Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-09-16
Copyright. 1909. by the New York Times
Company.

Via Marconi wireless, Cape
Ray, n. F., Sept Q. - The
steamer Roosevelt. bearing the
lorth polar expedition Of the Peary Arc
tic club, parted company with the Erik
and steamed out Of Etah Ford late in
the afternoon of Aug. 49, 1905 setting
the usual course for Cape Sabine. We
had on board % Eskimo men. II wom-
In and 10 children, 2c6 dogs and some
forty odd walrus.
We encountered the ice q short dis
lance from the mouth of the harbor.
but 1t vas not closely packed and was
negotiated by the Roosevelt without
serious difficulty. As We neared Cape
Sabine the weather cleared somewhat.
and We passed close by Three WORT
Island and Cape Sabine, easily making
out with the naked eve the house at
Hayes Harbor occupied by me IN the
winter Of 1902
From Cape Sabin, north there was
so much water that we thought Of set
ting the lug SAT- befor. the southcrly
wind, but little later appearance Of
fee to the northward stopped this
There was clean open water to Cane
Albert and from there scattered ice
to point about abreast of Victoria
lead, thick weather and dense ice
bringing us some ten or fifteen miles
away.
From here we drifted south some
what and then got n slant to the
northward out of the current We
worked little farther north and stop
ped again for some hours. Then we
again worked westward and north
ward till we reached series of lakes,
coming to a stop a few miles south
Of the Windward's winter quarters
Mt Cape Durville. From here. after
some delay. we slowly worked way
northeastward through fog and broken
ice Of medium thickness through one
night and the forenoon OF the next
day. only emerging into open water
and clear weather off Cape Fraser
From this point we had clear run
through the middle Of Robson chan
mel to Lady Franklin Bay Here we
encountered both ice and fog and were
forced across to the Greenland coast
at Thank God HarbOr.
The fog lifted there and enabled us
to make out orr wherea bouts. and we
steamed north through Il series of
leads past Cape Lupton and thence
southwark toward Cape Union A
few miles off that cape we were stop
ped by impra ctlCa BILE ice. and we drift.
ed back south 10 Cape Union, whore
we stopped again.
Twice Forced Aground.
We lay for some time in lake of
water and then TO prevent being drift
ed south agaip took refuge under the
north shore OF Lincoln Bay.
Twice we were forced aground by
the heavy ice. We had our port QUAR-.
ter rail broken and hole stove in
the bulwarks. and twice we pushed
out in an attempt to get north, but we
were forced bacl, each time to our
precarious shelter
Finally on Sept we squeezed
around Cape Union and made fast in
shallow niche in the ice. but after
some hours we made another short
run to Black Cape and hung on TO
a grounded hit of ice. At last lit
tie after midnight Of Sept. 3, we pass |
ed through extremely heavy running
Ice into stream Of open water, round |
ed Cape Rawson and passed Cape
Sheridan.
Within quarter of an hour of the |
same time we arrived three years be- |
FORE a. m, Sept. 5-we reached the
open water extending beyond Cape
Sheridan.
We steamed up TO the end OF II, and |
1t appeared practicable at first to reach 4,
Porter Bay, near Cape Joseph Henley, |
which | lad for my winter quarters
But, the outlook being unsatisfactory |
| went back and put the Roosevelt in
20 the only opening in the foe. being
barred close to the mouth OF the Sheri- |
aan river, little north OF our position
three years prior
The season was further advanced
than In 1905. There was more snow
the Zoe bergs was much thicker. The
work Of discharging the ship was COM
menced at once and rushed to COM
pletion. The supplies and equipment
we sledged across Ice and sea and de-
posted on shore. A house and work
Ihop were built OF boards. covered
with sails and fitted with stoves. and
the ship was snug for the winter In
shoal water, where she touched bot
tom at low tide. This settlement on
the stormy shores Of the Arctic ocean
I,,EI
Moving the Supplies.
On Sept Is the full work of trans. /
porting supplies to Cape Columbia
vas inaugurated. Marvin. with DR..
Soodsell and Borup and the Eskimos,
look sixteen sledge loads Of supplies
10 Cape Belknap. and on the 9th the
same party started with loads to Por-
ter Bay. The work Of hunting and
transporting supplies was prosecuted
continuously by the members Of the
party and the Eskimos until Nov. s.
On Oct. l ! went on hunt with two
EskimOs across the field and Parr Bay
and the peninsula, made the circuit Of
Clemants Markham inlet and returned
10 the ship in seven days with fifteen
musk oxen. a bear and a deer.
Professor Mcmillan went to Co.
lumbia in November and obtained A
month Of tidal observations. returning
In DsceDber. In the December moon