The chronicle=news., 1914-06-18
'kARuuk frozen
IN ARCTIC nee IS
GENERAL EuEF

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Seattle. Wssh.. Jaos lS.-Oas
year ago toaixht the old s7s.<os
wooden ~haiins steamer Kasiuk.
flssnhip Of tho csasAizn sosses.
nsst's Arctic expiossss szpsditioa
under command os Wilhjsissus ass.
fsassoa. asiisd Tor vietosis. u. e..
Tor Nonss. Alaska ~ u now lock-
I'd II tho polar lee ~ sunk bessalh
II.
After b0yla9 does sad sappaieA q
Nome aad sioppins nj Hnst ciareaes.
Aissaa. 10 make the fissi dissriha-
tios ot mss and easao smoaE the
three Seaa~ls u the fleet. the kas'
LUX poiniea toward Bsstnx strait In
Juiy -. 1919. Hhe sseoasi~rsd In
the Arctic the heaviest ies ever
kaova In midsunasr. snd vas u.s.
abs to make the seop vhieh she had
planned q Polat Harrow. the north.
srmost peoj~ctioa Of Aissha- ne
was carried ~ass Oft the poias to
loagtsuds lse aaA - arpt~mbes 10
wss sppassstiy Srnsss fast u the
vintes. T~s days later Sasfasssns.
i--liss ssrs that the sAip was In her
Water cradle. ~ oat sos shos- with
swo white ns~s. tvo Estiaa asd
dog ssans. TO huat caribou to- peo-
vtAs the ksslak With fr~sh mssi.
Oa a~pssmhss - . vio,~st sale
spsuss up. With beoAr the w.
whss s,ssssns,oa sad his en0psa.
loss s-tsss-d TO the sAos~ NJ isec~ay
s.ulai. September -. the Kasluk vss
aoi To b. ss~s. TIE huat~rs pro-
s~~ded 10 I'oint Harrow. ssd % sr.
rival their v~se toid ~ ~ oSd ~
timo tbs, h- hsd si9hs-a With bis
spy xisas the kssiuk dsifSiag vsse. IL
the t,rsa week Of Ortobrf.
aassaasAna ssa bis associates. seek.
ias the other scs-ls a their ~sp~sss.
Sioa. ai uar~ movrd eastward toward
tho Msrk-ays~ delta. In January Of
the psvs~al year aaseaaapns vss toaA
that a. EAkiso had seea the kasluk
ss~assias -ssa psss the soesh esd Of
Rsrhard isisad. csst q the moaih
Of the Ma-k~asic river. shost tee
mlddi~ Of O-soss~s. No white mas hes
s~~a the kariuk sinee 6sfasssoa
lett the ship On Saptsnb~s - hse.
aad ihsrv b a. inelisssios asoss
savisa,ors 10 disrrsdit the repests Of
gAkissos Who said thsy say the kar-
lsk after asssasnsoa MI hsr.
s,ssan.o. ssd Psiy.save both
expressed ihsmselvss - esafaAsas
that The Kariak b safe II tho ies.
10th have tho usnos, faith ia the
ability ot Capt. Robert A. issssiets.
hcr commander. Cart. Road
Asnnndsrn. the dtscos~rcr of the
south pole. hsd planned. until eusn-
c-Iic,i by iark of funds TO abandon
his peo,ccs. To sail To Point fsarroHr
With his wooden Ice hoai Fran n~xs
Angus, and permit tho FRAN to bc
froseu In the Ice Just - the karsuk
was. Amundsrn believed that the
see would carry him northcasseriy
perhaps across the POLE. aad would
probably deliver him upoa the coast
Of Orce6land. Capt. johs bsesssad
OF aesltie. one OF the best kaowu OF
Arctic navtsaiors. whose schooner
Transmit was crushed by tho Ice and
sunk near poiat Harrow last sum
mcr. searr that tho kartnk's sides
were not strons enough TO with.
stands the squeeze Of the ice. The
FRAN, h. says. 10 built with . huIl
that would bc hcaved mp by the, ice
closing upon II. whereas the karl"k
mishl he destroyed In such = grip.
The Arctic shore il patro,led by
Eakimo hunters during the summer'
and wreckaxc from the Karluk. "
any comes ashore. is likely TO he
picked up.
Stories placed In circulation last
summer. to the effect that bartlett
had protested against going north In
the Karluk because she was unsea-
worthy. and that Bartlett and Ste
fanxson had disagreed conccrnins
tho management Of the expedition.
have been emphaticnily denied. The
hest Of fellowship among men has
prevailed.
On tho Kariuk after 0aefansson
and his comrades went ashore to
hunt last September were - persons.
including Captain bartlett. Henri
Bcauchat. anthroI'oloGist: Bjarne
Mamcn. topoeraphcr: Ds. Alister
Forbes Mackay. surgeon: George B..
Maitock. scoloEist: Wm.. Laird Nc
Kinlcy. magnetician. and James
Murray. occonosrapher. The re-
mnindcr Of the party was made up