Seward gateway., 1905-11-04
TWELVE INIiALERS LOCKED
 IN ARCTIC ICE fLOES
With 3O5 Men and Wives Of Two Ships Captains ard Only Sixty Days Provisions the Vessels lie Near Mouth oi lac- kenzie River Escape Barred Until Summer
 Except Over the land

Twelve whaling vessels b8o5man s1ppa, months only are locked in pack the Arctic the mouth Of Mackenzie river There no possibility of their getting o" aoq, next summer and if they survive must b' by supplement ing their mcager stock of supplies with the animal life of h" fr, nol The wives of two ships captains with them
 The Olga and Hattie Hanson intended to winter jh" north and have provisions sufficient two yoas The others had barely enough early September to take them o 9 Francisco The stock the two named divided up among them M supposng fo be close enough together to "d " other will not suffice for the fleet hL 'o"on inc winter on ' shortest possible rytonS.
 The news came to Seward yesterday tIo Corwn which r ceiyod the story Dutch bor cbi' mo~s&" Lad been left there by cutter Bear to ba sent from Seward to t" owners of the whaling Francisco. Tjo Bear picked this up somewhere in Boring from steamer William t}ay>S of the same Gcot which with the Monterey escaped from tn" " pack after they had been buGeed by Gr t@"".tw" days between the Mackenzie river and Point Barrow
 Tine Bayiss loaded with 22O)o gionS of w" oil and was bound for San Francisco Captain odh>h did nor wish to lose time putting in o Nome to cable, gave the h" bar Wh ,,, t como to Seward with it. Before reaching Dutch Harbor the Bear tine crank pin of herSha and o~n& sail went straight to leaving the message or the first boat which might stop there.
 The vessels which are locked in for the long Arctic winter the Belvdcre Capt Cotte, Alexander. Capt. James Teller" the Bowhcad, Capt Cook and Mrs Cook tn" haroh, Capt McGrcgor Jcannctte, Capt. Nofi tender Laura NalN'. Capt Cook the Herman, Capt. anum the Ihra>hcr Capt. Rrac,ep,g the Nawha Olga the Haiti" Hanson and tl' Bauga masters The name of tine other woman besides Mrs Cook k not reported.
 The Monterey was the first to get the ice pack and @ probably supposed the others would be able to escape as no r port made by her along the Alaska cos The ay> saw her ahead, and herself into comparatively clear water where she could make headway Sept mbor G All tn" others were behind and the ice closing in rapidly tho master of BySs reported to the Bear that escape Was nm possible any By fine chance he found an outlet through floating cebergs which might time have closed upon his ship and crushed it, or at least held fast That ice bound until next summer k as certain as 1m could be seer there.
 the whaers had expected to winter in the Arr big schooner in the sumner to carry poN ,v flp md back pack formed earlier than usual and caught " fleet as it was headed westward intending to reach Bern& sea- The scehing pungtnq walls of ice blocked their path hundreds Point Barrow and only the Monterey and Blyiss found a way through
 The yss only of the fortunate two to escape but
 was inc onlv lucky one in her catch Her caught sixteen whales yielding gallons The Monterey brought out H" product of one Kul whose oil may ad m " struggle of her crew for subsistence Besides their slim stock o provisions the ice have only the chance o killing an occasional waus or polar bear keep up their commsSarN unless they trading posts The vessels arc also short of coal
 Relief Expedition a"ap'o",' ,'' ' ' p;l