The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-18

The snow had been swept from the ice by the force of the preceding storms. and the speed attained by the dogs through ever rough ice was such that it was difficult to keep far enough ahead to get q good course.
 The crevasses and pressure lines gave little trouble ut first. but the hard ir regularity of the hnred ice offered q dangerous surface for the life of our sleds. passing thrn"~h blue gorges among miniature Q ntains of sea ice. On course slightly west of north we soon sunk he bold headland which raises the northern point of Heiberg island
 Camp Is Pitched.
 After run of twenty miles we pitched camp nn.a foe berg of unusual height There were many big hum morks about. to the lee of which were great banks of hardened snow Away from land it Is always more difficult to. find snow suitable for cutting build ing blocks. pul here was an abundance conveniently pt;iced In the course ot an honr comfortable palace of crys- tai was erptled. and into it we crep'
 out ot the piercing wind. The hrst days march over the 4cir.unpoiar se;l
 was closed wiih. Il good record.
 The dogs cnftti Hft.al,d went to sleep
 without call. as if they knew there
 would be no food unti the morrow. My wild comt,HIiipns covered their faces with their caiivenient long hair and sank qnietIy- into comtorta ble
 slun,ber. but tor mr sbAap was quite fmpossihle. IDtfers must he written
 The whole problem of our canpnigB rfnst be again carefully studied and final plans must be made not only to reach our uitibaafe destination. but for the returning parties and for the secu-
 rity ot. the things al Ann"otok.
 Impossible togForetell Return. It was difficult at this time to even guess at ttip probable line of our re- turn 10 fland Much depended upon ! conditions encountered in the north ward raiiie Ebnush we had cleft caches of supplies with the object of returning along NailSen sound into Cannon ,6.Hd rind orer Arthur Land. I entertained grave doubts of our abil- ity to refurn this way. If the fee drifred strongly to the east we might 1 not be given the. choice of working out | our own r..rrn. In That event we would he carried perhaps helnlesSly L" Greenland aad must sack return i either along the east coast or the west l coustg
 This drift did not offer a. dangerous l hartiShips for the musk oxen would I keep Us salirls io Q the west. and to the | east il seemed possible to reach shan l non island where the aldwin-Ziegier | expelitiun had abandoned "a large cache of supplies. It appeared not i'm | probahle also that a large land exten- sion .nfghf offer a safe return muN F farther west Francke's instructions.
 Because of this uncertainty F'rancSe
 was instructed to wait until June 5. | 19OS and if we did not return he was 1 told to place Kooiootingwah, in charge aud go home eitier-by the lwhalers or by lhe Danish ships to the south ] No relief which he could offer would
 help Us. and to wait for an indefinite
 time alone wnuld have inflicted Il need l less hardship. This and many other | lIStIuttIouS Wtlt lbt iNOV- lootingwah and lhitgito to take back.
 In the moriiin@ he frost in crystals
 had been swept fr,,m the air. but there l remained q humid chill which pierced to the bones The temperature was
 minus J6 F. A light air came from
 the west. and the sun burned in a
 freezing blue.
 l After few hours march the ice 1 changed in character 9The extensive
 thick fields gave place 10 moderate
 sized f1oes The f1oes were separated l by zones. of troublesome crushed ice | thrown into high pressure lines which l offered serious hafriers. hut with the ice ax and EskiIfis ingenuity we man l aged to make fair, progress. The second run on he polar sea was l with tvenfy-one miles 10 our credit. l I had expected to send he supporting l party back from here hut progress
 had not been as good as expected. We
 could hardly spare IIfe food to feed | their dogs. so hey volunteered 10 push
 along anot her day without dog food. Return of the Helpers. On the next day. with increasing diff | eculties in some troublesome ice. we
 ramped after making only sixteen I miles Here small snow house was built and from here after disposing of | d pot of sieaming musk OK Joins and l broth. followed by double brew of ] tea. our last helpers returned.
 l With empty sleds and hungry dogs
 they hoped to reach land in one long
 days travel I3ut this would make the | fourth day ithout food for their dogs. | and in case of storm or moving ice other days of famine might easily fall
 to their lot. They had. however. an I abundance of dogs and might sacrifice
 .i few for be benefit of the others. as l wa m,,st- rft"o do
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