The Washington times., 1922-11-12


A team Of dogs came rushing out
over the ice and within a short time
our friend Charley Corpendaie was
on hoard. II was he indeed. The
chum of the expedition and Of the
natives. For twenty years he has
| lived In this god forsaken place and
been trading with the natives. and
this trade has been carried On In
such a way as to procure for him
their highest esteem and confidence
The whole outfit which had
ordered from him last year was
ready and It was an outfit indeed,
Never had an expedition similar
one. The Maud expedition Is In
fact fitted out with the very best to
be had In this special field. On
June 80 we had a storm with snow
showers--a fine end indeed OF a
month OF flowers. At IL o'clock In
the evening the vessel Herman,
Captain Peterson, came In to seek
shelter. I was very glad to meet
this man again who last year 80
kindly brought me from this place
to Nome
storms On July I.
Ny diary for July contains the
following:
storms from the north. mixed
with snow. Temperature about
zero. Time very soon for setting
potatoes"
Our wireless functions excellent
ly. We hear Savangar radio clearly
and distinctly every day at fixed
hours. Meteorologic telegrams from
Spitzenberg, both from the geophy'
sic and from the wireless station
have arrived very regulaly and
have been exhaustive.
They would no doubt have been
very useful to us II we had been
able to reach Point Barrow In due
time. Thanks to the detailed and
exact communications Of Lieuten'
ant Thellegsen. Norwegian super
intendent of service, we are IN
possession of all details as to
landing place in Kings Bay. Our
telegraph arrangements across have
not SO far proved particularly sue
cessful. but I"hope things will come
! round by-and-by.
! July 4 we left kingsco. steering
for Capes Serdze kamen where we
; had our winter quarters In l92o-Zl
! and where we fetched some dog
provisions which we had left there
Untrammelied by ice we arrived
J at 3 o'clock in the evening. pu'
found the little bay blocked by
ice. 1t might have detained US
for davs TO await the drifting OUT
of the ice, and accordingly We
made up our minds to proceed al
once.
The first place at which we ar.
rived was Deering where we founo
| ourselves on the morning OF July
5. In the environs Of Deering there
is some gold digging, though on an
inferior scale, still going on. Our
stay here became longer than we
anticipated owing to reports which
reached us that ice was still block
ing Point Hope, some 100 miles far
ther north.
Encounters Storm.
One day we were informed that
| the schooner c. s. Holmes. of Seattle,
was discharging h cargo of general
goods at Kotzbue, forty miles from
our place, and bound for Point Bar
| row.
suddenly the idea struck me
| "Ought you not avail yourself oi
| this opportunity to bring our heavy
aeroplane on board this vessl and
thereby spare the Maud a long and
| troublesome way all up to Point
Barrow"
The way from the idea to action
was not long. In the evening the
Maud left Deering and two days
later she returned after having trans
| ferred her aeroline to the Holfnes
II was arranged with Captain Bak
land, of the Holmes, that we should
meet at Point Hope on July 26.
Accordingly we left Deering In the
| afternoon of the 23d, steering fol-
| Point Hope, but next morning at
| o'clock we were encountered by q
heavy storm from the south and had
to lay to. BY $50 on the morning OF
| July rs the storm suddenly fell light
| and at 6 o'clock in the afternoon we
| found ourselves at Point Hope.
But no Holmes was there. We
therefore proceeded In northerl,
direction thinking that she possibl,
| was ahead of us. BY half past five
the following afternoon we met the
\ Herman near Cape Beaufort. Shs
had found the ice farther east com
pact and heavy and had been unable
| to force Il. This was also our ex
perience. The Holmes she had moi
seen. Accordingly the Holmes mus
be farther south. Back again.
l. At o'clock the following day
we anchored alongside the Holmes
which was moored at Point Hope and
was discharging her cargo. 1t blew
at the time rather heavily from th'
southeast.
GoodLbyes Are Said
After visit on board the Holme,
we went ashore and purchased sever
good sledge dogs which, together
| with the nine dogs we had before
supplied us with q team Of sixteer
good dogs.
I subsequently dispatched q tele
| gram via Nome by stavanger radio
giving our position. (Here follow,
the last dispatch from the explorer
which was published on the morning
of July 81
On July 2s we had our lugsag,
on hoard the Holmes. Immediatel,
after dinrfer we took leave Of oui
comrades. You would think II was
an everyday occurrence.
Goodbye, 30 long. We will meet
again very soon"
Az 4:9O o'clock the Maui left, steer