The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-16


second march. Marvin obtained a sa2
isfactory sight for latitude In clGx
weather. which placed us at S5.4S. ~
result agreed satisfactorily with dfX
dead reckoning OF Marvin. BartleU
and myself n
Up to this time, the slight altitudE
OF the sun had made II not WORTH
while to waste time In observatiodU
On the next two marches the goiuM
improved, and we covered good diH
tances. In one of these marches'N
lead delayed us few hours. We nnGN
ly ferried across the ice cakes. v
MAKES RECORD RUN.
The next day Bartlett let himself
out, evidently. for a record, and reeleN
of 20 miles. Here Marvin obtained
another satisfactory sight on latitude,
which gave the position as S63s (orl
beyond the farthest north of Nanserll
and AbruzzD, and showed that we had
covered so minutes OF latitude In three
marches.
In these three marches we had
passed the Norwegian record Of S6.14,
by hansen, and the Italian record of
s6.34. by Cagni
From this point Marvin turned back
In command of the third supporting
party. My last words to him were:
BE careful of the leads. my boy"
The party from this point comprised
nine men, seven sledges. and 60 dogs.
The conditions at this camp and the,
apparently unbroken expanse OF fairly
level ice in very direction reminded
me OF Cagni's description OF his farth-
est north.
Z oANoERls ENCOUNTERED.
Bgt ] was not deceived b. the an.
parenuy favorable outlook. Tor aynil-
able conditions never continue for any
distance or any length Of time Ia the
arctic regions.
The next march was over good 60
ing, but for the first time since leav.
ing land we experienced that condi-
ton, frequent over these Ice fields. OF
a hay atmosphere. in which the light
Is equal everywhere. All relief Is de-
stroyed and it is impossible to see
for any distance.
We were obliged in this march TO
make detour around an open lead.
In the next march we encountered the
heaviest and deepest snow OF the
journey, through a thick. smotherlng
mantle lying in the depressions OF
heavy rubbie ice.
TEMPORARILY DISCOURAGED.
| came upon Bartlett and his party.
tagged ont and temporarily discour-
aged by the heartracking work OF
making road.
] knew what was the matter with
them. They were simply spoiled by
the good going on the previous
marches ! rallied them BIZ. Light,
ened their sledses. and sent them on
encouraged again
During the next march we travelled
through thick haze drifting over the
ice beiore biting air from the north
east. AT the end OF the march we
came upon the captain camped beside
a wide open lead with dense black
water sky northwest. north. and north.
east
HAS MARROW ESCAPE
We built OBJ igloos and turned in.
but before | had fallen asleep was
reused out by movement OF the ice
and found a startling condition OF az
rapidly-widening road of black
water ran only a few feet from our
igloos.
One of my teams OF dogs had es-
capped by only few feet from being
dragged by the movement OF the ice
into the water.
Another team had an equally mar
row escape from being crushed by the
Ice blocks piled over them. The ice
on the north side OF the lead was moy-
ng around eastward The small floor
IN which were the captains igloos
was drifting eastward In the open
water, and the side OF our igloos
threatened to follow suit.
scAvED BY QUICK DASH.
kicking out the door OF the igloos
called to the captains men TO pack
heir sledges and be ready for a quick
lash when a favorable chance arrived.
We hurried our things on our
lodges. hitched the dogs. aud moved
N TO a large ice foe west OF us.