The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-16
BY snowsled over the Ice.

BY snowslec
for Marvin and Borup to push on
after us by forced marches. we pro-
ceeded northward. The sounding of
the lead gave ITO fathoms.
During this march we crossed the
eighty-fourth parallel and traversed
succession of just frozen leads. from
few hundred yards to mile in
width. This march was really simple.
On the fourteenth we got free OF the
leads and came on decent going.
While we were making camp a courier
from Marvin came and informed me
he was on the march in the rear. The
temperature was SO below zero.
The following morning, March Is. I
sent Hansen with his division north TO
pioneer a trail for FIVE marches, and
DR.. Goodsell. according to the pro-
gram, started back to Cape Columbia.
M'MILLAN TURNS BACK.
At night Marvin and Borup came
spinning in with their men and dogs
steaming in the bitter air like
squadron of battleships. Their arrival
relieved me OF all anxiety as to our
oil supply.
In the morning / discovered that
MacMillan's foot was badly frost bit
ten. The mishap had occurred two
or three days before, but Macmillan
had said nothing about 1t in the hope
that II would come out all right
A glance at the injury showed me
that the only thing was to send him
back to Cape Columbia at once. The
arrival OF Marvin and Borup enabled
me to spare sufficient men and dogs
to go back With him.
/ LOSS is SERIOUS ONE.
This early loss OF Macmillan was
seriously disappointing to me. lie had
a sledge all the way from Cape Col
umbia, and with his enthusiasm and
the powers and physique OF the trained
athlete I had confaence in him for at
least the S6th parallel, but there was
no alternative
The best sledges and dogs were Sc
lected and the sledge loads brought up
to the standard. The sounding gave
depth Of 1876 fathoms.
We were over the continual shelf.
and. as 1 had surmised. the successive
leads crossed in the fifth and sixth
marches composed the big lead and
marked the continual shelf
On leaving the camp the expedition
comprised 16 men, II sledges and 100
dogs. The next march was satisfac-
tory as regards distance and the char
acter OF the going. In the latter part
there were pronounced movements in
the ice, both visible and audible.
Some leads were crossed, in one of
which Borup and his team took a
bath, and we were finally stopped by
an impracticable lead opening in front
of us. We camped in temperature
of so degrees below.
At the end of TWO short marches we
came upon Hansen and his party in
camp, mending their sledges. We de-
voted the remainder of the day to
overhauling and mending sledges and
breaking up our damaged ones for
material.
MAKE FORCED MARCHES.
The next morning put Marvin in
the lead to pioneer the trail, with in
structions to make two forced |
to bring up our average.
which had been cut down by the last
two short ones. Marvin carried out
his instructions implicitly. A consid.
cradle amount OF young ice assisted
In this.
At the end of the tenth march, lati-
tude 1928, Borup turned back In COM
mand OF the second supporting party,
having Travelled distance equivalent
10 Nansen's distance from this far to
his farthest 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 CON-
handed everyoneIs admiration and
would have made his fathers eyes
,listen.
CHANGES HIS PLAN.
From this point the expedition com
,rised 20 men, 10 sledges. and 20 dogs.
I was necessary for Marvin to take
! sledge from here. and put Bartlett
md his division In advance to pioneer
he trail
The continual daylight enabled me