The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-16
Intrepid Explorers Story of the Bold
Dash BY Which He Reached the
Earth's Apex---Dr Cooks
Claim Flatly Denied.

er n little north of our position three
years prior.
PUT UP FOR WINTER.
The season was further advanced than
in 1906; there was more snow on the
ground and the new ice inside the foe
bergs was much thicker
The work of discharging the ship was
commenced at once and rushed to COM
pleton. The supplies and equipment we
sledged across ice and sea and deposited
on shore. A 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
TENDER 10 and a bear was brought in on
the 18th and some deer a day or two
later.
PREPARE FOR sLEDGE TRIP.
on September Is the ruiz work of trans
ferring supplies to Cape Columbia was
inaugurated. Marvin with DR.. Good
sail and Borup and the Eskimos. took is
sledge loads of supplies to Cape Belknap
and on the eth 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-
inOS u1lil A>ONtIlDeT D, WHICH tuc
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
pressure which listed 1t to port some
eight or ten degrees, and 1t did not re-
cover till the following spring.
On October ! / went on a hunt with two
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, bear and deer.
Later in October l repeated the trip.
obtaining five musk oxen. and hunting
parties secured some 40 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 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 81. 1 brought
up the rear on February %.
The total of all divisions leaving the
Roosevelt was seven members of the
party, SO Eskimos. 140 dogs and % sledges.
MAKE READY FOR DASH.
BY February q such of the Cape Colan
depot as was needed had been brought
up to Cape Columbia, the dogs were
| rested and double rationed and harnessed,
and the sledges and other gear over
| hauled.
Four months of northerly winds during
| the fall and winter instead of souther-
| ly ones, as during the previous season,
tod me 20 Lose flar,
before, but great deal of rough ice, and
| l was prepared to hew Il 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
! with his pioneer division, accomplished
| this, and his division got away due
north over the ice on March 1. The rest
of the party got away on Bartlett's
| trail, and 1 followed an hour later.
| The party now comprised seven mem
bers of the expedition, II Eskimos. IS;
dogs and IS 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 al
! Cape Columbia, which l had christened
| Crane City. Rough ice in the first march
| damaged several sledges and smashed
two beyond repair. the teams going back
| 10 SOIuiuDid lOT OtHtI SltubtS III reserve
there
PASS BRITISH RECORD.
We camped ten miles from Crane City
| The easterly wind and low temperatur,
| continued. In the second march We
passed the British record made by Mark
| ham in May, 1S76-S2. 20-and were stopped
by open water, which had been formed
| by wind after Bartlett passed.
In this march we negotiated the leat
| and reached Bartlett's third camp. BoruI
| had gone back from here, but missed hi.
way, owing to the faulting of the trai
by the movement of the ice.
Marvin came back also for more fue
| and alcohol. The wind continued form
/, ing open water all about us. At the enc
| of the fourth march we came upoI
Bartlett. who had been stopped by
wide lake of open water. We remained
here from March 4 to March IL
GETS GLIMPSE OF SUN.
AT noon OF March the sun, red ant
shaped like a football by excessed re
lection Just raised itself above the hori
| ION for few minutes and then disap
peared again. 1t was the first time 1 haC
seen IL since October !.
| / now began to feel a good deal o
anxiety because there were no sign
| of Marvin and Borup. who should hav,
been there for two days. Besides, the,
| had the alcohol and oil, which were in
dispensabe for US.
We concluded that they had either los
the trail or were imprisoned on an is
land by open water, probably the latter
Fortunately, on March II the lead wa
practicable and leaving a note for Mar
win and Borup to push on after us b.
forced marches, we proceeded northward
The sounding of the lead gave II
fathoms.
During this march we crossed tn
elghty-fourth parallel and traversed
succession of just frozen leads. from
few hundred yards to a mile in width
This march was really simple.
On the fourteenth we got free OF tn
leads and came on decent going. Will
we were making camp a courier iron
Marvin came and informed me he wa
on the march in the rear. The temper
ature was 50 below zero
The following morning, March 10. / sen
Hansen with his division north to pho
neer a trail for five marches and DR.
Goodsell, according to the program. start
ed back to Cape Columbia.
M'MiLLAN TURNS BACK.
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