Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-16

published by arrangement with the
New York Times by the Western News
paper Union.)
Copyright, 1909. by the New York Times
Company.
Battle IIarbor, Labrador (via Mar
con Wireless, Cape Ray. n. F., Sept.
1O.-The steamer Roosevelt, bearing
the North polar expedition of the
Peary Arctic club. parted company
with the Erik and steamed u of
Etah ford late in the afternoon of
August Is, 1908, setting the usual
course for Cape Sabine. The weather
was dirty, with fresh %southerly winds.
We had on board 90 Eskimo men, II
women and 10 children, 22G dogs and
some forty.odd walrus.
We encountered the ice a short dis
lance from the mouth of the harbor.
but it was rot closely packed and was
negotiated by the Roosevelt without
serious difficulty. AS we nearcd Cape
Sabine the weather cleared somewhat
and "" passed close by Three Wort
island and Cape Sabine, easily max
Ing out with the naked eye the house
at Hayes Iiarbor occupied by me in
the winter of 1901-02.
From Cape Sabine north there was
so much water that we thought of
setting the lug sail before the south
erly wind; but a little later appear
ance of ice to the northward stopped
this. There was clean, open water TO
Cape Albert and from there scattered
Ice TO "a point about abreast of Vic
toria Head, thick weather and dense
ice bringing us some ten or fifteen
miles away.
Clear Run Through Middle Robson.
From here we driftcd south some
what, and then got a slant to the
nOrthward of the current. We worked
a little further north and Stopped
again for some hours. Then we again
worked westward and n%Orthward till
we reached a series of lakes, coming
10 IA stop a few miles south of the
Windward's winter quarters at Cape
Durville. From here, after some De.
lay, we slowly worked u way north.
westward through fog and broken ice
70 medium thickness through one
night and the forenoon of the next
day. only merging into open water
and clear weather off Cape Fraser.
From this point We had a clear
through the middle of Robeson chan.
mel, uninterrupted by either ice or
fog, to Lady Franklin bay. Here we
encountered both leo and fog, and,
while working along in search of n
practicable opening, were forced
across to the Greenland coast ut
Thank God harbor.
The fog lifted there and enabled us
to make out our whereabouts, and
we steamed north through a series of
leads past Cape I.upton and thence
southwark toward Cape Union. A few
miles OF that cape we were stopped
by impracticablc ice. and We drifted
back south to Cape Union, where we
stopped again.
We lay for some time in a lake of
water. and then, to prevent being
drifted south again, took refuge under
the north shore of Lincoln bay, in
nearly the identical place where we
had our unpleasant experiences three
years before. Here we remained for
several days during a period of con.
slant, and, at times, violent northeast
erly winds.
Anchored In Shallow Niche.
Finally, on September 2, we
squeezed around Cape Union, and
made fast In IA shallow niche in the
Ice; but after some hours we made
another short run to Black cape and
hung on to a grounded bit OF Ice. At
last. a little after midnight of Sep.
TENDER 6, we passed through extreme.
ly heavy running ice into a stream
OF open water, rounded Cape Rawson
and passed Cape Sheridan.
The season IA further advanced
than in 1905. There was more snow
on the ground and the new ice inside
the foebergs was much thicker. The
work Of discharging the ship was com
menced at once and rushed to com
pletion. The supplies and equipment
we seldged across ice and sea and
deposited on shore.
A house and workshop were built
of board, covered with sails and At.
ted with stoves, and the ship wal
snug for winter In shoal water, where
she touched bottom ut low tide, This
settlement on the stormy shores OF
the Arctic was christened Hub
bardville.
Start 10 Made In Snowstorm.
In the February moon Bartlett went
. Cape Hecls. Goodsell moved some