The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-11-03

provisions were running low.
Crossing the Cumberland gulf In Oc-
tober, she was hlt by another gale, and
her jury rudder was carried away. Cap
mln Bartlett swung II beam from the
boom 20 steer by and ran before the
gall four days, hunlly making the
northern tip of Labrador, where coal,
provisions, water and wood were OBJ
tulned The vessel got to Hebrun, Il
Moraylan settlement, where enough
supplies were obtained to take her 10
Main. There food was obtained. And
50, getting small supplies OF food and
fuel, the vessel finally reached Nova
Scotia.
Again the Roosevelt, with Captain
Bartlett In command, went to Cape
sheridan In 1906, and Peary and Bart
lett started for the North Pole. Cap
tain Bartlett was taken 10 the SSth
parallel, and ordered to remain there
while Peary went on with Matt Hen
sen, a negro. That was when Peury
discovered the North Pole.
In 1913 Captain Bartlett was captain
Of the Karluk. in which Vllhjulumr
StefunssOn went TO the Arctic ocean
through Berlng strait. After Stefnns-
son was landed the vessel was caught
In the ice and carried from Point Bar.
row toward the Siberian shore. On
January II, 1914, when the Karluk was
about 125 miles off Wrungell island,
near which is Herald island, she was
crushed In the ice. Captain Bartlett
had fOreseen such a disaster and had
put provisions for two years on the
ice. Eight of his men Insisted upon
going In what they thought would be
shorter direction to reach land. They
were lost.
The Rescue From WrangeI Island.
Captain Bartlett, with II men OF
the expedition, two Eskimo men, one
Eskimo woman and two children,
reached WrangeIl island March l3,
There he established a camp and then
with an Eskimo boy eighteen years
old, one sledge and seven dogs start
ed over the ice to the Siberian coast,
more than one hundred miles away.
lie Travelled over broken ice, ferried
open lanes on pieces of Ice and reached
the coast in the first week in April.
He followed the coast for thousand
miles, and finally received assistance
from Baron Kleist at Emma harbOr
The baron sent him to st. Michaels
Alaska, where he found the United
States revenue cutter, Bear, and went
north In her To Wrangell island for
his men. lie found them all safe, and !
they were brought back to the United |
States.
That was Captain Bartlett's last trip |
TO the arctic regions. Now he wants |
to go back again and see a little more |
excitement. The life here pals upon |
him. He became so disgusted in Oc- |
tOber, 1915, with inactiOn that he went |
TO work as a stevedore AZ Pier No. Z, |
Hudson river. He did not have to
make a living that way, but he liked .
active work.
Dr. Il. \. Harris Of the United States
coast and geOdetic survey, Washing |
ton, is enthusiastic over Captain Bart
let's proposed expedition, and has sug-
gested that the following subjects will
indicate the nature Of the work Of such
a project:
The distribution of land and water,
including the extent and character of
land yet undiscovered; depths or
soundings of the waters; tidal observa-
tons; currents and ice drifting; ice
conditions; temperature, salinity and
chemical composition of water at vari-
Gus depths; character of the sea bot
tom; marine life in the Arctic ocean:
other arctic life; geology of arctic
land arctic meteorOlOgy, temperature,
pressure, winds, precipita-
tiOn, etc. magnetic observations pen
dulum observations; feasibility of the
Northwest passage; feasibility Of 9th
er possible routes.
Scientific Value of Trip.
From these items" says Doctor
Harris, ut is evident that certain
physical sciences must remain incOm-
plete until observations have been
made in the regions now designated as
viz: meteosology, ocean
the tides, terrestrial mag
netism and geOdesy.
The probable value of drifting
in arctic ice depends upon the length
Of time for which the protector of the
expedition has made provision. A long
period of drifting generally means long
distances covered and SO unknown wa
-ers traversed, new positions attained
md greater likelihood of making geo.
graphical discoveries. For instance,
he drifting of the Jeanette proved
hat very shallow water, less than 100
'athOms in depth, extends 300 geo
graphical miles northward from tn,
,Oast of eastern Siberia, while the
jrifting OF the Fran upset the pr,
liously entertained notions by prOvin !
hat ocean depths occurred in hil
where the waters were su
posed to be comparatively shallow.
Some idea of the estimation in whiC
captain Bartlett is held by geOgrapl
rs may be obtained from the fac
hat he has received medals from geo. {
graphic societies in America Englan,
md Italy. But he is too modest to
ak about such things. He cares moth
ng about past performances now. All
le wants is chance to get far into
he Arctic circle again and live the life
le knows 50 well and enjoys so thor
ughly.
Milk Saves Blazing Barn.
Altoona, Pa.-Milk has proved just