Evening star., 1922-03-26

the lead up. After erecting the flag
we had more than an hour to spare,
so we ran up the shore to visit
cape we saw ahead: before reaching
the cape, however. gun was heard.
and SurmiSing that it was a signal
for our return. we FASTENED back.
reaching the place of landing in two
hours and one minute from the time
of landing.
The weather being thick and
fogSy. We were unable to form any
idea of. the extent OF the land.
= The ground was wet and the 4
vegetation is much the same as is
to be seen in other arctic countries.
and we obtained several varieties of
flowers. Birds are plentiful and bear
tracks We're seen on the rivers bank.
' The driftwood on the beach
is conclusive evidence that the coast
is partially clear of ice at some time
boat paddle. also a wedge which had
evidently been made by a civilized
man. Everybody .aboard had an op-
portunity to go ashore and there We're
selves Of the chance. Many
people will say, doubtless. The idea
of spending SO much time and labor
and riSking so much to reach land
that has never been visited, to leave
in two hours without exploring it or
being positive the crew of the jean
nette has not been there" But the
people who say that have no idea of
the immense fields of ice in motion
and that every minute of delay was
out and increasing our chances OF
being crushed by the ice. We We're
fortunate in being able to land at all.
after following up the ice pack
toward Herald Island for some hours.
we squared away for the Alaskan
coast"
Ship Was Sent by Paper.
The Jeanette" to which Capt.
Reynolds refers. was the ship sent to
the Arctic by the New York Herald.
and in search of which the Corwin
had continued her northern cruise.
The Jeanette was later found to have
been wrecked and some of her crew
to have escaped to Russia. Two other
ships, whalerS. which had been miss
ing and of which the Corwin was also
in search were the Mount WallaSton
and the Vigilant. Evidence that they
had both foundered with loss of their
crews was found by young Reynolds
and companions. who had been put
ashore from the Corwin in Siberia.
previous to their landing at Wrangel
Island.
The Corwin had broken rudder,
and as it was thought best to put
south. out of the Arctic region and
the ice. to repair her. Capt. Reynolds
said he. with two other white men,
was put ashore. With two natives,
one of whom was an interpreter, the
party put forth in three sleds. a skin
boat, twenty-four dogs and provisions
from the Island of kolyuchin, going
over the ice to the mainland. They
found evidence of the loss of the
whalers at a certain native village
and then returned to point desig-
mated as meeting place for them
and the returned Corwin. The ship
had been repaired with pieces taken
from a wreck in the north seas, and
the party then set forth in further
search of the Jcannette. 1t was in
this search that the Corwin came
upon Wrangel Island and, after hav-
.ng waited for the opening to shore,
hurried in, and out again before the
ice closed.
Capt. Reynolds had extensive service
with the revenue cutters in northern
waters. carrying law and order into
far places where the ships and crews
were the only representatives of the
government.