The Mena weekly star., 1909-09-16


 the heavy ice; we had our port ouar ter rail broken and hole stove 1T the bulwarks, and twice we pushed out in an attempt to get north, bui we were forced back each time to oul precarious shelter.
 HEAVY RUNNING ICE. Finally on September we squeezed around Cape Union anu made fast in shallow niche in the ice, but after some hodrs we made another short run to Black cape and hung on to a grounded bit of ice. At last. little after midnight Of September 5, we passed through extremely heavy run ming ice into a stream of open water rounded Cape Rawson and passed Cape Sheridan.
 Within quarter of an hour of the same time we arrived three years be fore-seven a. m., September 5-we reached the open water extending be. yo,-i Cape Sheridan.
 We steamed up to the end of it and 1t appeared practicable at first to reach Porter bay, near Cape Joseph Henly, which I had for my winter quarters, but the outlook being un- satisfactory, I went back and put the Roosevelt into the only opening in the Hoe, being barred close to the mouth of the Sheridan river little north or our position three years prior.
 PUT UP FOR WINTER.
 The season was further advanced than in 1905: 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 completion. The supplies and equipment we sledged across ice and sea and deposited on shore. A house and workshop were built of board covrred with sails. and fitted with stoves, and the ship was snug for win. ter in shoal water. where it touched bottom at lew tide.
 This settlement on the stormy shores of the Arctic ocean was chris. tened Hubbardville.
 Hunting parties were sent out or September 10 and bear was brough. in on the 18th and some deer day or two later.
 PREPARE FOR sLEDGE TRIP.
 On September 15 the full work O transferring supplies to Cape Columbia was inaugurated. Marvin with Dr Goodsall and Borup and the Eskimos took 16 sIedge loads Of supplies te Cape Belknap. and on the 27th the same party started with loads to Por- ter bay.
 The work of hunting and transport. ing supplies was prosecuted continu- ously by the members of the party and the Eskimos until November 5 when the supplies for the spring sledge trip had been removed from winter quarters and deposited at va rious places from Cape Colan to Cape Columbia.
 The latter part of September the movement of the fee subjected the ship to a pressure which listed it to port some eight or ten degrees, and it did not recover till the following spring.
 On October 1 went on a hunt with two Eskimos across the field and Pass bay end the peninsula. made the circuit of Clemants Markham inlet, and returned to the ship in seven days with 15 musk oxen, bear and deer.
 Later in October repeated the trip, obtaining five musk oxen, and hunting parties secured some forty deer
 Prof MacMillan went to Columbia bay in November and obtained a month of tidal observations, returning in December In the December moon Borup moved the Hecla depot to Cape Colan. Bartlett made hunting trip overland to Lake Hazen and Hansen went to Clemant's Markham inlet.
 In the January moon Marven crossed Robeson channel and went to Cape Bryant for tidal and meteoro- logical observations. Bartlett crossed the channel and made the circuit of Newman bay and explored the benin. sula. After he returned Goodsall went to Markham inlet and Borup to- ward Lake Hazen. in the interior. on hunting trips.
 In the February moon Bartlett went to Cape Hecla. Goodsall moved some more supplies from Hecla to Cape Co Ian, and Borup went to Markham in. let on hunting trip On. February 15 Bartlett left the Roosevelt with his division for Cape Columbia and Parr bay.
 Goodsall. 3orup. MacMilIan and Hansen followed on successive days with their provisions, Marvin re turned from Cape Bryant on February F and left for Cape Columbia on February 21. I brought up the rear on February 2z.
 The total of all divisions leaving the Roosevelt was seven members of the party, 59 Eskimos, 140 dogs and 23 sledges.
 MAKE READY FOR DASH.
 By February 27 such of the Cape Colan depot as was needed had been brought up to Cape Columbia, fhe dogs were rested and double ratIoned and harnessed. and the sledges and other gear overhauled