Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-18
When the Schooner Teddy Was
Crushed Many Miles OFF the North
eastern Coast Of Greenland, the q Men
of the Expeditions We're at the Mercy.
Eof Shifting lee How They Anxiously
Watched the Breakup Of the Floes as
They Occupied Block No Larger Than
Ia City Lot.

+, clear. There were q number of Ice
bergs around us. which we mistr1sted
| Of q desire to ram Us. But we got
on with the fright this time and
sailed away from them, as we were
drifting with greater rapidly.
The watch was busy all that eve
ming accommodating for bear, as they
had been hailed from the house sew
eral3 times with the information that
there was something rustling and
scratching In one corner. and what
else could Il be but bear?
They made careful inspection OF
the entire neighborhood, then put
their heads In at the door to reassure
us that there was nothing In sight.
Soon all the other 10 OF US were in
bed and only those who had the habit
Of talking in their sleep would put
In q word now and then
Then theS bear got busy again. 1t
scratched and scraped down In the
corner and a minute later Sailor Al
fred few out OF his underberth like
q rocket. The Zoe 10 cracking. he
shouted.
And he certainly was in a position
to know, for there was already q
yawning abyss under his berth and
the boards Of which 1t was made
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the other. He had been noticing for
some time that things were not right
and he put hts hand under the mat
tress TO try and discover .'the bear, :"
thereby rislxing having his hand
squeezed In the crack.
The swell was on for fair now and
the foes cracking on all sides. One
end Of the house hung out over the
ice and each time our newly formed
neighboring foe was flung against
us, we expected to see the house
crushed entirely or dropped into the
ocean.
THERE was naturally q grand up.
! rising. and we got out Of our
berfhs in one jump, head over heels.
The whole house threatened to fall In
on us, and we wasted no time getting
on the outside Of It. The ice was In
a terrific uproar. rising and falling
around us.
our fioe seemed to be- the only fair
" sensible one, the others were hop
ping about Hike foot balls. OF course,
we were in the game just as well as
the rest Of them, but we were de-
ceived by the same optical illusion
which makes the sailor believe q
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own.
Our poor noe was enduring some
rough treatment. A full quarter Of II
had been torn loose behind the house,
and II was cracked through parallel
with the break under the house. IL
did not look as II we had lost much
as yet, but there was no knowing
how long the house would stand the
blows which were being hammered
against our BIT Of ice.
It had an awkward look, and no one
dared foretell what would happen.
The foes were splitting around US one
chance OF being able to move any
where else.
A strap was laid around the entire
hut and with all men taking hold OF
the warp anchors ana tackle We
moved II inch by inch OF Of the crack,
which had now become real channel,
about 10 to 10 yards further IN on the
foe. We. had feared the weak middle
part would be cracked, but the house
stood the rough treatment astonish-
ingly well.
Our former proud estate Of over an
acre and q half was now cut up into
seven or eight city lots. The lot we
were on was one Of the smallest, not
more than q few hundred steps in all
directions. But Il was one comfort to
see that all 1.-THE others had Jared
equally badly. We had received q
very clear and lucid course Of instruc.
ton In the way In which the polar ice
goes to pieces.
The exciting events Of the last
days had shown us the necessity OF
having everything ready to be able
to support life on the ice in case we
should be separated both from our
house and our ship. The sleds were
packed during these days and now
stood ready for an immediate start.
They were nearly two yards long and
well over q yard wide, but, for lack of
the proper material, neither as strong
nor as light as they should have been.
The white motor boat, which was is
feet long and feet broad, was loaded