The new era., 1909-09-23

J Battle Harbor. Labrador (via Marco
ii wireless. Cape Ray. N. F.). Sept. a.
The steamer Roosevelt, bearing the
north polar expedition of the Peary
Erik and steamed out of Etah ford late
In the afternoon of August Is. 1908.
setting the usual course for Cape Sa-
bine. The weather was dirty. with
fresh southerly winds. We had on
board ~ Eskimo men. IL women ana
10 children 226 dogs and some forty
odd walrus.
We encountered the ice a short dis
tancs from the mouth of the harbor.
but II was not closely packed. and was
negotiated by the Roosevelt without
serious difficulty.
Find Much Water.
Az we neareI Cape Sabine the wealth
or cleared some what and we passed by
Three Voort island and Cape Sabine.
easily making out with the naked eye
the house at Hayes harbor occupied by
me in the winter of 10000.
From Cape Sabine north there was
40 much water that we thought of set
ting the lug sail before the southerly
wind, but a little later appearance Of
ice to the northward stopped this
There was clean open water to Cape
Albert, and from there scattered ice
to q point about abreast of Victoria
Head. thick weather and dense ice
From here we drifted south somewhat
and then got asiant to the northward
out of the current. We worked little
further north and stopped again for
aome hours. Then we again worked
westward and northward till we
reached q series of lakes. coming to
stop q few niles south of the Wind
wards winter quarters at Cape Dur
Vile.
r aowiy worked way northeastward
&hrouRh fog and broken Ice of medium
Hhickness through one night and the
eenoon Of the next day. only emerg-
ing into open water and clear weather
OF Cape Fraser.
Strike Ice and Fog.
From this point we had clear run
through the middle of Robeson channel
uninterrupted by either ice or fog. to
LADY FRANKLIN bay. Here we encoun-
tered both ice and fog. and while
working along in search of practi-
cable opening were forced across to
the Greenland coast at Thank God
Harbor.
The fog lifted there and enabled us
to make out our whereabouts and we
steamed north through a series of leads
past Cape Lupton. and thence south
ward toward Cape Union. few miles
off that cape we were stopped by i'm
practicable ice. and we drifted back
south to Cape Union. where we stopped
again.
Ship Forced Aground.
We lay for some time in a lake of
water. and then. to prevent being drift
ed south again, took refuge under the
north shore of Lincoln bay. in nearly
the Identical place where we had our
unpleasant experiences three years be-
fore. Here we remained for severeal
days during a period of constant and
at times violent northeasterly winds.
Twice we were forced aground by
the heavy ice; we had our port quar-
ter rail broken and a hole stove in the
bulwarks and twice we pushed out in
an attempt to get north but were
forced back each time to our precari-
Gus shelter.
Heavy Running Ice.
Finally on September we squeezed
around Cape Union and made fast in
shallow niche In the ice. but after some
hours we made another short run to
Black cape and hung on to grounded
bit of ice. AT last, little after mid
niRht of September s. we passed through
extremely heavy running Ice into
stream OF open water. rounded Cape
Rawson and passed Cape Sheridan.
within a quarter Of an hour OF the
! he time We arrived three years before
seven .. M. September s-we reached