The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1909-09-16
COMMANDER
PEARY'S RECORD
OF VICTORY
Continued from Page d

The next march was over good 60
ing. but for the first time since leav.
ing land we experienced that condi.
tion. frequent over these ice fields, of
hazy atmosphere, ia which the light
is equal everywhere. All relief Is de.
stroyed, and 1t is impossible to see
for any distance.
We were obliged in this march to
make detour around an open lead.
In the next march we encountered the
heaviest and deepest snow of the
journey, through thick, smotherlng
mantle lying In the depressions of
heavy rubble ice.
TEMPORARILY DISCOURAGED.
came upon Bartlett and his party,
tagged out and temporarily discour-
aged by the heartracking work of
making road.
knew what was the matter with
them. They were simply spoiled by
the good going on the previous
marches. rallied them a bit, light
ened their sledges, and sent them on
encouraged again.
During the next march we travelled
through thick haze drifting over the
ice before biting air from the north
east At the end of the march we
came upon the captain camped beside
a wide open lead with a dense black
water sky northwest, north, and north
east
HAS NARROW ESCAPE
We built our igloos and turned In,
but before I had fallen asleep I was
reused out by movement of the ice
and found startling condition of af.
fairs-a rapidly-widening road of black
water ran only a few feet from our
igloos.
One Of my teams of dogs had es.
capped by only few feet from being
dragged by the movement of the Ice
into the water.
Another team had an equally mar.
row escape from being crushed by the
ice blocks piled over them. The Ice
ON the north side Of the lead was NOV.
ing around eastward. The small floor
on which were the captains igloos
was drifting eastward In the open
water, ant the side of our igloos
threatened to follow suit.
scAVEp BY QUICK DASH.
Kicking out the door of the igloos
called to the captains men to pack
their sledges and be ready for a quick
dash when favorable chance arrived
We hurried our things on our
aledges. hitched the dogs. and moved
on to a large Toe foe west of us
Then, leaving one man to look out
for the dogs and sledges. we hurried
over to assist the captains party to
join us.
A corner of their raft impinged on
the Ice on our side. For the rest of
the night and during the next day the
Ice suffered the torment of the
damned, surging together, opening
out. groaning and grinding, while the
open water belched black smoke like
a prairie fire.
FINDS CLEAR STRETCH.
Then the motion ceased. the open
water closed, the atmosphere to the
north was cleared. and we rushed
across before the ice should open
again.
A succession of laterally open leads |
were crossed. and after them some |
heavy old ice. and then we came to a
layer or young Ice, some of which |
pucKed under our sledges, and this |
gave us a straight way of six miles to |
the north
Ihen came more heavy old foes.
covered with snow. This was a good
long march.
Inc next march was also a long
one. II was Bartlett's last hit. He let
himself out over a series of large old
hoes' steadily increasing In diameter
ana covered with hard snow.
WIND HELPS OUT.
During the last few miles walked
beside him or in advance. He was
'olemn and anxious to go further. but
ne program was for him to 20 back
rom here in command OF the fourth
party, and there were no
'upphes Tor an increase In the main
)arty.
IN this march we encountered a
ligh wind for the first time since the
nree days after we left Cape Colum.
ia. IL was dead in our faces, bitter
'ha insistent. but had no reason TO
complain. 1t was better than an east.
'fly or sOuth0rlv wind aitha. -