITH MI
pacty. British pru-tunsul. piuS''sieu 10
Archang-l to pay n call 10 his fN~oellency.
Alexander tnCrlhsrit. GuN"rnur 81 Arch
angel disiti,t For rom" months Tits
Energetic aud anaile man had shown q
sVmUathsti, Interest In uut rNlT-diti"n,
aud upon my ARRIVAL immediately "N-
,"udad hs congratulations uI"n our APP
parent gud prospects, aud "Npi"ss'N 4
de~ir. 80 ssc thu dugs aud IL" p"n'"-
No one Na- morr N'laom" Than ~"
Governor 80 tbs great Russian district to
r-,.iy. and cnjuv The ~fr--iuiu 81 The eN-
I~tSittIop Mhilr tie GoVrrnoi~ 81 Other di~-
,ricts. particularly thus" Ia SrHrth, had
prnh!hit,d the gathering 80 80 many dogs.
GoV Ingrlhauit had personally i"uhd
tim. from his oNicial dut,.s IN directing
The aHairS ot n TERRITORY larger THAI all
G.rmHuV. to bring tlr gathering "i ~"