The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-09-23
Explorers Own Account
Of His Wonderful and SIC.
ceSSful Dash TO the Pole.
Copyright. 1909. by the New York Times
Company.

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steamer Roosevelt. bearing the
north polar expedition of the Peary Are
tic club. parted company with the Erik
and steamed out Of Etah Ford late in
the afternoon of Aug. IL. 1908. setting
the usual course fer Cape Sabine. We
had on board - Eskimo men. Il wom-
Ell and 10 children. 22G dogs and some
forty odd walrus.
We encountered the ice IL short dis
lance from the mouth of The harbur.
but it was not closely packed and was
negotiated by the Roosevelt Without
serious difficulty. AS we neared Cape
Sabine the weather cleared somewhat.
and we passed close by Three WORT
island and Cape Sabine. easily making
out with the naked eye the house at
Hayes Harbor occupied by me in the
winter of 1907
From Cape Sabine north there was
so much water that we thought of set
ting the lug sail before the SOutherly
wind. but a little later appearance of
Ice to the northWard stopped this.
Albert and from there scattered lie
TO point about abreast of Victoria
head. thick weather and dense ice
bringing us some ten or fifteen miles
away.
From here we driftcd south some
what and then got Il slant to the
northWard out of the current. We
worked a little farther north and stop
ped again for some hours Then we
again worked westward and north
ward till we reached series of lakes.
coming to a stop Il few miles south
Of the Windwards winter quarters
at Cape Duryille. From here. after
some delay, we slowly worked way
northeaStward through fog and broken
ice Of medium thickness through one
night and the forenoon of the next
day. only emerging into open water
and clear weather off Cape Fraser
From this point we had a clear run,
through the middle of Robson chan
mel to Lady Franklin Bay. Here we
encountered both ice and fog and were
forced across to the Greenland coast
at Thank God Harbor.
Inc log lIIied lherc ana enabled us
u MAKE ou' our "hefeah"utS. ana we
s'en NIeu H"I'h through series oil
leads past Cape Lupton and thence
southwark toward Cape Union. \
re" mics OH that cape We We're stop
peu u! lIliPi"C'Ic""'e zee ana we uFllj-
eu DAWN S""'h 10 'ape thl"h' where
we S'ol'peu aS"!h'
Twice Forced Aground.
We lay for some time in lake of
water and then to prevent being drift
ed south again took refuge under the
north shore of Lincoln BAY.
Twice we were forced aground hv
the heavy ice. We had our port omar
ter rail broken and hole stove in
the bulwarks. and twice we pushed
out in an attempt to get north. but we
were forced back each time to our
precariouS shelter
Finally on Sept. . we squeezed
around Cape Union and made fast i'm
a shallow niche in the ice, but after
some DOufS we lnaIe another short
run to Black Cape and hung on TO
a grounded bit of ice. At last. A lit
tie after midnight of Sept. ). we pass
ed through extremely heavy running
ice into Il stream Of opeu wafer, round
ed Cane RawSOn and passed Cane
Sheridan
Within Il quarter of an hour of the
same time we arrived three wears he
fore a. M. Sept. I've reached the
open water extending beyond Cane
Sheridan.
We steamed up TO the end of it, and
II appeared practicable at flrSt to reach
ol'er BAY near cape Joseph Hehley
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