Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-01
DEsERET EVENING NEWS, SATURDAY APRIL /, 1908.

guides from Courmayeur, whose re-
souroefullness and knowledge Of leo
proved Invaluable.
At the outset everything went well.
The trusty whaler buffeted her way to
the northern extremity OF Prince
Rudolph Island IN twonty-Beyen days
from Archangel. But month later,
when hope was at its highest, II was
suddenly dashed. During the night OF
September 7, 1889, a southwest breeze
drove the Ice pack against the ice field
IN Teplltg bay, which In turn was driV-
en- against the fixed Ice along the coast.
howard $3.50 o'clock loud reports
coming from all sides, and sudden
movements Of the ship, which frst
heeled over TO the left, and then TWEEN.
Is degrees 10 the right, reused me COM
plcteiy. Under the strong pressure OF
the ice against the bow, the ship had
backed about ninety feet and had
risen at the same time on the Ice,
where she remained, with her bow out
OF water heeling over about twenty
degrees to the left Great slabs OF ice
had been raised against her side ana
stern, while she was making her way
through them. At the bow all the rig
e. OF the foremost had broken loose,
and ON the rigth side OF the ship,
which was exposed from the middle 10
when she heeled over. the outer planks
OF greenheart we're seen TO have been
driven in to depth OF two and a half
or three and a fourth inches for a
length of eighteen to twenty feet, 80
much that hand could be passed be-
tween them"
Not until long afterward could II be
ascertained Just how much damage had
been done but It was Obvious that
the ship was no place TO winter In. The
party's varied experience during their
long encampment on land and the ex-
citing time in the spring, when even
blasting operations seemed unable to
stir the ship and enable them 70 re.
turn on her to Norway, make the best
OF reading,
THE DUKES DISASTER.
II was during training jaunt with
the dogs In the depth OF the Arctic
night that in DIR. Molinellis Words
"A sudden and violent outburst OF
wind from the north enveloped us Ia
a dense and opaque cloud OF very fine
snow, which made the night still more
dark, and we strayed from the right
way, Without being aware OF the fact,
we assembled n low glacier situated In
the middle OF Teplitz bay, and came
oppoilte side. on coming to where tho
glactr epded, by a precipice at the
edge of the sea, the duke and Cagnl
fell Town on the ice In the bay from
a height OF about twenty feet"
Nc bones were broken but both
were badly FROST bitten before reaching
the hut, Cagni recovered at the time.
though his weakened finger suffered
again during its northern Journey ana
he had then TO cut of the frozen part
with a pair OF scissors, and afterward
TO submit his finger to further amputu.
ton. The duke lost portions Of two
fingers at once, and sadly recognized
that he could not think of going with
the sledges.
Readers OF Arctic narratives know
how impossible 1t is to represent in
summary the impresslyeness Of the
long, continuous story Of discomfort
heaped on danger and danger on dis
comfort; Of alternating disbursement
and eXultation. and the infinite unceas,
ing strain OF II all
or course Cagnis struggle TO the
north and still more desperate struggle
back--the heart-breaklng fight against
the hostile drift Of the ice, the few
yards gained in many days, with food
and energy running out, the gradual
hilliub VI uokS, VIC peIuOuh hcldUlDlNS
through Ice and water toward the Lana
that seemed TO come no nearer-sufilce
Il to say that II Is Nansen over again.
Let us note that on March 20 the
first detachment, Lieut.. Querinl, Ouler
of Courmayeur, and the Norwegian
Stokken, turned back, according TO pro-
gram, and vanished from the sight of
Cagni-and Of all men. Snapshots OF
2Sd Of two other months may conclude
this notice;
April 2S.-Seven o'clock passed, eight
o'clock passed and still We went on
We must have covered much more than
ten miles, bat at that moment hardly
took note OF this, I did not even think
OF II. The absence OF all obstacles, the
sameness. the monotony of the march,
had stupehed my brain, and | followed
my sledges, which did not require my
help, as though 1 were asleep. My
thoughts wandered far away--far from
ice and cold. ] was among green trees.
and in a warm clImate--I was dream
ing,
1T was quarter to ten. My mind
came back TO the present and / re-
membered that tomorrow we should
have to travel again, I called out to