The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-09
Crawford And Maurer Started Across Ice To Siberia, And Have Not Been Heard From Since

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 AAGIIpyIIsSas Ali rIsSbts soatn America by L, A. Nlron Editors Note; Following Is the third m insSt9IIimsnt of the exclusive personal story wrsngel Island relief expedition. who % ,ne rae turned to Nome. Alaska, August si. after m. nis assh into the Arctic in the hope of re- nsYlns lour white men and an Eskimo woman marooned there since the fsil oS tSs' iSs' Previous instsllments of his story toid of his battle with the lee fioss tbs delays incidental to engine trouble ana fng nIs ms Ilrse sight and expressions of WranSIs aslsno' anS s & the finding of an abandoned camp or the party by the virtue of wbicb they claim Wrangle Island for Kins George of England. "s
 By HAROLD NoICE
 NOME, Alaska, Sept. My feel inGs may probably be better imar- med than described as the Donaldson Eroped slowly through the fog into Doubtful Harbor and we saw the shadowy form of human being move down the beach to the water cage. Were we in time after all? Certainly some one still lived unon the island and soon now we should know whether all had survived or not. VI
 As we drew nearer I could make out distinctly the form of woman and assumed that 1t was Ada Black jack, the seamstress of the expedi- ton. We steered as close In shore as We could and dropped anchor I Jumped into the skiff and was pad- dled ashore. As We neared the meach, Ada started walking out into the shallow water to meet us. I spTang out and shook her hand. For moment neither of us spoke. then she said, where Is Crawford and Lone Woman Survivor,
 Then when I told her that I had just arrived from Nome and expect ed to find them all on Wranglef Island, shs choked back a sob and sair, there is nobody here but me, nm all alone. Knight, he died Non June 22." Then Ada, a queer fright ened note in her voice said, T want to go back to my mother. Will you take me back to Nome?" And when l assured her that most certainly we would, a bright light came Into into her eyes and the strange dazed ex- pression left her face. She just stood and looked at me. Then she tottered
 
 arms. she commenced to sob like a little girl. I lifted her into the skiff, brought her aboard the Donaldson and took her down into my cabin, where 1 gave her cup of hot coffee, ten revived her a bit, and, after she had eaten some breakfast, she told her story, probably the saddest had ever heard.
 The expedidtion landed in high spirits on September 16, 1921, and erected their first camp about four miles east of Doubtful Harbor after erecting the British flag and post ing the proclamation, copy of which we had already found. Their first concern was the killing of game their dogs. and thus save to as great an extent as possible the stores which they had brought with them from Nome. There were plenty or polar bears and foxes on the, Island, besides seals and yalrus on the Hoes. They killed a considerable number of polar bears, but for some unex- plained reason they had neglected to include an umlak, or walrus hide boat, In their outfit and consequently were unable to get any walrus The latter could be seen summing them selves on the ice cakes, but out or range, and the heavy dory whlcn they had brought was of no use m navigating waters filled with float ing ice cakes, so they were forced to stand impotently on the beach ana see tons of food just beyond their reach. However, they were able 10 get some seals and with the polar bear meat which they already nao they felt secure for the winter, 10. they had brought sufficient rooo with them to do year Tn pihch'
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 But while they waited for suffi- cient snow to enable them to trans port their polar bear meat to the camp, the greater part of It was eaten by foxes and bears. Thus py November 16. after only two months stay on the island, they ran entirely out of meat and were forced to share the provisions which they nad brought from the outside with the dogs The winter darkness was com ing on and further hunting was diffi, cult. They believed that they wouio be able to get through till spring without much hardship, but when spring came they found that most or their food had gone. about all that was left of the supplies brought with them from Nome was certain amount of pilot bread.
 They were able, however, to get more seals in the spring and couple of walrus that happened to come close enough to the shore for them to secure the carcasses. These with crowbills and other birds, foxes, an occasional polar bear together with the remnant of the pilot bread kept them going until the middle of the summer, when they began to LOOK forward to the arrival Of the promised relief ship. Knight and Crawford made a number of explor- ing trips to various parts Of the island during the year, and all did their utmost to employ their time as profitable as possible and to keep up the morale of the party. But the summer passed and autumn came. There were times when the Ice seemed clear and ship could get through, at other times the Ice hugsed the land an it was realized that any ottsmnt to get through at such times ,oust result in failure. It was not