The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-09-17
Top of Tie World Reached By Won
derfully Swift Rush Over The
nmense Fields Of Ice.
Favseable Conditions Aid Bod American Ex.
pIsrer i Realizing tie Anbitiea Of His Life
He Desies Cock Arrived at Tie Goal

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We steansA uD To ths ed ss II and II
appsarsd practicable At AFst to reach
Porter bay. aear caps Joesph Hsniy.
which haA for ny wtatsr 4Dartsrs. but
the outlook being unsatisfactory. l went
hack and put the Roosevelt into the
oaiy epsnlns in the aos. bsing barred
close to the mouth OF the Sheridan rfv-
sr little north Of our Dositioa three
years prior.
Pvt W fer Winter.
The season was further aAvanceA than
In lSo6: there was more snow on the
ground and the new Ice Inside the nos
bergs was much thicker.
The work of discharsing the ship was
commenced at once and rushed to COM
psetsoa. The supplies and equipment Ne
sledged across ice aad sea and deposited
on shore. A house and workshop were
built Of board. covered With sails. and
htted With stoves. and the ship was
snug for winter in shoal water. where II
touched bottom At low tide.
The settlement on the stormy shores Of
the Arctic ocean Was ehristsned Hub
bArdvtlie.
Hunting parties were ssat out on Sep
tember 70 and . bear was brought In on
the t2th and some ASer . day OF two
later.
Prepare Ter SIsdSs Trip.
On September Is the Iull work Of trans
fsssang supplies to Cape Columbia vas
inaugurated. Marvin with Dr. Good
sail and Borup and the Eskimos. took ls
slsdge loads Of supplies to Cape Belknap
and on the 9th the same party started
with iosds to Porter bay.
The work of hunting aud transporting
supplies was prosecuted coatiauously by
the members Of the party and the Eski-
mos until November s. when the sup
plies for the spring slsdgs trip had been
removed from winter quarters and de-
posted At various places from Caps Co.
Ian to Cape Columbia.
The latter part Of September the move
rent Of the Ice subjected the ship to .
eight o. ten degrees. and It did not re-
cover till the following spring.
On October I went on . hunt with two
Eskimos across the held and Pass bay
and the peninsula. made the circuit of
Clemants Markham inlet, and returned
oxen. . bear and Q deer.
Later in October I repeated the trip.
obtaining hve musk oxen. and hunting
parties secured some - deer.
Supplies Moved to 0sss.
In the February moon Bartlett went to
Cape Hecla, Goodsall moved some more
supplies from Hecla to Cape Colan. and
ing trip. On February Is Bartlett left
the Roosevelt With his division for Caps
Columbia and Parr bay.
Goodsail, Borup. Macmillan and Han
sen followed on successive days with
their provisions. Marvin returned from
Cape Bryant on February II and left for
Cape Columbia on February n. I brought
up the rear on February q.
The total Of all divisions leaving the
Roosevelt was seven members OF the
party. % Eskimos. 40 dogs and q sledges.
Make Ready for Dash.
BY February a such of the Cape colan
depot as was needed had been brought
rested and double rationed and harnessed.
and the sisdges and other gear over
hauled.
Four months Of northerly winds during
the fall and winter instead OF souther-
ly ones, a. during the previous season.
led me to expect less open water than
before, but = great deal Of rough ice. and
1 was prepared to hew . road through
the jagged ice for the first hundred miles
or 20. then cross the big lead.
Bartlett Leads the Way.
On the last day Of February Bartlett,
with his pioneer division. accomplished
this. and his division got away due
north over the Ice on March l. The rest
Of the party got away ON Bartlett's
trail. and followed an hour later.
The party now comprised seven men,
bers Of the expedition, II Eskimos. l33
dogs and u sledges. One Eskimo and
seven dogs had gone to pieces.
A strong essterly wind. drifting
snow. and temperature in the minus
marked our departure from the camp at
Cape Columbia, which had christeped
Crane City. Rough Ice in the frst march
damaged several sledges and smashed
two beyond repair, the teams going back
to Columbia for other siedges in reserve
there.
Pass British Record.
We camped ten miles from Crane City.
The easterly wind and low temperature
continued. In the second march We
passed the British record made by Mark
ham In Nay. lS76-S2 20-and were stopped
by open water. which had been formed
by wind after Bartlett passed.
In this march We negotiated the lead
and reached Bartlett's third camp. Borup
had gone back from here. but missed his
way. owing to the faulting OF the trail
by the movement Of the ice.
Marvin came back also for more fuel
and alcohol The wind continued. form
ing open water all about US. At the end
of the fourth march we came upon
Bartlett. who had been stopped by a
wide lake of open water. We remained
here from March to March IL
Gets Glimpse Of Sun.
At noon OF March the sun. red and
shaped like . football by excessed re-
neCuOn, just RAISED lI8eI ABOVE Tie hOrl-
xon for 4 few minutes and then disap-
peared again. 1t was the first time l had
seen It siRce October l.
now began to feel = good deal of
anxiety because there were no signs
OF Marvin and Borup. who should have
been there for two days. Besides, they
had the alcohol and oil, which were IN
diapensable for US.
We concluded that they had either lost
the trail or were imprisoned on an is
land by open water. probably the latter.
Fortunately. on March II the lead was
practicable and. leaving q note for Mar
vim and Borup to push on after US by
forced marches, we proceeded northward
The sounding Of the lead gave 1lU
fathoms.
During this march We crossed the
eighty fourth parallel and traversed 4
succession OF Just frozen leads. from a
few hundred yards to q mile In width
This march was really simple.
On the fourteenth we got free of the
leads and came on decent going. While
we wers making camp a courier from
Marvin came and informed ne - was