The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-22
4 CONSTANT BATTLE WITH ICE AND SEA
Highest Scientific Exploit Of the Age Belongs to
America---Superb Courage and Persistency
Meet Rich Reward---Claim Made by Cook
That He Alse Reached the Pole Is Denied by
Commander Peary.
CONTINUED FROM YESTERDAY.
DANGER 70 ENCOUNTERED.

DANGER 10 ENCOUNTERED.
But was not deceived by the ap- |
parently favorable outlook. for avail |
able conditions never continue for any |
distance or any length Of time in tho |
arctic regions.
The next march was over good 60
ing land we experienced that condi-
tion. frequent over these Ice fields. Of
y hazy atmosphere. in which the light
ts equal everywhere. All relief II de-
stroyed. and It 10 impossible to sec
for any distance.
We were obliged In this march to
make q detour around an open lead.
I'm the next march we encountered the
heaviest and deepest snow of the
Journey, through thick. smothering
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
khem. They were simply spoiled by
the good going on the previous
marches. rallied them bit. light
sned their sledges. and sent them on
Encouraged again.
During the next march we Travelled
Through q thick haze drifting over the
lice before biting afr from the north
least At the end Of the march we
came upon the captain camped beside
l. wide open lead with a dense black
water sky northwest. north. and north
least.
HAS MARROW ESCAPE
We built our igloos and turned in.
nut before had fallen asleep l was
reused out by movement OF the ice
and found startling condition Of at
kairs-a rapidly-widening road of black
water ran only few feet from our
hgloos.
One OF my teams of dogs had es-
capped by only a 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
nee blocks piled over them. The ice
ION the north side of the lead was NOV
ling around eastward. The small floor
on which were the captains igloos
was drifting eastward in the open
water, and the side of our tgloos
Threatened to follow suit.
scAvED BY QUICK DASH.
Kicking out the door of the igloos
b called to the captains men to pack
their sledges and be ready for quick
dash when q favorable chance arrived
We hurried our things on cur
1ledges, hitched the dogs. and moved
ION to a large ice foe west of US
Then. leaving. one man to look out
for the dogs and sledges. we hurried
love. to assist the captains party to
doin us.
4 corner of their raft impinged on
the ice on our side For the rest of
the night and during the next day the
Ace suffered the torment of the
damned. surging together. opening
out. groaning and grinding. while the
open water belched black smoke like
. 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 omen
again.
A succession Of laterally open leads
were crossed. and after them some
heavy old ice. and then we came to q
layer or young Ice. some Of which
bucked under our sledges, and this
gave us . straight way OF six miles t.
the north.
Then came more heavy old foes
covered with snow. This was . gooe
long march
The next march was also Ion.
one. 1t was Bartlett's last hit. He le
himself out over series Of large ole
noes, steadily increasing in diameter
and covered with hard snow.
WIND HELPS OUT.
During the last few miles walkes
beside him or in advance. He wa,
solemn and anxious to 60 further, blu
the program was for him to 20 bacl
from here In command OF the fourtl
supporting party. and there were n,
supplies for an increase In the mali
party.
In this march We encountered
high wind for the first time since tn
three days after We left Cape Coluu
bia- It was dead In our faces, bite
and fnsistent. but l had NO reason I
complain. It was better than an cas-,
erly or southerly wind, either q
which would have set NJ adrift In ope
water. while this was closing M ever
lead behind.
This furnished another advantage q
my supporting parties. True. BY .
doing It was pressing to the south tn
Ice over which We travelled, and 8
roooing 40 Of hundred miles Of q
vantage.
Ei0HTY-FoUR % PASSED.
We concluded We were on or nea
Tho sighty-eight parallel. unless tn
0prA vt11 ha4 lot @ seYeral mile