The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-11-02
TELLS Wild TRIP
FROM ANTARCTIC
ShackIatOn Man Has Little
Hops For Those Left Behind.
$50 MILES IN OPEN BOAT

d, Hardships of Polar Regions Describsc
by Member OF Grew Who Has Nov
Reached London-Driftsd Into South
Georgia Just Food and Suppiiss
? Were Exhausted.
Harry McNish. member OF the
SbackletOn antarctic expedition. has
arrived in London. bringing details OF
the terrible experiences undergone dur
ing the escape from Elephant island.
McNish told how Sir Ernest Shackle-
ton led the little party In an open boat
100 miles through mountainous seas.
driven by great gales and filled with
boating Ice They were forced to Jet
tison most OF their supplies and even
lost their sea anchor. During the weeks
of struggle they ran out of water and
food but finally reached South Georgia
island
McNish has little hope OF the rescue
of the men left behind on Elephant
island
Perhaps the worst fact we have 10
reckon with regarding the men left on
Elephant island" McNish said. lis that
they may think the small boat in
which we reached South Georgm is
land has foundered with all hands and
that consequently the world Is still IL /
norant of their fate.
III was. ! suppose. one chance I'm a |
hundred that the boat ever would get
through and time after time il was
only by a miracle that we escaped
drowning 1t was only by an act of
Providence that we were able to make
Elephant Island at all Even then the
wind blew everlastingly. and we had
to crawl on our hands and knees to
make Roadway against it,
Had to Find Help.
THE chief decided thar push must
be made 70 the nearest land where help
could he found. and | was SET to work
TO iii our largest boat orthe adventur-
Gus voyage Ii was difficult job but
with the help of George Marston. The
artist and Mccarthy. IA seamau. who
made a great hand al sewing frozen
canvas. the most difficult proposition
In the way Of sewing that there is. we
managed to make good
We decked the boat with sledge ,
box lids and canvas and made I
II as seaworthy as possible. bnt even I
then II seemed n crazy craft in which {
TO sail 100 miles through Ice and gales 3
The journey was almost worse than !
our expectations Though we set out
with fair wind. thar was the last de- r
cent weather we had. and for a fort Q
hight there was n constant succession /
.lp GA I do. "a
'aw the sun half a dozen times. and it h
vas very difficult to get an observa-
ion. ?
ice was constantly forming on the G.
'oat and was the worst handicap we e
ad 10 face o
"One man was employed all the time c
n cutting the ice away with an ak. G
ut we were never free from ice. and S,
Te had TO jeftison quite lot of stuff. D
ven the oars. 10 keep the boat afloat N
"A week after we started. while hove
IN gale. we lost our sea anchor.
ne rope being cut by the ice
This seemed 10 be almost the last M
raw. but Sir Ernest Shackleton rose fiji
the occasion. and never saw him tb
better form than he was that day iii
I'VE are going to get there all dr.
ght.' he said when things seemed dr
srfectly hopeless. And. sure enough. ac
e did
We first sighted the west coast of ly
'uth Georgia 1t was during a great We
lowstorm. and, as we knew nothing Of
bout the tide or the island. we had 10 til
I'D or until daylight the next day. un
be wind was blowing a hurricane.
I'd we had great difficulty in keeping
G boat atloat on dead lee shore and
was hopeless to try TO land m,
When we got to South Georgia as
e wrong side of the island. as IL hap w,
ned-we were just about M the end wi
our water We were all frosrbitten. be
.. but the main thing we troubled an
out was something to ill onr stom | 5
rs. and thar we found soon after ly
lding" Of