Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-10-02
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at position close to that in which the Jeanette
was first gripped by the ice in September, 1879.
Why should all these vessels have been moved
continually to the west by the Arctic drift? Sim
ply because, Mr. Harris and others have ex-
planned, the incoming tide from the Atlantic has
to sweep to the eastward and around some great
obstruction that reaches down from close to the
pole to point fairly aear Alaska and the upper
most shores of the Dominion of Canada me
ebb tide in passing out in turn has to follow the
same circuitous route, but its movement is to the
westward and probably stronger in its general
effect than the incoming flood tide. Why
should this be?
Look at the little map that goes with this art1-
ce The curvng lines with time marked in
Roman numerals show how the advancing nigh
tide moves from the Atlantic and the other ng-
ures and decimals indicate the measure OF the
rise Plainly the further the water sweeps into
the pocket ending at Beaufort sea the smaller
the tidal fux and the slower the water moves IN
the interval of tide change; the water, SO 10
speak is being crowded. Accordingly on the eDD
the sweep is freer as it is trending toward the
great open Atlantic, and this probably accounts
for the aggregate net gain in the westward drift.
In this fashion with the tidal data available
the photographer has been able not only to com
pute the general of the unknown continent
or archipelago, but to approximate It's Droad con-
tours True the Kariuk never reached her OBJ
iective, and Stefansson did not even see Croker
land but his ship, in her unchecked wanderlngS
in the grip of the Arctic pack, confirmed the ex-
istence of the vast barrier in the Arctic basin and
will inspire further efforts in the direction OF its
exploration.
After the Karuk sank Captain Bartlett and his
men made their toilsome way southwark over the
pack ice to Wrangel island where they encamped
with such of the ships stores as they were able
to carry off with them. From Wrangel island
Captain Bartlett and Eskimo made sledge
trip to the Siberian coast and Providence bay
thence crossing in the American whaler Herman
north of the ST. Lawrence island to ST. Michael
on the Alaskan shores From ST. Michael news
Of the predcament of his men on Wrangel island
was dispatched to the United States, and steps
were at once started looking to the early relief OF
the shipwrecked crew
At this time the United States revenue cutter
Rear is on her way into the Arctic ocean and
would undoubtedly have gone sooner had it not
been learned that the Arctic pack was still as far
south as Point Hope, Alaska. The work cut out
for the doughty little steamer Is perilous, for she
will probably have to nose her way north and
westward against good deal OF opposition as It
is We can best gather an idea of the task by
reference to the kindred duty performed by the
shin in the early summer of 1898 when she got
the crews Of the eight whalers out of their hazard
ous positions on the northern Alaskan coast.
Capt f. Tuttle then in command of the Bear,
started from St Michael on July and on the
18th of that month stood northward through Ber-
inc strait. Arriving off Point Barrow about July
90. the Bear was made fast to the solid pack 1t