The farmer and mechanic., 1909-09-14
TALE OF
DASH FOR POLE
(Continued From Page Ten.)

ln,i1t of board, covered in shoal water,
where she touched bottom at low tide.
mis- settlement on the stormy shores
of the Arctic Ocean was christened
HubbardVllle
Hunting Parties Sent Out.
Hunting parties were sent out on
cantember 1 @, and bear was brought
in on the 12tE, ana some deef day
or two later.
On September Is full work Of trans
norting supplies to Cape Columbia
VAS inaugurated. Marvin, with DR..
Goodsall and Borup and the Eskimos,
took sixteen sledgeloads Of supplies to
Cape Belknap, and on the 27th the
same party started with loads to Port
Ell Bay.
The work Of hunting and transport
inc supplies was prosecuted cOntinu-
ously by the members of the party
and the Eskimos until November 5,
when the supplies for the spring sledge
TIP had been removed from winter
quarters and deposited at various
places from Cape Colon to Cape Co
Iumbia.
In the latter part of September the
movement of ice subjected the ship 10
4 pressure which listed her to port
some or 10 degrees, and she did not
recover till the following spring. On
October 1 [ went on a hunt with two
t,skimos across the field and Parr Bay
and the peninsula, made the circuit
of Clemants Markham Inlet and re-
turned to the ship in seven days with
fifteen musk oxen, a bear, and
deer. Later in October j repeated the
trip, obtaining five musk oxen, and
hunting parties secured some 40 deer.
Prof. Macmillan went to Columbia
in November and obtained month of
tidal observations, returning in Decem-
ber. In the Decent ber moon BOrup
HpcIa Cane ('OtOn
Bartlett made hunting trip overland
to Lake HaSOn. and Hansen went to
Clemants Markham Inlet. In the JAN
uary moon Marvin crossed Robson
Channel and went to Cape Bryant for
tidal and meteorological observations:
Bartlett crossed the channel and made
the circuit of Newman Bay and ex-
plored the peninsula After he re
turned, Goodsau went to Markham In
let, and Borup toward Lake Hason
in the interior, on hunting trips.
More Divisions Sent Out.
In the February moon Bartlett went
to Cape Hecla; Goodsal1 moved some
supplies from Hecla to Cape CoIaD, and
Porup went to Markham Inlet on
hunting trip On February Is Bartlett
left the Roosevelt with his division for
Cape Columb bia and Parr Bay. Good
sail Borup Macmillan and Hansen
followed on successive days with their
provisions Marvin returned from
BryantS FebruarN II, ana lelt lOI
Cape Columbia February Fl. L
brought up the rear February %.
The total of all divisions leaving
the Roosevelt were Z members of the
party, SO Eskimos, 140 dogs and 23
sledges 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 ra-
toned and harnessed, and the sledges
and other gear overhauled.
Hews Road Through Ice.
Four months of northerly winds
during the fall and winter, instead OF
southerly ones, as during the previous
water than before, but a great deal
Of rough ice and l was prepared to
hew a road throug the Jagged ice FOR
the first 100 miles or so and then
cross the big lead.
on the last day of February Bart
lett, with his pioneer division, &C
cOmDlished this and his division got
away due north over the ice on March
I. The remainder of the party got
away on Bartlett's trail and followed
an hour later.
The party now comprised mem
bers of the expedition, Il Eskimos,
1873 dogs and 19 sledges. One Eskt-
mo and dogs had gone TO pieces.
A strong easterly wind, drifting
snow, and temperature in the MINUS
marked our departure from tle cd!ilp
at Cape Columbia, which L had chrlst-
ened Crane City. Rough ice IN the
first march damaged several sleoges
and smashed two beyond repair, the
teams going back to Columbia for 9TH
er sledges in reserve there.
Americans Pass British Record
We camped 10 miles from Crane
City The easterly wind and low tenn
perature continued. In the second
march we passed the British record
made by Markham in May, 1S'6-
S2.20-and were stopped by open wa
ted which had been formed by the
wind after Bartlett passed. In TINS
march we negotiated the lead and
reached "a rtlett,s third CAMP. BOruE