Evening star., 1929-01-03
BYRD CELEBRATES
NEW YEAR ON ICE
Drinks Toast in Tea at Bean
Dinner on Frozen Ant
arctic Barrier.
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ridge ice, which are forced up by wind
and tide as the edge of the frozen
bay is held by the high snow cliffs OF
the barrier.
There is no land whatever in sight,
only the Srlow-covered surface OF the
bay and the ice barrier and the green
iSh-blue Ice of the barrier walls.
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The barrier is subpermanent, but the
bay ice shifts out in the Summer; and
we are now anXiously awaiting for this
to happen so that We can more readily
get our supplies to our base.
Vaughan and I feel that our New
Year eve journey has not been fruit
less, for we have been able to put Son1e-
thing on the maps of the school chill
dren.
We have found that, since the Bay
of Whales was for the first and last
time surveyed and explored II years
ago, there have been some changes, one
western side of the bay three miles
from its entrance, of harbor about
two miles wide and seven miles deep.
This harbor, of course. Is covered
with ice and snow. One of our jobs
will be to get an exact survey of it.
A third thing that impreSSeS me at
this moment is as to- my stout-aearted
comrades, who keep cheerful and high
spirited regardless of labors and hard
ships 1t can be nothing but JOY to
go on the trail with such men, and
those who have not had this experience
are in way unfortunate.
Enjoys Absence of City Life.
1t is good to get away from the tele-
phones, correspondents, city noises and
the hectic rush of life as it is nowadays.
We are we'll content for the time to live
our life down here and let civilization
toddle by.
come back again to the dogs. I
admire them even more If possible
than have formerly.
On our New Year sled jaunt our
leader, Terror, pulled until he could
hardly stand any more. We put him
on the sled for the rest of the trip,
and now he has the special privilege
of being permitted to curl up In the
tent after big feed. 81
Tomorrow he will be as good as new.
what with the extraordinary comeback
these Eskimo dogs have.
Several days ago one OF the dogs
was taken with very bad cramps In
his legs so that he could not stand
up. When we hitched up the team
he staggered to the harness and tell
in his place alongside the team. In
spite of hell and high water" ne
wanted to do his bit.
AT times they are great rascals.
They are, believe, the most pugna-
cious creatures living as far as their
own kind are concerned.
They like nothing more than GOOD
fight. Frequently the harness ana iineS
are all messed up while on the trail
by battle in which all OF the seven
dogs take part. And as they are nkeiy
to injure each other severely, u Is
necessary to stop them at once: ana,
believe me, the drivers have their nanoS
full.
Hard To Hold Down.
II they start a sledge journey with
a light load. after good nights rest,
thew are so full of pep that 1t Is I'M
nossible to hold them down and pre-
vent them from dashing over rougn
ice. upsetting the sledge.
Strange as it may seem, they appear
10 love to get into their harness. where
they do such gruelling work. They 90
not mind the cold; no do we, as our skin
clothing keeps us warm.
It is on an average about Is or 20
degrees colder down here than 1t is IN
the Arctic. We are now going to tu-n
into our reindeer-skin sleeping bags
and after a little sleep, Vaughn and /
viii return TO the ship and bring back
six dog teams fully loaded to start the
laying of the permanent base, which
viii be about 200 yards from this tent
upon the ice barrier.
The ice is way out in the bay this
year an dour work is going to be slow
year and our work is going to be done.
It has been my great aim to get mate
rial and personnel safely to our main
base. Safety Of the personnel comes
first and the elements down here are
50 capricious that 1t is very unwise to
rush things. so we propose to go as
surely as possible even though our prog
ress may be slower.
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