New-York tribune., 1905-08-12
H4RDSHIPS IN ARCTIC.
Details of Ziegler Expeditions poy-
oge and the PartyS Rescue.

rrrons6e Aug 1.-THE relief steamer Terra
Nova which. as announced yesterday rescued
Anthony Ffala and the other members OF the
Ziegler polar expedition. arrived here to-day
The Terra Nova sailed from Tromsoe on June
IA last steered direct for the ice fields. which
wete met on June 10 i'm latitude 10 degrees 81 min
utes north longitude 80 degrees 20 minutes
east The ship steamed eastward along the
edge of the field until June 81. when she began
10 force her way through the foe, and on July
25 struck open water.
Thick ice was again encountered the follow
ing day. and William S. Champ who COM
manded the relief expedition, and the expert
enced navigators with him began TO doubt the
possibility of reaching their destination or of
returning this year. Finally, however, on the
morning of July %. Palmi Island was sighted
and on July % the Terra Nova reached Cape
Dillon and found six members of the eXpedi-
ton From this outpost sleds were dispatched
10 inform Mr.. Fiala, at the headquarters camp
of the arrival OF the rescue ship.
The Terra Nova reached Cape Flora on July
80 and found more members of the expedition.
These had become weakened by hardships and
some of them were so i'll that they could not
have lived through another winter.
Returning TO Cape Dillon Mr.. Champ organ
ized a sled party and started for the head
quarters camp from which he brought back
Mr. Fiala and his comrades.
The Terra Nova sailed for home on August l.
She got out of the ice pack on August o. ana
returned in excellent condition.
The members of the Ziegler expedition tell a
stirring story of their efforts to reach the pole
The expedition spent the first winter in Tepitz
Bay. where it deposited fifty tons of provisions
and a hundred tons of coal. In the severe
weather of November. 1868, the America broke
up, and the provisions and coal were lost Part
of the wreckage remained until January - lev4'
when ii disappeared in a storm
The loss of the provisions was seriously felt.
and had it not been for the stores left by the
Baldwin-Ziegler expedition in Teptz Bay, the
men would have been in bad straits.
In the following spring continued attempts
were made to force passage TO the pole The
conditions, however were insurmountaole Inc
expedition found much open water, and day a1ter
day encountered fresh dangers and difficulties.
The supply of provisions began to give out and
a painful Journey southwark was begun the
members of the expedition finally reaching the
depots at Cape Flora, Cape Dillon and camp
Ziegler among which they were distributed, ana
where they managed TO exc out the hInlteo sup
plies by killing walruses and bears.
William ]. Peters. of the United States Geo
logical Survey who was second in command.
and others utilized the time in survey work.
and many additions to existing maps and
charts will be the outcome. The relations be-
tween all the members of the expedition were
most cordial. All did :ae hard work willingly
buoved up by the knowledge that ships would
be sent to their rescue.
All we're hopeful until the fall of 1904, when
the solid ice field stretching in every direction.
seemed to preclude the possibility Of help reach
ing them and they became despondent- The
leaders of the expedition had considerable diff
fic1IItv In keeping UP the spirits OF the men
through the hard winter months. but hope re-
turned in the spring. when the ice conditions
became more favorable.