The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-12


: Tor Marvin and Borup TO push on after
us by forced marches, we proceeded
northward. The sounding of the lead
gave ITO fathoms. During this march
We crossed the s4th parallel and ira
Versed a succession of just-frozer
leads. from few hundred yards to Q
! mile in width. This march was really
simple.
On the 14th we got free of the leads
and came on decent going. While we
were making camp a courier from
Marvin came in and informed me he
was on the march in the rear. The
temperature was SO
Marvin and Borup overtake Party.
The following morning. March II.
/ sent Hansen with his division north
to pioneer a trail for five marches,
and DIR. Goodshell. according to the
programme. started back TO Cape
Columbia. At night Marvin and Borup
came spinning m with their men and
squadron of battle ships. Their ar
rival relieved me of all anxiety as to
our oil supply.
! In the morning discovered that Nc
! Millan's foot was badly frost-bitten.
j The mishap had occurred two Or three
, days before. but Mcmillan had said
nothing about it, in the hope that it
would come out all right A glance at
the injury showed me that the only
thing was to send him back to Cape
Columbia at once. The arrival of
Marvin and Borup enabled me to spare
sufficient men and dogs to go back
with him.
This early loss of Mcmillan was
seriously disappointing to me. He had
sledge all the way from Cape
Columbia, and with his enthusiasm
and the powers and physique of the
trained athlete | had confidence In
him for at least the seth PARALLEL, but
there was no alternative.
The best sledges and dogs were
selected and the sledge loads brought
up to the standard. The sounding gave
the continual shelf and. as had sur
missed. the successive leads crossed In
the fifth and sixth marches composed
the big lead and marked the continual
shelf
Borup and Team Dueked
On leaving this camp the expedi-
ton comprised 16 men, II sledges and
100 dogs. The next march was salts
factory as regards distance and char
acter of going In the latter part
there were pronounced movements in
the ice. both visible and audible. |
Some leads were crossed, in one of |
which Borup and his team took q |
bath, and We were finally stopped by |
an impracticable lead opening in front |
of MS
We camped in temperature of so. |
At the end OF two short marches We |
came upon Hansen and bis party In |
camp, mending their sledges. We de- |
voted the remainder of the day 10 |
overhauling and mendng sledges
and breaking up our damaged ones |
for material.
The next morning | put Marvin In
the lead to pioneer the trail with |
instructions To make two forced |
Hi Fetttt eS- To bring up OUT average, 7
which had been cut down by the last
two short ones. Marvin carried out
his instructions implicitly A consid-
cradle amount Of young ice assisted
IN this.
AT the end of the tenth march. the
attitude 1928 Borup turned back In
command of the second supporting
party, having travelled d distance
equivalent to Nansen's distance from
his far to his farthest north. | was
'oFry To lose this young Yale runner.
With his enthusiasm and pluck. He
lad led his heavy sledge over the
Ices ina way that commanded every
mes admiration and would have made
lis fathers eyes gIisten. (
'arty Travels While the others Sleep
From this point the expedition com
'rised twenty men, ten sledges and
evenly dogs. 1t was necessary for 4
larvin to take sledge from here, /
nd | put Bartlett and his division in |
dvance to pioneer the trail. Il
The continual daylight enabled me Ia
D make moderation here that I
rought my advance and main parties
loser together and reduced the like, y
hood of their being separated BY I
pen leads. |
After Bartlett left camp with Hen /
erson and their division, Marvin and IN
remained with our division twenty / =
ours longer, and then followed | b
Fhen We reached Bartlett's camp he It
roke out and went on and we turned I
!, BY this arrangement the advance n
arty was travelling while the main III
arty was asleep ard vice versa, and Il
was In touch with my advance narty r
very twenty-four hours. had no v
aason to complain of the going for
le next two marches, though fer a b
'ss experienced party, less adaptable v
edges or less perfect equipment it v
onld have been an lmpossibility' d
Ferry Through the Floating Ice.
Az our position at the end Of the II
of March, Marvin obtained a salts r,
'ctory sight for latitude in clear "