BARQUE'S ARCTIC TRIP.

Lake County Press, Issue 2116, 3 May 1906, Page 7

BARQUE'S ARCTIC TRIP.

rnniiii,iN<; stoky ok a i'ii ri*:i;.\ months' yoyagk. i .1 The barque Stork lias arrived tit I the \\>sl liulia [lock after a \o\Mp' ; |of |."i months on the fringe of the ! ,\ it I i«' < 'ircle. i Shi' is a wooden vessel of about , i£i<»o tons, and brought £7o,<>o<f worth jof furs. The boatswain related a I thrilling stoJ'y of the vessel's remarkable trip. The Stork was heavily insured at Lloyd's, and for many months was. gi\ en up for lost . The barque left the West India Pock j on June 2l», I'.'ni, for charter Islaiwl j Hudson I lay, which was reached on I August .'to. After discharging their | cargo, th<>\ took on hoard £70,000 j , worth of seal-oil and furs, and set | ; sad on their return journey on Sep- I ' ! (ember TO. l''roin the lirst da.\ they were tin- ! lucky Head winds held them, and j when at length they arrived oil Mansfield Island they were in the thick of i Ihe ice-pack, To go aloft was lo j take one's life in one's hands. i; "But what was curious," interrupt- < ed a Scottish sailor, "was the while ] i hears that enme (iff \isitine, the ship. < V\ e hadn't, cutis to shoot "em with. ( bill if you sing out at them they'll ( run a way. I saw 100." j \ IN THE ICE-PACK. ' i The wind shifted in time, resumed ' the boatswain, and the stork went ' clear of the ice-pack, only to enter jl another a few clays later. The 1 weal her was then very rough, and t the ship was being so hardly used by jc the pounding ice that the crew ad- < dressed a protest to the captain. jl According to Ihe men (he crew t caused the captain to put back to i Charlton Island, which was reached \ on October 'Jl'. when the Arctic win- I J ler was set I i lig itt. ! i When the ice began t.o come in six ; weeks later, the cai'go was riisclutrg- ' ed. the lurs were stored ashore. :\iu\ llie barque was run on the beach. I The thermometer dropped as low as \ ■llhlcg. below zero. : ~ The men shot rabbits for I'ood. and .. hciiiwey at i eel..-.I so members ol \ the crew, bul it u:is cured by a con- : J cod ion railed "juniper beer." 'l H.V August I<l. I'Mir,. when the 1 baripie was ready to sail again pro- ( - visions were very short. and bad t weather was encountered again. 1 While making their way through thel ice they met the Discovery, which I had been ice-bound for fi\e weeks, ! and she was able to spare some ~ si ores. ■ .j: Heavy gales followed them to the i Resolution Islands ami all the way home to the Channel. '

, ss=s t ! a ll is csi im.ii.'d dial helweeu 4,000 p, ami ,*i,(HMi Itriiisli loin-ists viflited jv I'nrJK last lOasii-r. ami sumiuar-time it. itf r.oiirsci. tile imittbw. «