Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-03
Mated Arctic Explorer Greeted by
Large Audience in Bar
ratt Hall.
GIVES DESCRIPTION OF TRIP
,,,ons stamp Vivid Impression
OF nardsl,ips Encountered ON
Memorable Voyage.

c...atr ROAD Amundsen, the noted
,,,,,,,eyien navigator and dlscoverer
:, ,ho Northwest passage, and Magne-
,,o worth pole told large audience
IN garratt hall last evening, the inter-
eating story Of his wonderful exploit.
Tho lecture was illustrated by stereop-
t,con views which gave an excellent
idoa of the icy terrors to be con-
crsrod and the tremendous difficulties
encountered. in a country where the
,,,orc,,rv falls to 10 degrees below zero.
,rhe lecture was advertised to begin at
7So but II was $3.50 before the speak
or hezan. The Norwegian Glee club
prefaced the evening, with wen rem
dered songs. ira vi Fisher" olaf
Trvsisan and "Nordhavet," under the
direction of Prof Petersen.
INTRODUCED BY GOV CUTLER.
The lecturer was introduced by Gov
orncr cutler who paid a high tribute
ia Inc intrepid navigator, placing him
where he belongs, In the same class
with Vasco di Cana, Magellan, Desoto,
Ralboa and other renowned sailors,
for whom inc ueSp. pps9SSoSN 10 "
rors His excellency called attention
10 the fact that the great accomplish
ments were often only achieved by
tba prire of human blood. For 400
wears. a passage through the north
west waters had been sought, while in
,b., vear 1000 the Vikings secuted the
northeast coast In open boats, the en-
terprise of the Spanish and Portu-
guese adventures in rounding Cape
Horn and Cape of Good Hope, had
turned the attention of the explorers
of northern Europe to the possibilities
of a passage around the northern Ann
erican continent. Captain Amundsen
had finally accomplished what no one
else had succeeded in doing before him,
In making this passage, around through
the Behring straits, and down to San
Francisco,
CAPT. AMUNDSEN'S STORY.
The lecturer then told his. story,
His imperfect knowledge OF English
operated as handicap in the narra-
tive, but the stereoscopic views were
so strikingly pertinent that they could
have told the story themselves. Capt.
Amundsen showed first photographs
Of his associates. They We're all men
Of pronounced character, marked in
diyiduality, whose faces would i'm
lecturer said he took time to pick his
men. so when the complement of seven
was made up, he knew who he had
and what he might reasonably expect
10 do, Tho little vessel in which the
party sailed was named the Gjoa. 1t
vas built in 1872 for sealing purposes,
and was IS feet long, 90 feet beam,
sloop rugged, and drew nine feet of
water The b. at left the Fjord Of
Chrstiana, June 10, 1903, with Lieut..
Godfred Hansen as second in COM
mand and Anton L.und. Helmer
Hansen Peter Ristvet, Gustave WIKI
aud Adolph Lindstrem, the last
named being the cook. very i'm
poItant parsonage on any vessel. but
\ particularly on such an expedition.
4 The Gjoa was supplied with a 80
a horsepower petroleum motor engine,
81 which would drive the vessel three
n miles an hour when becalmed
q IcEBBRGs ENCOUNTERED.
q The boat struck right across the
n Atlantic ocean to the south cape of
4 Greenland. and then turned north
y west The views showed enormous
4 icebergs in natural colors that were
n stupendous-gr mountains of ice
towering high in the air for several
hundred feet. II was July . when ice
in great quantities was encountered,
aud after that IL was a fight to get
through to King William Land on
the northern shores Of the American
continent.
As one of the principal objects Of
the expedition was to locate the mag
netlc north pole a fun complement Of
mathematical Instruments was carried
and al King William Land the COM
pany camped for 10 months, taking
observations night and day. Part of
these had to be made by inland trips
where the observers were sheltered at
night by snow huts. Capt. Ainund
sen said experience showed that this
kind Of dwelling is much more COM
portable than canvas tents, and can
be made warm enough to take a bath
IN. He said that when the members
o! the party We're thus engaged, the
steam from the warm water would
be precipitatel as snow around the
room The views gave n very ade-
qnate idea of the use OF the instru-
menls' and how the powers of ingen.
uily of the party We're taxed at times
10 complete the necessary observa-
uons' As the thermometer sank to