The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-13
'sTORY OF THE PoURoU0E.PAs
~. Jeaa ChaFcSt's Aec~gnf OS ms Ant.
arctic Ezpss:ss.ss-



TO Port Lockray. whore We commences ~,
work. From here I made q trip OF o..
servation with OOdefroy and Courdon Dr.,
wandel 70 order to study the lay Of The
AGO. which would save hoth coal and a. o
This little ioaTnsy Of forty miles was
citing enough and the FINAL result % L vac
/ satisfactory. Some days later ve arr',s+
With the Pourquoi- pas st wandsl ne had
bad weather on the usy. With q strous
1 northeast wind The creek vas rattle,
small for our vessel. Ne had not had ~.
time to install q satisfactory barrier a,a
the small ice did not protect us. Dor
week We we're IN danger thrre-unable %,
come out. aasailed by enormous ice bio.
which had 10 be Tended on or lAshst ~
night and day. Ths photographs eloqusnrv
de~crihe our condition.
| TN January Z GodefrOy. Jacques, &c 4.
don and ! made 7 reeonna,,ssaS"s 20 nrt
n honor OF the day ClrCuncision
round. having ssc S 1 from s wSndeI y RI
out suffering any serious damage by Rsr
she .ans dS SSR S,s nc eoSsToy and a-a o.
eminsnce to see whether We had any char.
Discoe islands and the coast. A. We r.,s
| oned uDon returning the SAVE day re haH
Our MISSION %ss sssiiS fSSiisd s SS'nS y:
saw that the coa.s was blocked. bat whsn
We wanted 20 rstrace our steps We found
During q -four days binding s6ow.torm
ve struEsled 20 lb.rsis oar.eIVe, -.
IN peril Of sSccambins rom hunger ana
s SSS % and sP' dsssr%ths3 J" sss:%ps .o ~
our Si" SIGNALS might Be os.erv-d by our con-
rades. when the ..Pourquol-pes came 20
and Rouch. whose performance on the
siren could he heard through the fog am
On the journey back, unfortunately. ths
vessel stranded violently upon one % n.
innumerabIe reefs level With che watsr
and three nights Incssssnt labor We 60
her "a assln But ne had 70 le.ve esnlns
plished the whole Of our eIpsdltlon.
From Pe,srmsnn Island We vent tovhLd
ing the chart Of the Francois. We found
the hay which was marked By Pendleton.
ne ms ne %nsIsI a51 ~ =, 49, IN
took hydroEraphic. observations % ADJ
H H su' T instead Of being siSSt nile
IN isnsth a. . gsnsraIly :Ipposed; - "a"
\ south Of Adelaids, IN = region neither en-
I plored nor ever seen. Ne dlecovered q greet
bay. which have named Marguerite. ".
ice. and anchored a, . iitti. Isls which
named Jenny. after BonRrsin's wife. We
/ nov enfOtlnttFeI Aucn NtDt%WN WNNNueF IoT
| four days that Il was q miracle the ve.s-l
escaped, An enormous iceberg appeared
IN front OF Va. from which only q serte. ~
| tack- saved ~ During our sojourn &C that
! little ISLAND three OF my men. made two
DAYS excursion, which enabled them - si-
| i.oubet. To the south Of Mar Tusr'te Rsv
| We were continually nghtine our uay
through ice and iceb@res. but We msnased
| IeO miles of unknown coast. After two
sit@mpI. 90 md our way scroes the lec 70
I project TIL the Iollowing summer.
Despite our efforts to DO 80 we we're ln-
abe to winter here Eys ~ rs .a sa 49, ss
trous TO our observation and the drift ica
would have carried ~ far from the land
Of the icebergs and he drift ice IN this re-
Gion We we're Obliged TO return TO Peier-
mann Island. where ws we're able. with
auipify the observations made BY the
IrancaIs and other expeditions THIS sum
. provided - With suficient atmospheric
'larity 10 take numerous pho,ogIaphs And
was severe and continuous. but the vessel
7 behaved admtrabl"
our winter station VS. oreAnised - com
foriabiv a. Do-sible Numerous observa,
I ions Nere taken with the electric light, and
during a three DAYS tour ! found that the
''" 1sn, sS observs,orS S burias tie su-
/ tumn ve made numerous excursions We
-lroaEly from noTtheast. and the SNOW teIl
. he1vily The ice foe~ were continually
shifting Nanv icebeFs~ pa..ed De.ri,s
all nEecautto our barrier was Frequently
broken The -hip was often In DANCE. and
her ruddrr was smashed: we constructed
rms nsihfui winter had 4 s.riou. eject
+, uuon the health Of the PARTY several SUI
tered from scurvv. and one from mySS-
! gardttts u was ONLY seals neeh "hch
N sIn~dirion TO cro.. Grahams Land
, TO i.ad h myself bnI / vas disabled bv
-cnryy Gourdon TOOK my place ssuhT
back some interesting observations. bu'
! vithout being able To scale he insnrTnonn
sble barrier 81 granite and ne Other 81
/ able trouble toward the end Of Novemhs'
40 we're able 10 get the ship free We
/ found some whalers Who had been hslf
/ 10 bv tee and bad weai her Here He 80"
ncsI'.H vs."o ,,s 0v HnarV Goh. an
Rories With great generosity they helped
/ - by all means az their disposal and supplied
1 hs n IS RSn' WSa SS@' SOCIETY," % t osr
' vessel Wa making two tons Of water IN
IN. steamer T T.ieson nA .,randsd TIE yea
/ before examined our keel He could 30
! 20 more than confirm the gravity 81 ~
age We rapidly Installed our scieniinc
apparatus on shore our naturalist and
, work FROM Deception Island wanted
70 make for Ioinvtls land TO seek for fo@
Sis. nut inc 100 very quickly Cofnpelie0 ~"
TO change my plan We did no. wish ~
I endanger our journey courtyard W -
suffer the fate which b@fell the Antarctic
In the same latitude Arer a br,ef struERs
we were beaten hack 70 Rridzemsn Island.
where We landed then 10 Admiralty Rav
snd the south coast 81 the Shet and.. where
Ne I'D some good WorS
Thence Ne act ont to the south. the weafhS'
all along being bad and misty. and the ~
ard ic~hsrRs abundant Nevertheless "a
were able TO 40 beyond all tho lattut"-
attained 10 the southwest ~ Alexander
Land and TO complete the chart
We then discovered q series % new lar -
20 the south ard west 81 Alexander Lard
IA unexpected place, thus solvtrE -
important problem The deplOrahle go
belt barred our nearer approach ~ on
hour We got no further than fen vsf'ia
We continued our route hv folloTtng ~
Ice barrier until we reached Peter lslAno
which has not bon ~een since Bellir s. haiseN
discovered " There We were oy-rwhsitr"''
by tempest and thick rnisf durirz vhl'0
Ss had 70 steer carefully Among ne lo"
berR~ They were nuueyNU~ ina'
~ mated We saw moro than s.os' 81 men
In less than = week We had 20 drtit. WV
out steam. al the time. through zoe -
d~us~ thai We could not see flrfher us
uentv yards ahead Despite this and ~.
strong gusts OF wind reaCheri the w.
degree longitude west. having -aileh iren'