The Washington times., 1921-06-19
AMUNDSEN
CHEATS DEATH IN
ARCTIC ICE FLOES
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Seattle. and was picked up by the
Herman after long overland trip
filled with bardships
Captain Peterson. commanding the
Herman, reported that Amundsen
planned to have the Maud towed to
Seattle as soon as Ice conditions per-
mitted, TO be prepared for second
start
FLoATED MONTHS IN ICE
Amundsen had invaded the polar
regions last summer. sailing from
Seattle In his schooner Maud. His
vessel was caught in an ice jam
northwest OF Alaska and for months
the vessel noated with thei huge ice
pack.
Although details OF HIS experiences
are still lacking, 1t is believed the
vessel finally was ice-locked where
there was no hope OF salvation for
many months. The explorer ana his
men then set out over the surface OF
the ice.
The meager details included the
statement that he had deserted his
vessel.
The message also stated that
Amundsen had experienced extreme
hardships" on the overland trip.
While the explorer probably could
have remained with his vessel until
spring. the usual custom is for the
expedition to seek civilization or
rescue overland.
VESSEL BELIEVED SMASHED.
rrA.. A.. .ezarroa h, annovpnau.nt
that Amundsen planned 10 have tho
Maud towed TO Seattle as soon as ice
permit. Seafarers fanil-
lar with polar conditions stated this
Indicated the vessel had probably
been smashed by the Ice pack and
that mAsts and all other movable
wooden fixtures had been burned as
fuel.
Amundsen's veesel. Il was previous
ly reported. had been caught in an
ice flow. Indications are that II
fioated northward as the explorer had
Intended. but that some hitherto ur
and south again to some point above
Siberia
II had been Amundsen's announced
intention of floating to the pole"
The explorer meant TO travel over
land as Soon as his ship locked
VESSELS SECOND RESCUE.
The rescue OF Amundsen is the sec
ond such feat performed by the
stAnch little fur schooner Herman
Several years ago IL was the Her
man that picked up Captain Bart
lett OF the Inflated Karluk, flagship
OF the Stefsnsson expedition.
Annually the Herman goes into the
frozen North to trade with the Es-
limos for furs It is the only YES
sci touching the circles In which the
arctic expeditions proceed. and its
commander. Captain Peterson. Is al
ways on the lookout for possible sur
vivors of ice-bound 'expeditiona-
STARTED IN MARCH. 1920
Captain Amundsen started a dash
for the North Pole in March. 1890
He left the Maude and began his trip
across the polar ice fields accom-
panied by only two men, IL was
said.
The steamship M.ude left Christi
ania on June IS, 1918, but Captain
Amundsen did not board her until she
reached Tromsoe. Elaborate prepa-
'"N'Sho iOh Nho tsptuitlon ndu ptth
made. The explorer planned to fol-
low the Siberian coast, with which he
Is familiar. having discovered the
northwest passage in 1905.
The Maude was built after a new
design, and carried two airplanes.
Whether or not the explorer attempt
ed to reach the Pole in one of the
planes Is not known. He studied avi-
alton and became an expert flier be-
fore he left Norway.
Reports filtered in from the north
In September, 1919. that the Maude
was ice-locked somewhere north OF
Western Siberia That was the nrst
heard of the vessel In about a year.
Amundsen planned TO drlft east
ward from the White Sea with the ice
70 the New Siberian lsaands. which
lie In the Arctic Sea sSuffcient food
was taken to last th6 party four
years.
Captain Amundsen planted the
Norwegian flag on the South Pole on
December II. 1911. He is a native of
Norway.
SAY 1T WITH FIDuVrpS