The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-17

on the march In the rear. The temper
ature was SO below zero
The following morning. March 10. sen
Hansen with his division north to pic
neer trail for five marches. and DR.
to0dSeit, according to the program, start
ed back to Cape Columbia
Mcmillan Turns Back.
At night Marvin and Borup came spin.
| ming in with their men and dogs steam
! ing in the bitter air like a squadron of
| battleshlps. Their arrival relieved me
| Of all anxiety as to our oil supply
In the morning | discovered that Mac
! MilIan's foot was badk frost bitten. The
mshap had occurred two or three days
before. but Macmillan had said nothing
| about 1t in the hope that it would come
out all right.
| GLANCE at the injury showed ME that
the only thing was to send him back to
Cape Columbia at once The arrival Of
Marvin and Borup enabled ME to spare
sufficient men and dogs to 20 back with
him.
Loss Is Serious One.
This early loss Of Macmillan was serl-
ouSy disappointing to me- He had
s!edge all the way from Cape Columbia.
and with his enthusiasm and the powers
and physique OF the trained athlete |
had confidence In him for at least the
Seth parallel. but there was no alterna-
tive
The best sledges and dogs were select
ed and the Siedge loads brought up to
the standard. The sounding gave
depth OF 325 fathoms.
We were over the continual shelf. and
as | had surmised, the successive leads
crossed in the NTH and sixth marches
composed the big lead and marked the
continual shelf.
On leaving the camp the expedition
comprised ID men. u sledges and 100 dogs.
The next march was satisfactory as re-
CARDS distance and the character of the
going. In the latter part there were
pronounced movements in the ice, both
visible and audible.
Some leads were crossed, in one OF
which Borup and his team took a bath,
ana we were finally stopped by an i'm
practicable lead opening in front of US.
we camped in a temperature of 30 de-
grees below.
At the end Of two short marches we
came upon Hansen and his party in
camp. mending their sledges We de-
voted the remainder Of the day to over
"-'' iiNttuiiiS SlebStS anu DTtdk-
Ing up our damaged ones for material
Make Forced Marches.
The next morning | put Marvin In the
lead TO pioneer the trail with instruc-
tons to make two forced marches to
bFing up our average which had been
cut down by the last two short ones.
Marvin carried out his instructions i'm
plicitly. A considerable amount of Young
Ice assisted in this
At the end of the tenth march, latitude
S5.23, Borup turned back in command of |
the second supporting party, having trav- |
eled a distance equivalent to Nansen's |
distance from this far to his farthest |
north.
| was sorry to lose this young Yale
with his enthusiasm and pluck,
he had led his heavy sledge over the
Hoes In a way that commanded every
one's admiration and would have made
lis fathers eyes gisten.
Changes His Plan.
From this point the expedition COM
orlsed 20 men. 10 sledges, and 70 dogs. 1t
vas necessary for Marvin to take a
'iedge from here, and | put Bartlett
md his division in advance to pioneer
he trail.
The continual daylight enabled me to
make moderation here that brought my
dVance and main parties closer together
md reduced the likelihood OF their be-
ng separated by open leads
After Bartlett left camp with Hender-
on and their division, Marvin and | re-
nalned with our division 20 hours long
r and then followed. When we reached
'arttetts camp he broke out and went
n and we turned In. BY this arrange
lent the advance party was travelling
'hile the main party was asleep. and
Ice versa, and was In touch with my
dVance party every "a hours
Moves ExpeditiousIy.
had no reason to complain OF the
DING for the next two marches, though
Or less experienced party. less adapt {
Die sledges, or less perfect equipment 1t
ould have been an impossibility. {
AT our position at the end of the sec
nd march. Marvin obtained a satisfac- I
Try sight for latitude In clear weather,
hlch placed us at S545 The result
greed satisfactorily with the dead reck-
hing OF Marvin. Bartlett and myself. {
Up to this time, the slight altitude OF
lie sun had made 1t not worth while to |
aste time in observations
On the next two marches the going I'M c
owed, and we covered good distances. q
one Of these marches a lead DELAYED
few hours. We finally ferried across t
e ice cakes. S
Makes Record Run. o
The next day Bartlett let himself out
identity, for record. and reeed off 20
lies. Here Marvin obtained anothe,
tlsfactory sight on latitude, which gave r
g position as S6.3S {or beyond the farth- h
north OF Nansen and AbruzzD, and a
owed that we had covered 50 minutes "
latitude TN three marches. h
N these three marches we had passed
Q Norwegian record Of 1914, by Nan a
n, and the Italian record of 1884. by t
Ignl. u
from this point Marvin turned back In
Of the third supporting party. o
Y last words to him were BE care b
OF the leads. my boy" II
The party from this point comprised b
Re men, seven sledges, and 50 dogs
e conditions at this camp and the ap-
rently unbroken expanse Of fairly level I,
in every direction reminded me of e
gnis description Of his farthest north, al
Danger 10 Encountered. la
'ut was not deceived by the appar- re
ny favorable outlook, for available w
editions never continue for any dis
ice or any length Of time In the arc ea
regions. or
he next march was over good 60 a
!. but for the first time since leaving T
ID we experienced that condition. fire. W
ent over these Ice fields, Of a hazy at
sphere In which the light Is equal 10
,ry~here All relief Is DESTROYED. and SC
10 impossible to see for any distance m
We were obliged in this march To make