The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-06
ARCTIC ADVENTURE
WITH MANY THRILLS
Battle With Ice Pack in Frozen
North One Of Great
Danger.
BY ERIC GEUNDMARK,
Special Cable to The Tribune.

Special CaUle 10 j he ITlDunc,
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 5.-An intensely
interesting story OF Arctic adventure
reaches hero from Tromsoe, whore the
explorer Ernest Mansfield has just re-
turned from the land of Ice. Ho char
tered the steamship Aurora, of forty
ono tons, and left Tromsoe on August
22, The vessel encountered an ice-pack
off Bear island, through which ii wormed
its way, arriving at Bell sound on Au-
gust 27 with ten hours coal supply
aboard. Hastily landing men TO gather
timber supplies for erecting tho new set
Elements OF Millar and Williamson. the
ship sailed Immediately for Advent bay
for coal. returning OH the following night
TO Bell sound.
Though the ice was closing in. the e1-
plorer succeeded in getting his stores
ashore, and then retreated Into Lowe
sound. There was ice around and fog
prevailed for several days, so that IL
was impossible for the ship to get ont.
Mr. Mansfield therefore went through the
ice in a small boat to supcrintend the
erection OF camp at Miilar settlement.
The Norwegian craft Hvidfisken was
jammed into Recherche bay by the ice
ut the same time having aboard Cap
tain Svcndscn. q crew OF ten, and the
Finnish ornlthologist Ludwig Munster
hjclm. all without any provisions. The
shelter in Braganza bay. thirty miles up
the t'jord. The captain Of the Aurora
cnmo to Camp Millar and informed MT
Mansfield that he. with all his crew.
had decided 10 beach the ship, march
overland to Advent bay. and get pas
sage by an American steamer. MT.
Mansfield returned Immediately with the
captain to the ship lie prevented the
Bleaching OF the ship, and practically
forced tho engineer 10 remain on board,
Tho captain, pilot and all The crew, ex-
cept the engineer, abandoned the YES
sci on September II and started for Ad-
vent bay. Failing To reach II, they re-
turned in n famIshed condition to Camp
Milar where Mr.. Mansficlds manager
supplied them with food. After the ship
had been abandoned by them Mr.. Mans
field assumed command and chose
crew from among his workmen, Three
days later a terrific castcrly gale came
sell drifting ashore through the massive
icefloes. was continually threatened with
destruction. The ship, however. steamed
through the gaps between the floes'
finally anchoring amidst hugo masses,
embedded in the ice,
Nine days after his departure the cap
tain was brought to the ship by three OF
news that the Hvidfisken WAS hopelessly
frozen in by two young icetlocs. that
all hands were living on ono biscuit Il
day with but little meat and that a
boat had been smashed by the ico and
three men shipwreCked in Bell sound
The biologists who were acting FOR
museums Were stranded on Axel island
and all were in want of nourlshment
Mr., Mansfield informed the captain that
by abandoning his vessel lie had for
fcitcd his right to command her and
that he himself, with his men. having
saved the ship several times, would now
he her commander. and would take all
back as passengers,
But If they agreed TO enter his scrv-
ice they must all engage In their former
positions and pay, otherwise he would
take the vessel to Tromsoc himself
Every one readily agreed, and Mr.. Mans
field sent relief TO the distressed men
and a message that he would relieve
them. He then took his ship To Advent
bay, where he loaded with coal, and re-
| turned Immediately to Camps Millar and
| williamson which he provided with the
necessary winlor fuel. Elc next sailed to
| the edge Of the ice, where the Hvdfiskcn
was imprisoned and picked up Captain
Svendsen and the passengers, crew. ship
| wrecked passengers and stranded geo.
| loGists. and sailed Tor Norway with
| twenty seven all told aboard-twcnty
| three Norwegians. three Films and him
| self