New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-16
By Gable 70 The Tribune.l
by Donald II. Macmillan.


st. Johns, y. T.. Sept. l5.-In its new
ship the Erik. the Croker Lana polar
expedition weighed anchor and put out
81 Battle Harbor at daylight, 8 o'clock
tuesday morning, August .. Despite
the delay and inconvenience Of the
shipwreck two weeks before and the
subsequent transferrence Of supplies
and equipment, the party were without
exception in fine fettle and more de-
termined than before. They had great
er faith In the new ship and the new
crew than in the Diana and her crew.
Captain Kehoe laid his course north
ward along the Labrador coast 10
Round Hill Island. and there shaped IL
direct for Cape York, al the west end
OF Melville Bay, Greenland. The first
day out many icebergs of great size
and beauty passed by. cleaning like
white silk in the brilliant sunshine.
The weather was clear and fine, the
sea smooth az glass.
That night the weather changed. the
scured everything. Icebergs were nu-
nervous. Throughout the night the
ship was neve~ al more than half
speed and frequently not moving at
all. a double watch was kept until
daybreak came. Wednesday was dull
and threatening Thursday a heavy
gale blew, which continued over Fri
dav. During these three days the ship
made little progress. on Saturday in
the lee Of the Greenland Coast the
wind lost its strength. the sea grew
smoother and the sky clearer, and
Sunday was q beautiful day. Al >
o'clock Monday morning. August H.,
The watch sang out. Land Ho.'
Sunset and Sunrise Merged.
The land was Cape Dire. Bafin Land,
some sixty or seventy miles away.
With sunrise appeared its ice-capped
clacier-scarred cliffs that rose high
above the horizon on the port beam,
but by noon it had disappeared from
sight. Until 10 o'clock Thursday night
the ship steamed slowly northward
through impenetrable fog. ana then the
erst night of our midnight sun the fog
lifted. and to starboard lay the coast
OF Greenland. the Devils Thumb on
the quarter. Cape York dead ahead.
The entire party remained on deck 10
view this first midnight sun. and a
splendid sight it was. II is given 10
few people TO sec the sun slide along
the horizon. setting and rising stimuli
tancOuslv, due east By compass read
ing The soft. rich colors Of sunset,
never more glorious. and reminding
one Of autumn or sunsets In the Appa-
lqchians, moved 20 the north with the
sun. ana. gliding into the northeast, be
came the colors Of sunrise.
II was hard 10 realize that The dull
glow Of rose and saffron and cmbcr
could lie on the north horizon the next
morning. The scenery was truly Arctic
20 our port Innumerable icebergs
driftcd southwark and vast ice pans
Noated slowly along. To our star
loard lay q wonderful land, bay
broken and mountain-studded, it's pre-
cipitous shores mantled by glcam-
ing ice and ribboned By glistening gla-
cicrs of which the lower edge dipped
into the sea. Dead ahead lay Cape
York. Just as the sun reached its
meridian we discerned tho tupiks
skin tepcesl Of 1ngnangmcnooc, the
,outhernmost village of tho tribe cf
Innuits. as the Esquimaus call them
selves. from which we have recruited
our dog drivers.
Pesry's Aids Not Found.
II Wa here that we learned from
Kvatah and Myah. two OF Admiral
Pcary's trusted aids in his expeditions.
that Koodlooktoo and Seegloo, two OF
Tie best of the dog drivers in the tribe
were hunting far down the coast We
couldn't put back after them so We
ste ed up along the crimson cliits'
around the conical rock by the PetoWik