The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-04-15
AMUNDSON PAYS Visit 1OCJOA
Negotiated Northwest Passage
Still Lives.

Captain Roald Amnndsen. the dis
coverer of the northwest passage and
the south pole. and who lectures on
lately visited the little ship in whi:n
he male the dangerous northwest
paeage.
Just to tread the deck of the sturdy
little cookie shell which for three
years carried him from Greenland
through the passage and into San
Francisco bay Captain Amundsen
Gate park to the resting place Of the
Gtoa near the ocean beach.
II see the mast already. and there
it Is, that fifty year old ship" he said
peering through the trees from the
front seat Of q very ~un-antartic tour
ing car.
Over the deck of the converted Nor
wegian fishing smack he roamed. test
ing out every cable and bolt. peerins
TO the fore and after cabins" They
resembled cubbyholes for storing rope
more than they did living places for
seven men. but Captain .Amundsc ,
explained that they were once ftte.l
UP in comforta BILE. yAeven almost luNuri-
Gus. style. Plush cushions adorned
the seat, n.,l in x The sftEr sssin - the e, MocaI
and shining. brassSEK gave tic apart.
ment a pleasant touch, But now the
two rooms which sheltered saven ven
for three years are sadly out of repair
and dingy in the extreme.
Finds Old Bunk.
Here is the bunk in which | slept
every night for three years" he cN-
planned. indicating a dark. coffinlike
arrangement let into the wall. Around
the other sides We're three similar
hunks. -Four men We're very COM.
Portable here" he continued. land we
have had seventeen. people in all
Eskimos.'
In the fore cabin the other three
members Of the northwest passage
party lived in about the same degree
Of comfort and elbow room. but the
captain explained that every one was
on deck practically all the time.
DO Q think time hung heavy ON
"f it. Three men constituted a watch.
one on the sta bow hesving the
lead. another in the crows nest on the
mast keeping a lookout and a thu
at the tiller. Besides that one mon
had TO tend sail. \ good deal of the
time. With seven men that kept us
UP and about nearly all the time.
Ran Into Drift Ice.
1T liz q wonder that Ne ever got
into port at all with that cash in the
low of the boat" he declared. pcin.-
ing out a shattered timber below the
water line. You see. we ran int" drift
as hard as these rocks on which
the boat is now resting and actually
bumped over rocks themselves some.
times The Gioa. however. has a very
much rounded hull. and ice pressure
always forced the ship up into tire
air and prevented any damage.
THE Eroaning of the ice and the
of the timbers made a noise
that hanishcd all Sleep" he said. land
in times like these we slept when We
"ould. for fear We would not sc. an
other chance for a long time"
Faster than all the fishing simacks
on the Norway Gas was the CioA
Amundsen took hold Of her aud
eleven knots an hour could he made
when the breeze a good. largely on
account Of the enormous size of the
sail. A small motor in the hold served
an auxiliary. but this could no, in.
crease. the speed to any great extent.
Boat Is Old Ono.
The Gioa had attained the e Of
34 wears before she had been used for
anything but a fishing smack. and
then she made II trip to Greenland
for occanoEraphjcal observations and
hunting prior to the start Of .i,c
n rrfh west NJ sea sc iii