The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-09-14

To- bring up our average. which had
"A been cut down by the last two shpri
ones Marvin carried out his instruc
II TONS implicitly. al y consid erable
nmount OF young ice assisted In this.
y AT the end of the tenth march, lati.
III tude s5.23. Bornp turned back In com.
mand of the second supporting party.
having Travelled distance equivalent
Z Ito Nansen's distance from this far to
4 his farthest north. ~
i,fs.I was sorry to lose this young Ynlo
drummer; with his enthusiasm and pluck.
He had led his heavy sledgei over the
foes In way that commanded every
ones admiration and would have made
his fathers eyes elisten.
From this point the expedition COM
prised 20 men, 10 sledges and 10 dogs.
1t was necessary for Marvin TO take
a sledgc from here and i put Bartlett
and his division! in advance to pioneer
the trail. :. ~ n
The continual daylight ena bled me
to make moderation here TINT
brought my advance and main, parties
closer together and reduced theplikeli-
hood of their being separated by open
leads.
Always on the Hunt.
After Bartlett left camptyw with Hem
derson and their division, Marvin and
] remained with our divisions 20 hours
longer and then: followed.
When we reached Bartletts camp ho
1 ,, olFo II nd t,trv II
in. BY this engagement the advance
party was travelling while the main
| party was asleep and vice versa. and l
was In touch with my advance party
| every "a hours. 10
had no reason to complain, of the
going for the next two marches. though
for less experienced party, less
adaptable sledges or less perfect equip
ment It would have been an impossi-
bility. 49,
At our position at the end of the sec
factory sight for latitude In clear
weather. which placed us at s5.48.
This result agreed very satisfactorily |
with the dead reckoning Of Marvin, |
Bartlett and myself. Up to this time
the slight altitude OF the sun had made |
1t not worth while to waste time In |
observations.
!} On. the next two marches the going \
improved, and we covered good dis
tanccs. In one of these marches a lead
delayed lis few hours. We finally
ferried across ON the leo cakes.
The next day Bartlett let himself
out, evidently, for record. and reelcd
off plump 20 miles. Here Marvin OBJ
tanned another satisfactory sight on
latitude. which gave ifie position rs
s6.3s Tor beyond the farthest north OF
hansen and Abrnzzi) and showed that
we had covered 80 minutes in latitude
In three marches.
Passed Norweglan's Record.
In these three marches We passed
the Norwegian recorder S6.14 by Nan.
sen and the italian record OF 1854 by
Cagni.
From this point Marvin turned back
in command of the third supporting
party. My last words to him. were:
BE careful of the leads. my boy"
= The party from this point comprised
nine men, seven sledges and GO dogs.
The conditions at this camp and tho
unbroken expanse OF fairly
level Ice in every direction reminded
me of Cagni's, description, of ibis
farthest north, but I was not deceived
by the apparently favorable outlook.
Tor available conditions never continue
for any distance or any length of time
in the Arctic regions.
The north march was over good go
Ing. but for The first time since leaving
land, We experienced that condition,
frequent over these Ice fields. of n hazy
In which the light Is equal
everywhere. All relief is destroyed. .
and 1t Is impossible to see fo-. airy !,
distance. :
We were obliged in this maj oh to
make n detour around an open lead.
n the next march, We encountered tie :
and deepest snow OF the tpHr- >
ley, through thick. smotherlng man :
lie lying In the depressions Of heavy :,
nbble Ice. z
came upon Bartlett and his party, :,
aged out and temporarily. discou-,
Lgcd by tho heart.racking work of
making a road. qss.it..s go q
knew what was. the matter with IT. n
they were simply spoiled by the good A
.oing on the previous marches. raj ii
led them bit, lIghteDcd their sledges c,
nd set them on, encouraged again. b
During the next march we travelled ~
through thick haze. drifting over the
&c before biting air from the north- 81
asst. At the end OF the march we
anne upon the captain camped beside II
wide open lead. with dense blacx e
rater sky northwest. north and north. 81
asst. a. CT