The Montgomery tribune., 1909-09-17
Intrepid Explorers Story of the Bold
Dash by Which He Reached the
Earth's Apex---Dr. Cooks
Claim FlatIy Denied.

In 1905; there was more snow on the
ground and the new ice inside the foe
bergs was much thicker.
The work of disCharging the ship was
commenced at once and rushed to COM
plction. The supplies and equipment we
sledged across ice and sea and deposited
on shore. a house and workshop We're
built of board, covered with sails, and
fitted with stoves, and the ship was
snug for winter in shoal water, where it
touched bottom at low tide.
The settlement on the stormy shores of
the Arctic ocean was christened Hub
bardvile
Hunting parties were sent out on Sep
tember 10 and n bear was brought in on
the 18th and some deer a day or two
later.
PREPARE FOR SLEDGE TRIP.
On September 10 the rull work of trans
ferring supplies to Cape Columbia was
inaugurated. Marvin with Dr. Good
sail and Borup and the Eskimos, took 16
sledge loads of supplies to Cape Belknap
and on the 9th the same party started
with loads to Porter bay.
The work of hunting and transporting
supplies was prosecuted continuously by
the members of the party and the Eski-
mos until November 8, when the sup
plies for the spring sledge trip had been
removed from winter quarters and de-
posted at various places from Cape Co.
Ian to Cape Columbia.
The latter part of September the move
ment of the ice subjected the ship to
pressure which listed it to port some
eight or ten degrees, and it did not re-
cover till the following spring.
On October 1 l went on hunt with two
Eskimos across the fold and Pass bay
and the peninsula, made the circuit of
Clemants Markham inlet. and returned
to the ship in seven days with 10 musk
oxen, a bear and a deer.
Later in October 1 repeated the trip,
obtaining five musk oxen, and hunting
parties secured some 40 deer.
SUPPLIES MOVED TO BASE.
In the February moon Bartlett went to
Cape Hecla, Goodsall moved some more
supplies from Hecla to Cape Colan, and
Borup went to Markham inlet on hunt
ing trip. On February Is Bartlett left
the Roosevelt with his division for Cape
Columbia and Parr bay.
Goodsall Borup, Macmillan and Han
sen followed on successive days with
their provisions. Marvin returned from
Cape Bryant on February II and left for
Cape Columbia on February 81. I brought
up the rear on February o.
The total of all divisions leaving the
Roosevelt was seven members of the
party, SO Eskimos, 140 dogs and % sledges
MAKE READY FOR DASH.
By February 27 such of the Cape Colan
depot as was needed had been brought
up to Cape Columbia, the dogs were
rested and double rationed and harnessed,
and the sledges and other gear over
hauled
Four months of northerly winds during
the fall and winter instead of souther-
ly ones, as during the previous season,
led me to expect less open water than
before, but great deal of rough Ice, and
was prepared to hew road through
the jagged ice for the first hundred miles
ha
BARTLETT LEADS THE WAY.
| On the last day of February Bartlett,
| with his pioneer division, accomplished
| this, and his division got away due
north over the ice on March l. The rest
| of the party got away on Bartlett's
trail. and followed an hour later.
The party now comprised seven MEM
| bers of the expedition, II Eskimos, 1873
dogs and 10 sledges. One Eskimo and
| seven dogs had gone to pieces.
| A strong easterly wind, drifting
snow. and temperature in the minus
marked our departure from the camp at
! Cape Columbia, which l had christened
| Crane City. Rough ice in the first march
| damaged several sledges and smashed
two beyond repair. the teams going back
| to Columbia for other sledges in reserve
| there.
PASS BRITISH RECORD.
We camped ten miles from Crane City
The easterly wind and low temperature
| continued. In the second march we
| passed the British record made by Mark
ham in May, 1S76-S2.20-and were stopped
| by open water which had been formed
by wind after Bartlett passed.
| In this march we negotiated the lead
| and reached Bartlett's third camp. BoruI
had gone back from here. but missed his
| way, owing to the faulting of the trai
by the movement of the ice.
Marvin came back also for more fue
and alcohol. The wind continued, form
ing open water all about us. At the enc
| of the fourth march we came upor
Bartlett. who had been stopped by 6
wide lake of open water. We remained
here from March to March II.
GETS GLIMPSE OF SUN.
At noon of March the sun, red ant
shaped like a football by excessed re
Election, just raised itself above the hori
zon for few minutes and then disap
peared again. 1t was the first time ha,
seen 1t since October !.
I now began to feel a good deal O
anxiety because there were no sign
of Marvin and Borup, who should hav
been there for two days. Besides, the.
had the alcohol and oil, which were In
| dispensable for us.
We concluded that they had either los
the trail or were imprisoned on an is
land by open water, probably the latter
Fortunately. on March II the lead wa
practicable and, leaving note for Mar
vim and Borup to push on after US b.
forced marches we proceeded northward
The sounding Of the lead gave II
| fathoms.
During this march we crossed tn
eighty-fourth parallel and traversed
succession of just frozen leads, from
few hundred yards to a mile In width
This march was really simple
On the fourteenth we got free of tn
leads and came on decent going. Will
we were making camp a courier fror
Marvin came and informed mo he wa
on the march in the rear. The temper
ature was So below zero.
The following morning, March 15 I ser
Hansen with his division north to pic
neer trail for five marches, and Dl
Goodsell, according to the program. start
ed back to Cape Columbia.
M'MiLLAN TURNS BACK.
At night Marvin and Borup came spir
ming In with their men and dogs steam
Ing In the bitter air like squadron {
battleships. Their arrival relieved m
of all anxiety as to our oil supply.
In the morning / discovered that MAJ
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