Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-22
ARCTIC SHIP At HULL
Arrival of the Steamer Terra
,Novo Today
FROM BERGEN, NORWAY
HAVING FIALA AND HIS COM
PANIoNs ON BOARD.
Thrilling Description Of the Latter's
Effort to Reach the North Pole
Marrow Escapes.

| HULL, England, August 22-Anthony
Fiala of Brooklyn. N. Y, leader of the
| Ziegler polar expedition, the members OF
| which were rescued by the relief ship Terra
| Nova, under the command of William S.
| Champ, secretary of the late William Zleg-
| ler arrived here today on his way to the
| United States He came ahead of the Terra
| Nova which Is expected tomorrow. Mr..
| Fiala said to the Associated Press:
This has been another in the long list of
| failures to reach the pole, unless the three
| determined attempts made to reach high
| latitude should be considered as not having
Or owed altogether futile, but although the
great question of the pole remains unsolved
| we have brought back data which should
| prove of scientific value and have explored
and surveyed the archipelago from Crown
Prince Rudolph Land to Cape Flora, dis
| covering four new channels and three large
| islands.
Imprisoned Four Days.
Failing to find an opening In the Ice In
| longitude 3S degrees Z minutes east, lati-
| tude 20 degrees minutes north, we deter
mined to force a way through at the forty
eighth parallel. Here we were imprisoned
for four days, finally getting through with
the use of gun cotton.
"At the end Of August, 1903. we reached
Teplitz bay. the most northern harbor OF
Franz Josef Land, where a base and camp
were established.
1.-The America had narrow escape on
October %. 1903, when she broke adrift,
finally, however, being brought back to her
anchorage. where she was crushed just
about month later.
"A shelter was built on shore and the
members Of the expedition were kept busy
during the winter preparing for the spring
sledge journey and in scientific work, which
was retarded by severe storms.
The First sledge Party.
The first sledge party left March 7, 1904,
but was compelled to return owing to in
juries received by several Of the men after
reaching Cape Fligely. A second attempt
made on March 25, likewise resulted in fail
ure, the sledges being smashed when but a
short distance from land. Leaving small
party at the base, returned to Cape Flora,
the trip occupying sixteen days. .TS-:'-~~.
Relief failing to arrive, In September
1904, I, accompanied by William J. Peters (of
the United States Geological Survey and
small sledge party, started back to the
base, which was reached November D.
| 1904, after a 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 Is
| land, two of the men fell into a crevice for
| distance of sixty-five 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
lashed to sledge.
Most of Party in Good Health.
with the exception of a Norwegian fire.
man, who had died, we found all the party
| at the base in good health, and preparations
were again begun for another sledge trip
| to the northward
THE weather delayed the party until
tt,i. 1apf
| the base, which we renamed Cape Abruzzi,
for the ice pack to the north. Crossing a
| glacier east of Cape Rath, We forced way
| to- the northward but our progress was
| slow. the ice being rough and the men hav-
| ing to first cut a 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 in temperature of
81 degrees above zero, when 1t should have
been below zero, and the ice was constantly
cracking under the tents.
Decided to Return.
Under these conditions. and with the
pressing need for the sending of supplies to
the party at Cape Flora, together with my
poverty in dogs, | decided to return. The
conditions the southwark trip were worse
! than on the northward one, but fortunate
drop in the temperature allowed us to cross
a network of open lanes, and we reached
Cape Abruzzi April l. Mr.. Porter. third IN
| command of the expedition, was sent south
| to explore the archipelago, while the rest of
| the party worked at the moving of stores
| south to Camp Ziegler, making provision in
case we should be compelled to spend a
| third winter IN the arctic Meantime the
| scientific work continued without Interrupt
| ton
| ION July 30 news came Of the arrival of
| the relief expedition, and we made a trip
| of over twenty miles on rotten ice to join
| the Terra Novo."
| Mr. Fiala has not yet decided on the date
| o. his departure for the United States