The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-09-18

the outlook being unsatisfactory, l went
back and put the Roosevelt into the
close to the mouth of the Sheridan riv-
er a little north of our position three
years prior.
Put Up for Winter.
The season further advanced than
In 1906: there was more snow the
ground and the new ice inside the foe
bergs was much thicker.
The work of dscharRing the ship was
commenced at once and rushed to COM
pletion The supplies and equipment we
sledged across ice and sea and deposited
on shore. house and workshop were
built of board. covered with sails and
fitted with stoves. and the ship was
snug for winter in shoal water. where 1t
touched bottom at low tide.
The settlement on the stormy shores OF
the Arctic ocean was christened Hub
bardville.
Hunting parties were sent out on Sep
the 18th and some deer day or two
later.
Prepare for SIedge Trip.
On September Is the Iull work OF trans
ferring supplies to Cape Columbia was
inaugurated. Marvin with DR.. Good
sail and Borup and the Eskimos. took l6
sledge loads of supplies to Cape Beiknap
and on the 9th the same party started
with loads to Porter bay.
The work OF hunting and transporting
supplies was prosecuted continuously by
the members of the party and the Esid
mos until November S. when the sup
plies for the spring sledge trip had been
removed from winter quarters and de-
posted at various places from Cape Co
Ian to Cape Columbia.
The latter part of September the move
ment of the ice subjected the ship to a
pressure which listed 1t to port some
eight or ten degrees, and II did not
cover till the following spring.
Eskimos across the field and Pass bay
and the peninsula. made the circuit of
Clemants Markham inlet. and returned
to the ship in seven days with 10 musk
oxen. a bear and a deer.
Later in October l repeated the trip.
obtaining nve musk oxen. and hunting
parties secured some 20 deer.
Supplies Moved to Base.
In the February moon Bartlett went to
Cape Hecla. Goodsall moved some more
supplies from Hecla to Cape Colan. and
Borup went to Markham inlet on a hunt
ing trip. On February Is Bartlett left
the Roosevelt with his division for Cape
Columbia and Parr bay.
Goodsall. Borup. Macmillan and Han
sen followed on successive days with
their provisions. Marvin returned from
Cape Bryant on February II and left for
Cape Columbia on February q. brought
up the rear on February o.
The total of all divisions leaving the
party, So Eskimos. l40 dogs and % sledges.
Make Ready for Dash.
By February q such of the Cape Colan
depot was needed had been brought
up to Cape Columbia. the dogs were
rested and double rationed and harnessed.
and the sledEes and other gear over
hauled.
Four months of northerly winds during
the fall and winter instead of souther-
ly ones. during the previous season.
before. but a great deal of rough ice. and
l was prepared to hew road through
the Jagged ice for the first hundred miles
or SO. then cross the big lead.
Bartlett Leads the Way.
On the last day of February Bartlett,
this. and his division got away due
north over the ice on March l. The rest
of the party got away on Bartlett's
trail. and followed an hour later.
bers of the expedition. II Eskimos 1873
dogs and l9 sledges. One Eskimo and
seven dogs had gone to pieces.
A strong easterly wind, drifting
snow. and temperature in the minus
marked our departure from the camp at
Cape Columbia. which 1 had christeped
Crane City. Rough ice in the first march
damaged several sledges and smashed
two beyond repair. the teams going back
to Columbia for other sledges in reserve
there.
Pass British Record.
We camped ten miles from Crane City.
The easterly wind and low temperature
continued. In the second march
passed the British record made by Mark
ham in May, 1876-s2.@Iand were stopped
by open water. which had been formed
by wind after Bartlett passed
In this march we negotiated the lead
and reached Bartlett's third camp. Borup
had gone back from here. but missed his
ytn1 tn fhA 70 iOU nj tha
by the movement of the ice
Marvin came back also for more fuel
and alcohol The wind continued form
ing open water all about US. AT the end
Bartlett. who had been stopped by
wide lake of open water. We remained
here from March to March II.
Gets Glimpse Of Sun.
At noon of March the sun, red and
shaped like football by excessed re-
lection. Just raised itself above the hori-
zon for a few minutes and then disap-
peared again. 1t was the first time l had
seen Ii since October !.
I now began to feel a good deal of
anxiety because there were signs
of Marvin and Borup. who should have
been there for two days. Besides. they
had the alcohol and oil. which were in
dispensabie for U.s.
We concluded that they had either lost
the trail were imprisoned on an is
land by open water probably the latter
Fortunately. on March II the lead was
practicable and. leaving note for Mar
vim and Borup to push after US by
forced marches. we proceeded northward
The sounding Of the lead gave ITO
fathoms.
During this march we crossed the
eighty fourth parallel and traversed a
succession Of just frozen leads. from a
few hundred yards to a mile In width.
This march was really simple.
On the fourteenth we got free of the
we were making camp courier from
Marvin came and informed me he was