The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-23
.FlALA TELLS OF
ARCTIC VOYAGE
Failure of Latest Attempt to Reach
the North Pole.
LIVES RIsKED FOR NAUGHT
DATA OF SCIENTIFIC VALUE
SECURED.

Hull, Eng, Aug. 22.-Anthony Fiaia,
leader of the Zeigler Polar expedition.
arrived here today on his way to the
United States. He came ahead of the
Terra Nova, which is expected tOmor-
row Mr. FiaIa said to the Associated
Press:
This has been another in the long
list of failures to reach the pole, I'M
less the three determined attempts
made to reach high latitude should be
considered as not having proved alto
gether futile. But although the great
question of the pole remains unsolyed,
we have brought back data which
should prove of scientific value, and
have explored and surveyed the archl-
pelago from Crown Prince Rudolph
land to Cape Flora, discovering four
new channels and three large islands.
Imprisoned in Ice.
Failing to find an opening in the
ice In longitude SO degrees 81 minutes
east. latitude 20 degrees 81 minutes
north, we determined to force a way
through at the forty-eighth parallel.
Here we were imprisoned for four
days, finally getting through with the
use of guncotton.
AT the end of August. 1903, we
reached Teplitz bay. the most northern
harbor of Franz Joseph land. where a
base and camp were established.
''The America had a narrow escape
on October 22d, 1908, when she broke
adrift, finally. however, being brought
back to her anchorage, where she was
crushed just about a month later.
sIedge Party.
"A shelter was built on the shore and
members of the expedition were kept
busy during the winter preparing the
spring sledge journey and in scientific
work, which was retarded by severe
storms.
'"The first sledge party left March
9TH, 1904. but was compelled to return
owing to injuries received by several
of the men after reaching Cape Fling
eley- second attempt. made on
March 25th. likewise, the siedges be-
ing smashed but when a short distance
from land. Leaving q small party at
the base, returned to Cape Flora, the
trip occupying sixteen days
Relief Failed to Arrive.
Relief falling to arrive in Septem-
Der, 1904, /, accompanied by William J.
Peters, of the United States geologi-
cal survey, and a small sledge party,
started back to the base which was
reached November 22d, 1904, after
most eventful and dangerous trip,
rough ice having to be crossed in dense
darkness, and the men and dogs fall
ing into holes and crevices and running
against walls of ice. Crossing Hooker
island, two of the men fell into a crew
Ice for q distance of Sixty-flVe feet. and
were Wedged between walls of ice.
Their rescue was attended with the
greatest difficulty, one being so injured
that he had to be dashed to the
sledge.
with the exception of a Norwegian
fireman, who had died, we found ali
the party at the base in good health
and preparations were again begun for
another sledge trip to the northward.
CROSSING Glacier.
1.-THE weather delayed the party un-
til March 18th, 1905. On this day the
party left the base, which we named
Cape Abruzzi, for the ice pack to the
north. Crossing a glacier east of Cape
Rath, we forced a way to the north
ward, but our progress was slow, the
ice being rough and the men having to
first cut a way and then to assist the
teams over the rough road. High tenn
perature and fogs also helped to de-
lay our progress. For two days and
three nights we were in a temperature
Of "a degrees above zero, when it
should have been below zero, and the
ice was constantly cracking under the
tents. Under these conditions and with
the pressing need for the sending of
supplies to the party at Cape Flora to-
gether with my poverty in dogs, 1 de-
cided to return.
Homeward Bound.
The conditions on the southwark
trip were worse than on the north
ward one, but a fortunate drop in the
temperature allowed us to cross a net
work of open lanes, and we reached
Cape Abruzzi April 10th. Mr.. Porter,
third I'm command of the expedition
was sent south to explore the archi-
pelago, while the rest of the party
worked at the moving of stores south
OF Cape Zeigler, making provision, in
case we should be compelled to spend
a third winter in the Arctic In the
meantime the scientific work continued
without interruption. On July Both
news came of the arrival of the relief
expedition, and we made a trip of more
than twenty miles on rotten ice to
join the Terra Nova"
Mr. Fiala has not yet decided on the
states