The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-09-23

comprised I6 men. II sIcdges and 100
dogs. The next march WIS satisfac-
tory as regards distance and character
of going. In the latter part there
We're pronounced movements in the
ice, both visible ami audible. Some
leads were crossed. in one of which
BOrup and his team took a bath. and
We We're finally slapped by an imprac-
ticabIc lead opening in front Of us.
We camped in "A temperature of -
below. At the end of two short
marches We came upon Hansen and
his party in camp. mending their
sledgeS We devoted the remainder of
the day to overhduling and mcndiuc
sledgeS and breaking UP our damaged
ones for material.
The next morning | put Marvin in
the lead to pioneer the trail. with in
StruCtionS 10 make two forced marches
to bring up our average, which had
been cut down by the last two short
ones. Marvin carried ont his in
StructionS implicitly. 4 considers bic
amount Of young ice assisted in this.
At the end of the tenth march. la.i-
tude S5.23. Borup turned back in com
mand of the second supporting party.
having Travelled distance equivalent
to NanSenS distance from this far TO
his farthcSt north.
From this point the expedition com
priSed - men, 10 sIpdge> aud 10 dogs.
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ort 81
At our position at the end of the sec
ond march Marvin obtained salts
factory sight for latitude in clear
weather. which placed us at 81. Is
This result agreed very satisfactorily
with the dead reckoning of Marvin.
Bartlett ana myself Up to this time
the slight altitude of the sun had
made it not worth while To waste time
in observations.
On the next two marches the going
improved. and we covered good dis
tanceS. In one of these marches Il lead
delayed us Il few hours. We finally
ferricd across on the ice cakes.
The next day Bartlett let himself
out. evidently for record. and rrrlrd
off plump twenty miles. Here Mar
vim obtained satisfactory SIGHT on
latitude. which gave the position as
SG3S, or beyond the farthrst north If
Manson and Abruzzi. and showed that
we had covered fifty minutes of lati-
tude in three marches. In these three
marches we had passed the Norwegian
record of SG.l4 by NanSpn and the ltal-
ian record Of N6.34 by Cagni.
FROM lhIS point Marvin turned bark
III command OF the thlfd supporting
party. MY last words to MN were,
lie careluI Oh the leads. my boy.
Inc part! from jhlS point comprised
men, SledGeS ana ~ dogs
Inc hoftil harch was over good 90
ing. out Tor the hrSt Time since leaving
Iahd we experienced tldi cnhdlilun,
frequent over these ice helOS. or Il
haZl atmosphere III which the light is
equal everywhere. All rrIief Is de-
StfoNed. ana II Is impossible to see Tor
any distance.
In the next march we encountered
the heaviest ana deepest snow OF the
journey. through Il thlck, Smotherlhg
mantle lying in the depresSionS of
heaV! rupple ice came upon Bart
lett ana ms party, tagged out and
temporarily discouraged by the heart
racklng work OF making road. |