The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-08-23
BACK FROM ARCTIC
Explorer Fiaia Tells Of Az.
tempt % Reach the Pola
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if.ol. hui use r,sini-lis,i o. rriurn on.
Inc ~ lniufis~ r-critri ~ SEVERAL -
che m~n sft.f rsarhinE Caf- f1iseiy.
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ianre fr.m land. leaving = small par.
o. AZ N. hasr. rturn-d o. Cape
flora. thr TRIP eorupyihE sitir-n days.
"Itriicf failing 60 arrive IN sepisiB.
hcr. 1914. I. accompanied ~ William
J. Peters of The United siHies Es-oiar
irai survey and q small sls-lEr party.
started bach 60 the base. which wa.
rcarh~i Nov. -. i'oi. after a most
cv-uifui and dangerous trip. rough ice
having o. D. crossed In dense darkness
hni tho me- and dogs falling into
hole. sud cr-yirs's and running against
walls ~ icr.
Crossing Iiepker island two ~ the
men foil into q crcvicc for u distance
81 .iliy.nv. feet and were w-ig',i
lctw-n walls II icc. Their rescue
was attended with the greatest d(icul. /
~. onc being - injured that be- had /
10 b. la-h~i - a slei
with tie exception ~ Norwegian |
fireman. who had died. We found all ]
the party NJ the base in gppi health I.
and preparations were again begun for T.
another sl~igc trip Ia III" northwnrd.
THE weather delayed the party un.
I'll March ID. 1895. ON this day the |
party left the base. which we renamed /
Cape Abruzzi. for tie ice pack 10 the
north. Crossing n glacier east Of Cape |
Rath we forced n way 20 the north.
ward. but our progress was slow. the
Ice being rough aud the men having
90 first cut way and then TO assist
the teams over the rough road.
High temperature and fogs also
helped TO delay our progress. For two
days and three nights we were I'm a
OF - degrees above zero.
when IL should have been below zero,
and the Ice was constantly cracking
under the teL.s.
Under these conditions and with
the pressing need for the sending OF
supplies to the party at Cape Flora,
together with my poverty I'm dogs,
decided TO return. The conditions on
the southwark trip were worse than
On the northward one, but n fortunate
irop In the temperature allowed us TO
ross network of open lanes, and we.
reached Cape Abruzzi April /. Mr..
Porter, third in command Of the OK.
petition. was sent south to explore
he archipelago, while the rest of the
,arty worked at the moving Of stores
'outh to Camp Ziegler, making pro-
'ision In case we should be compelled
% spend hard winter in tho arctic.
IN the meantime the scientific work
continued without interruption.
ION July 30 news came of the ar
ival Of the relief expedition, and we
made a trip Of over twenty miles on
often Ice to Join the Terra Nova"
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