The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-15
The Pole at Last.-Amid
Singing of Eskimos and
Howlingef Dogs Explor-
er Reaches Big Nail
TENTH ARTlCLEl


pen, some line must cross our horizon,
to mark the important area into which
we were pressing.
When the sun was low the eve ran
over moving plains ia brilliant waves
of color 10 dancing horizons The mi
RACES turned things topsy turvy. In,
verted lands and queer objects ever
rose and fel! in shrouds of mystery,
but all of this was due to the atmos-
! pheric magic of the midnight SUI.
| With a lucky series of daily astro-
nomical observations our position was
now accurately fixed for each stage of
| progress. As We neared the pole The
| imagination quickened. and a RESTLESS.
| almost hysteric excitement came over
us. The boys fancied they saw beaver
| and seals. and | had Il new land under
observation frequently. but with
change In the direction of light or au
altered trend In our temperament the
horizon cleared and we became eager
only 10 push further into the mystery
From the eighty eigliih TO the eighty
ninth the Ice was ia very large fields
and the surface was less irregular. but
In other respects Ii was about The
same as below the eighty seventh We
noticed here also an extension of the
range Of vision. We seemed 10 see
longer distances aud the ice along the
horizon had q less angular outline IL.
The color of the sky aud the Ice lso
changed to deeper purple blues We
had no way of checking these iAutres
sions by other observations The
eagerness to find sonnet hing unusual
may have fired the imagination, but
since the earth is tiatteued at the pole
perhaps widened horizon should he
detected
AT O'Clock on the morning of April
ID we cauiped on IA picturesque old |
tleld with convenient huuinocks, Ia
which we could easily rise for the fire.
ed. Ibe tent was pitched The dogs
were silenced by blocks Of pelnmican.
In us new enthusiasm was aroused hy
libetat DOT of pea soup aud few |
chips OF frozen meat, aud then we
bathpd In life giving sunbeaus, screen |
ed from the piercing air by silk |
strands 1t was beautiful day, aud |
had our sense Of appreciation not been |
blunted by accumulated fatigue we
would have greatly enjoyed tue play /
af HpHf - MA grflfs Ina 40 ~
scene of sparkle.
The EsEinios were soon iosr in a .
profound sleep, the only comfort iii /
their hard lives, but / remained awake I
as had beeu my habit on succeeding I
days. to get nautical observations The
longitude calculations lined lis ut Oh /
degrees minutes At noon the SUMS
altitude was carefully set Oh the, sex
taH, and the latitude quickly reduced
gave 80 degrees 81 minutes twenty
niue miles from the pole
My heart jumped for Joy. and the
Unconscious conmotion which | was
creating awakened Etnkishuk / told
him that In two average marches we
would reach the "tigf shn' uhe big
nall
AhweIah was awakened with a kick.
and together they went out to hum
mock and through glasses sought for
a mark to locate 50 important a place
as the terrestrial axis Ii bit one
sleep beyond it must he seen
tried to explain that the pole was
not visible 10 the eye that its position
was located only by a repeated use Of
the various Instruments, ThisentiFeiy
satisfied their curiosity, and they burst
out 10 hurrahs OF Joy For two hours
they chanted and danced the passions
of wild life