The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-09-17
clRYS own STORY Of FINDING THE NORTH POLE

- tho aarch h ths rsas. ~ saness-
aturs vas . hsasv $50.
Ths t0lisWtaG 1osni.G. March =. esa9
Hsnssa With ~ Alvieiaa neeth - 80
assr . trail Ter avs lasreAaa. 81 Ds.
GeoAssll aeesreiag = The 1sssTs.. START
0soiiiaA v0eNs 0ooa.
~ nAGht Assvia s.A Doruo eaas suAa-
Ming il With theis nsa aAA AoGs steam
ing In tAs blttss cir IKE . seusaroa os
hattleships. Thar arrival relieved ~
Of all anxiety ~ - our oil suSpiy.
In the morning ] discovered that Aae-
Ailias's feot vas badly frost bittsn. Ths
aishap haA occurred two or thrss days
before. but Macmillan haA s&id nothing
about II in the hogs that It would coas
out all right.
a glance At ths Injury showed NJ that
the saiy thing vas to ssed hia back -
CAPE Columbia ~ once. Tbs arrival e
Marvin and Borup enabled ne to sDass
sumctent men and 6ogs 70 20 back With
hin.
lsss 10 Ssrisvs One.
This early loss Of AacMiiIaa vas easi-
ously disappointing to me. He had .
slsdss all the way from Caps Columbia,
and With his enthusiasm aad the powers
and physique Of the trained Athlets
had coaadencs IN him for At least the
ssth parallel. but there was no sltsraa-
tive
The bsst siodgss and dogs were select
the standard. The sounding gave .
depth OF n fathoms.
We were over the continual shelf. and.
~ I had surmised. the successive leads
crossed IN the Afth and sixth marches
composed the big lead and marked the
continual shelf.
On leaving the camp the expedition
Nns 1nPfnnN 1e VnA - alNA1ea nd
The next march was satisfactory ~ re-
CARDS distance and the character OF the
going. In the latter part there were
pronounced movements In the Ice. both
visible and audibls.
Some leads were crossed. IL one Of
which Borup and his team took . bath.
and ws were finally stopped by an Inn
practicable lead opening in front of ".
We campeA II . temperature Of 70 de-
grees below.
At the end Of two short marches vs
came upon Hansen and his party In
camp. mending their sledges. We de-
voted the remainder Of the day to over
lag up our damaged ones for material.
Make Forced Marches.
The next morning l put Marvin in the
lead to pioneer the trail. with instruc-
tions to make two forced marches to
bring up our average which had been
cut down by the last two short ones.
Marvin carried out his instructions I'm
picitly. A considerable amount Of young
Ice assisted In this.
&.23. Borup turned back In command Of
the second supporting party. having trav-
eled Q distance equivalent to Nansen's
distance from this tar to his farthsst
north.
was sorry to lose this young Yale
runner. with his enthusiasm and pluck.
He had led his heavy sledge over the
foes in . way that commanded every
ones admiration and would have made
his fathers eyes glisten.
Changes His Plan.
From this point tho expedition COM
prised - men, 10 sledses, and 70 dogs. II
was necessary for Marvin to take .
sledGe from here, and I put Bartlett
and his division In advance to pioneer
the trail.
Tho continual daylight enabled me to
advance and main parties closer together
and reduced the likelihood OF their be-
ing separated by open leads.
After Bartlett left camp with Hender-
son and their division. Marvin and I re-
mained with our division 20 hours long
er and then followed. When We reached
Bartlett's camp he broke out and went
on and We turned In. BY this arrange
ment the advance party was travelling
while the main party was asleep. and
vice versa, and was in touch with my
advance party every "a hours.
Moves Expsdltiousiy.
had no reason to complain Of the
going for the next two marches. though
for . less experienced party, less adapt
would have been an impossibility.
At our position At the end of the Sec
ond march. Marvin obtained a satisfac-
tory sight for latitude In clear weather.
which placed US at S5.4s. Tho result
agreed satisfactorily with the dead reck-
oning OF Marvin. Bartlett and myself.
Up to this time, the slight altitude Of
the sun had made II not worth while to
waste time In observations.
On the next two marches the going i'm
proved. and We covered good distances.
In one of these marches . lead delayed
US q few hours. We finally fsrrted across
the Ice cakes.
Makes Record Run.
The next day Bartlett let himself out.
evidently. for . record. and reeled on 20
miles. Here Marvin obtained another
satisfactory sight on latitude which gave
the position a. q. % Tor beyond the farth.
est north OF Nansen and Abrusxi). and
showed that We had covered 70 minutes
of latitude In three marches.
In these three marches we had passed
the Norwegian record OF Ss.14, by Nan
sen. and the Italian record Of ss.A. by
Cagni
From this point Marvin turned back in
command Of the third supporting party
My last words to him were: BE care
full Of the leads. my boy"
The party from this point comprised
nine men. seven sledges.y and 60 dogs
The conditions At this camp and the ap-
parently unbroken expanse of fairly level
ice In every direction reminded me of
Cagnis description of his farthest north
Danger 10 Encountered.
But l was not deceived by the appar-
entity favorable outlook. for availab BILE
conditions never continue for any dis
tance or any length Of time in the arc
uc regions.
The next march was over good &C.
ing. but for the frst time since leaving
land We experienced that condition. fire.
auent over these ice fields. Of q haxy at
mosphere. In which the light is equal
everywhere. All relief 10 destroyed, 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. smothering mantle lying in the
depressions OF heavy rubble ice.