The San Francisco call., 1906-10-20

famed G5oa. with Captain Roald
AmUn6sen on her deck, was towed to
an anchorage of Sausalito yesterday
afternoon by the revenue service tug
Golden Gate. There she viii remain.
guarded by 2 United States customs in
spector. until the conflicting pro-
grammes for her triumphant appear
ance before San Francisco are recon-
ciled.
The last forty-eight hours Of the
Gioa's forty-four days passage from
1oule We're, according 70 Lieutenant
-6Hansen. in command, the stormiest of
fher more than three years voyage
Early yesterday morning, thirty miles
of the Golden Gate, after lying TO for
hours and lighting the monster waves
with oil, Lieutenant Hansen signaled
the fishing schooner Henriette, which
managed 10 pass hira a line and towed
him out Of the storm, which subsided
at 6 o'clock q. m.
SIGHTS THE GJoA.
Strangely enough, il was Nor
wegisn who brought the sloop inside
the bay. Captain Magnus Anderson.
pathfinder. pilot boat No B. sighted
the Gjoa shortly after she had been
dropped by her tow, and brought her
into the calm waters Of Bonita Cove.
There Captain Amundsen boarded her,
and acting on the advice Of Lieutenant
G C. Carmine Of the revenue cutter
service permitted the Gjoa TO be towed
down TO Sausslito.
The reunion of Captain Anundsen
and the little crew that with him
braved the dangers Of the frozen North
and completed the worlds greatest
voyage was not without its dramatic
features Charles A. Stephens, chief
boarding officer, acting for Collector Of
the Port Stratton. placed the Golden
cate at the disposal of Captain Amund-
sen and his party. The tug with the
dfstfnguished explorer. an escort of
representstive Norwegians. newspaper
writer's and artists left the wharf at
the foot Of Washington street shortly
after o'clock.
Ten minutes later the bare pole of
the tiny G5oa proundly surmounted by
the blue and white cross Of Norway
floating free in the breeze, was sighted;
then the green sides Of the little hull
rolling gently in the swell. her black.
SCARED bottom showing nearly 10 the
keel. Amid the cheers Of the escort
and the welcoming shouts OF his vet
eran crew. Captain Amundsen was TAX
en- from the tug and aboard the Gjoa.
where he was clasped in the arms Of
Navigator Hansen and the members OF
his little crew II was z reunion of
strong men; men who had faced un-
usual dangers. men who had written a
new page in the worlds book of re-
search.s exploration, adventure. Not
the least enthusiastic welcome extend
"a CAPTAIN Amundsen was that of tho
big Malamute dog. Niko, who shared
the dangers Of the navigation of the
Northwest Passage
4 STURDY CRAFT.
Before boarding the Gjoa Captain
Amundsen had agreed TO have the sloop
towed to Sausalito. where she was
boarded by the entire party.
The stanch little ship, scarce
lv larger than the modern
raan-o'-war's tender. was built
thirty-four years ago. at Hardanger
Norway. She IS seventy-three feet over
ali. eighteen feet beam, and draws nine
feet. She has q net burthen Of forty
seven tons She is. as a matter OF
course. essentially Norwegian in type.
with an outhanging rudder. She is
a 1uipped with an auxiliary square sail
yttherwise she is the conventional, old
time Norwegian sioop Aft, she has
cabin accommodations for two. The
cabin book shelves are lined with books
on Arctic exploration by Greely Jack
son. and European authors The two
fucl<ed-up hunks are dressed with the
skins Of polar bears Midships is the
tiny galley, less than i've feet square,