The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-30
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the crossing of the circump3.ar sea
was begun.
Three DAYS later two other Eskiu.os.
forming the last supply force. returned.
The train then was reduced tn the sur
Vivai of the fittsst and | was in posi-
/ tion at this time Ia make an intctli-
gent selection of the best help which
could be of service to me-
Out "f the 100 dogs which had gone
over iea miles-aCar.y half the way t.
the p"ie-l could sec re &c. could pick
70 dogs which assurcdly were very
good. out of the entire lot of Fssfmos
l selected as my sue companions EtR-
kish""k and Ahwc.ah, two yolng men
%: hut pa They had proved by their
experience In this time that they. We're
the most capable dog drivers Of the lot
IN" Others. therefore. went hack. and
with these two Young men, moving two
Si"dscs. and but 9s dogs. we started
to 'r"ss the +sa miles II our goal.
TIL" first dav. encouraged long
marches to help the progress. 4 hip
lead which separates the main ice
/ from. tile central pack was crossed with
little delay. The low Temperature and
cooking in snow houses and eating
| dfied beef and tallow and drinking hot
tea secured animal comfort
For several days after sight of
Known iand was lost and the sky was
not clearly visible. and we had no ac-
etrate determination Of position; but
on March 30 the horizon was cleared
nj its smoky agitation and through
the western mists was discovered a
new land
tReferring to pictrrcs) Here in this
picture is dim outline of this new
land
ihe observations gave our position
as latitude si.47. longitude ss.e3
me urgent need of rapid advance on
our main mission did not permit of n
detour to explore this land.
mere was seen the last sign of solid
earth: beyond there was nothing sta
pie' not evcn an iceberg was noted to
mark terrestrial soliditv.
we advanced steadily over the mo-
hotony of a sea of Ice Now we fsura
ourselves beyond the range of all life
Se'ther the footprints Of bear nor the
hioW h"ies of seats were further de-
tected. and the Frost became aI,pos,
uheh.nrab'c. The surface of tho nac,,
offered considerable trouble. thc
weather improved. Int still there ra.
NAMED light. fc-sappfnr wind
which drove despair to our hearts rrh.,
cal OF duty. however. necessftatea our
hghting the extreme cold. and ,boro
was the absolute necessity ro, ,t,-a,
cal action.
III y
were spread over big distances On,
"a''F camp up to this time was invar-
'"o's 'he snow house or Eskimo fg,oo.
afi 10 hak" these II was necessary To
IN" DOCK Of hard snow. out of
when W" could cut suitable blocks
win Knife: these blocks were rilea
IN this circular form. and they war,
f""'tel into dome shaped ipIoo mr.
''FlnS place. of this kind Indicating
picture).
rs height was about six fee, tie
width abort the same and its lane,,,
about eight feet. We spread ON, ou-
bags irtn berths and we undrcssed and
shipped into the bags: then we started
our ittIe blue fire. burning pntroiau,p
under pressure. We heated or maltaI
either the ice or snow and obtai,aI
water. and then We prepared some ten
"h'ie III" tea was being prepared the
peinmican was. pounded with nm ave
and the teeth were set to the grinding
81 our food. which we washed Jovn
with hot tea.
ihis Was our daily routine We ate
NV" meals DAY. one i'm the evening
ana one in the morning. We never
st"hheh at midday for either food or
drink
In this daily routine the incidents
ara positions were recorded hut III.
adventure was frequently forgotten In
The lonely drudge of the next DAVIS
travel
On the night at April we had tn.
first clear northarIy horizon and ,.,
saw for the first time the midnight sun
"h thus night. We possibly could have
s""n 1t for several .lavs earlier. hut we
hah not clear midnight sun,
snhhnfns and frastbites were no,y
recorded "n the same day, and tho
weather Infused quite an incentive
into our lives
observations ~ April &: camp was
paced at latitude s3.as: longitude a4a
III snit" of our seeming long marches
NE had advanced but little over Inn
miles I'm nine days. Much af our hard
work was last i'm eir"nitnus twists
around trof hlesome partial leads with
irregular fields of very old ice. and the
drift. too. was driving eastward with
Sufficient force To give some anxiety
We SIN eumaieI about u miles daily
ana tn" estcr'led marches and long
hHnrs Of travelling with which fortune
had favored Us earlier were no longer
possible.
Described Top of Earth.
We were now about 200 miles from
the pole The sledse loads Were re-
duccd one time after another. and one
dog after another had gone into the
stOmachS of his survivors until .ha