Evening star., 1916-05-28

10. All the vessels were to stop at st.
Johns for coal.
The Bear reached st. Johns May 1.
sailed May and arrived at Godhavn
May 10. After several unsuccessful at
tempts to penetrate the ice barrier she
succeeded in getting through to Cper-
navik, where she arrived May 2S. On
the following day she was Joined by
the Thetis.
The Thetis had picked up the collier
Loeb Garry at st. Johns. and they re-
manned in company into Godhavn. The
Thetis encountered the same trouble
with the ice barrier. and got through
alone to Upernavik, sending the collier
back to Godhavn; the collier later made
Upernavik. after a passage of great
danger and difficulty.
At Upernavik the condition of
packed and unbroken ice to the north
ward was learned Of Further prog
ress for the collier was impossible:
and she was directed to remain until
the arrival of the Alert.
The Thetis and Bear sailed from
Upernavik May %. Gov. EIberg of
that community accompanying them
as far as Kingitok. Here the fleet was
detained until June 1. From June
the ships We're delayed five days at the
Duck Islands. watching the vast fields
of ice in Melville bay in which no
lead was visible. On June IA an ad-
vance of thirty miles was made.
The following day another advance
was made through dangerous and tor
tuous leads and among heavy icebergs
to a position fifty-eight miles south
land ice was found to extend in one
unbroken and impenetrable mass a
distance of sixty miles off shore. while
there were unfailng Indications of
net "a IN q
next two days. until the gale abated,
the ships were in imminent peril
On June Is the ships arrived at Cape
York. Here they were separated. and
the search was continued along the
coast to the northward. After three
days of difficult navigation, following
every lead and crack in the ice, by the
aid of constant ramming and by using
torpedoes when practicable. the Thetis,
on June IL. arrived at Littleton Island.
day was spent in examining the is
land with its cairns and caches, but no
trace of the missing party was found.
The following dav the Bear arrived,
after an equally dangerous and dim
cult passage.
The two vessels pushed over to
Prayer harbor. arriving at 1890 O'Clock
that evening. Search parties wero
sent ashore. One of them found in the
cache on Brevoort Island. the first in
timatfon of the situation of Greely and
ms COMPANIONS. Losing no time. the
Cape Sabine, and reached the wreck
camp an hour after the discovery Of
the record.
At this point were found Lieut..
Greedy and the other survivors of the
Lady Franklin bay expedition, number
ing in all seven persons Their en-
feebled condition showed that they had
not many hours to live. They were
tenderly cared for. and as soon as their
strength was sufficiently restored were
brought off to the vessels. The bodies
of the dead were then removed, as well
as all the records and other property
belonging to the party.
The object of the relief expedition be-
ing accomplished, the ships, June 90.
sailed from Prayer harbor, retracins
their course. Near Sugar Loaf noun
tain. July l.. the lert and the Loch
Garry were discovered beset in the Ice
pack. For twelve days they had been
struggling to cross Melville bay.
The Secretary of the Navy April II.
1884, offered reward of SIS 900 for the
rescue or determination of the fate of
the Greely party. This reward was not
open to the military or naval service,
and no claim has ever been made for 1t.