Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-02-28


w. elscn. the Danish rc'ic al
w venturcr, with the engineer
Seyersen as cOinpai co both
Of whom started Co. cross I -eenlanf
in the summer Of 1910 had -ived az
Aalesund. the world IN gsa Il hail
I'd the adventures with Won raih
or than amasemcnt. FOR. as lftsr ~
fact. even the most INTEL mt @
average readers know preci' s littl'
about Greenland Difficult G access
particularly from America 1' tray
eler sees but little promise n III
voyage. and even where he ices ~
ont for the no mans land ls ono
might dub Il. he II not az al eriain
Of reaching his goal
Mikelsen and Sevorsen. 1, III ~
remembered formed part o an *
petition organized in 1909 20 scoyer
the depot left by Myths Erickson
who. with two companions. ye,ished
in Greenland In the previous year
On the completion ~ their original
object the two started 20 cross Grcen.
land They reached Denmark Firth
on May %. 1910 where thoy found
records left by Er,chsen Nine DAYS
later they began their return Journey
and on this they encountered terri
bic har chips Several OF The dogs
died and the explorers wera com
pell.d To -h--' ."--- FRA rs.sl,rr.
for food The PARTY reached shan
non Island opposite King william
Land. on November -. and remained
there throughout he winter and 'hp
following summer hoping 10 he pick
Cd mp BY wholer 80 vessels came
and thcy proceeded 10 Shamrock
island. where they spent tho follow
Ing winter In tho spring NJ lq'e
'hcv endeavorpd 10 make n slcdgc
tourney 10 Cape Dalton. but he'd -
give II m owing 10 weakness Thee
had abandoned al hope ~ rescue
when they were picked up ty a Nor
werlan fishing vessel on 1ulv = last
md brought 70 A3lesund Thence
they leave for CoporhaFcn
Danish Expedition Found rauch..
The Danish relief expedition of
1871 returned last summer and all
the West Greenland ships came back
without information of Captain
Mikelsen Hope for mia safety had
therefore. been practically abandon.
cd
In that connection Z, f. interesting
70 note the experience Of Pm 'ntrepii
hunter eyploror NJ Cincinnati Max
F'elschman the multi m .lllonairr
Yeast manufacture. in an attempt 70
reach Greenland \ very Pow years
aro Floischman h7d char'arcd
ship % his own rrd everything that
money could provide was o. hand
for the attempt Rpt even 30. tho
coast ~ Greenland repealed md
though they came within sight 'hny
were forced eventually n turn back
withou, landing
As Fleischmar tells this part the
story of his cruise Is rs follows we
had reached far enough into mo Goo.
pack by July % ~ note me absence
Of the mpd.colored borgs abounding
on IT'S outskirts Floes Increased IN
area and the former Fat surfaces ~
these gave place 10 tumhlod masses
and rather thin irregular SNOW
blocks The latter. heaped ono on
another, rose 10 heights ~ from %
10 80 feet
The temperature was below freez
Ing and tho ice stood thick on tho
rigging crvs'al 'r'ngos ~ iclclos |
hanging from tho edres - 'he Zoos |
adding othcr torcfea 20 'ho scene
Rear hrn'ifr ~ae 'fs ~-aqi pas /
Tine e. This r'Fr" ~ r". rr,7-e s.
: IN The morr'~- 90 IS r m bored I
no mae sirhfn1 DO tarr vaitirr /
over some hr7vv 300 f. ef4rhoar4 I
md shautiloe a4.n- rf.r- ~ ~ /
'fge ~ me foa uh,-e ha r'rnr.e /
INTO the water for p morning An
The first shot hit him Floisch.
nan saws. AS n vas leaving Ne "a |
or. about 20 yards from no shin
THIS as well ~ ne next struck hi-, /
n tho shoulder Tie vhirled about ,
md th"n ran rarldly over tho Ice
'ollowef hv several shots au OF
which hi' hi'1 and knocked hin
Town bu' Do recovered each time and
~ on NJ t.oh-month NJ rance
= about goo wards finally laii him
ow but still IA not KIN The boa,
M ~ NJ once and We haf \ rough