Evening Star Newspaper, November 22, 1923, Page 39

~ D.C. Men, Saved From Storm | In Behring Sea, Arrive Home \ Explore for Two | Months in Land of Desolation. Engineers Ascend Rivers on Arctic | Slope of Alaska. Btorm tossed for weeks, caught| In the grip of great icecaps drifting from the pole, and subsisting for tWo months in a country of utter desolation, the leaders of one of the ! largest arctic expeditions dispatched | by the United States government in| recent years have just returned to! Washington. | The party was in command of Sid- ney Paige, 3501 Woodley road north- West, geologist of the United States geological survey. E. C. Guerin, lO~I vographical engineer, the Washington office, was second in command, ] Thd real thrills of the expedition, however, came to Gerald Fitzgerald and Willlam Foran, Washington en- | gineers on the ill-fated two-masted | schooner Teddy Bear, who on the re- | turn trip were caught in one of the fiercest September storms which ever | has swept out of the arctic ower the Behring sea and were completely at the mercy of the gale for nearly cighteen days. Purpose of Expedition. The purpose of the expedition was to make a preliminary examination of naval pretroleum reserve 4, Wwhich extends along the Arctic slope of Alaska from the meridian of ey cape to the Cllville river. The party sailed from Seattle on June b and ar- rived at Nome on July 5, on the four- anasted schooner Arctic. At Nome they reoutfitted and were split into three groups, y 'James Galoolie, geologist of Yale University. Safling north, the Arctic ran into the ice drift. For days the little ship plowed her way through toat- ing masses of ice in her efforts to reach Point Barrow, where a fur trading post has been set up, the | northernmost settlement on the Amer- | fcan continent. One of the surpris- | ing features of the ice drift, Mr. Paige says, was jthe great number of walrus that seemed to blacken the ice for miles as they floated south- | ward. There were many thousands of animals in these herds, he esti- mates. After breaking through the fce 1 now stationed at . SIDNEY PAIGE. safely Mr. Paige's party explored the coast from Wainright inlet to Cape Simplon, and ascended the Meade rivi for 150 miles. This is the first ration of this stream ever| although believed te men have previously ven- tured into the river for a short dis- tance. It is a very shallow stream displaying some remarkable geologi- cal formations for the Arctle region. Among these is the prevalence of The country along the in places, according to r. Paige, reminded Lim strongly of Arizona desert. DiMcuity in Ascending. ascent made h con- difficult The party used s, some of these equipped with motors which proved of little value after the start, In many places it was necessary to carry the boats around obstructions A striking feature described by Paige was the increasing heat as the explorers penetrated the interior. ‘When they left the Arctic_slope it was cold, windy and foggy. Within a day's journey the increase in temper- The iderable ature was noticeable. This was mark- |ed lso in the nature of the vegeta- t On the Arctic slove the onl table life consisted of scrub w s only a half-inch high and so ¥ minute, pale flowers. The wil- | lows grew taller almost with mathe- | matical regularity as the explorers pressed on, until 150 miles inland they stood in groves four to fiva feet high, | Also the flowers grew brighter and | more luxurious. It was a country almost entirely | overed by. moss, Mr. Paige savs. Its| ation is exceeded by of | few localities on the globe. Ninth and F Streets N.W. 1s, however, conside) at_times. 'Polar r and a caribou were Neen by the party; also, many ducks fi; over. bince the te ritory iles well wit] the arctic circle, the explorers saw _no night during their entire stay. They lived in tents, pitehing a new camp each ey carried all their sup- Meantime Foran's rty -explored the coast for sixty miles inland from Walnwright inlet to Cape Lisbon. Galoolle and his men ascended the Inaru river and also ascended & prac- tically unknown shallow river at the head of Ice bay for about eighty miles. All three partles gathered much valuable geological data bearing on the presence of oil in the region and are now engaged in preparing some of the first accurate maps ever made of the country. The real thrills came on the return trip. The expeditions left together on September 7. Palge ang_ Galoolle, with their men, returned on the Arctlo, while Foran and Fitzgerald risked their fate In the Teddy Bear. Both ships were caught in the storm almost &t the outset. The Arotig, however, constructed for service in the north, weathered the rough winds | successfully and arrived safely at Nome September 17. Then followed | a long period of anxious waiting when the Teddy Bear did not appear. She finally reached Tella, a little Behring sea port about ninety miles from Nome, on September 23. The party probably owe their lives to the fact that the Teddy Bear was navi- gated by Capt. Joseph Bernard, a veteran arctic explorer. There were times, however, during that fateful two weeks when the men almost de- spaired of thelr fate. Ship Blown Out of Course. First she was blown out of her course to Lawrence Island in the Beh- ring mea. After hasty repmirs had been made she again set out for Nome during a lull in the storm. 8he had no sooner started, however, when the storm was renewed, V/ith even reater ferocity than befo The %eddy Bear was tossed like driftwood, at the mercy of wind and. wave, and was dashed west and north around Cape Prince of Wales. the storm died down agmin and the party set out a third time for Nome. They were able to reach Tella in safety, from which point they got word to Paige at Nome. SOFT LIPS despite winter winds Don't let child stay bilious, constipated / \ GE “CALIFORNI FIG SYRUP” Dependable Laxative for Sick Baby or Child — Harmless! Surry, Mother! Even a bilious, | constipated, feverish child loves the pleasant toste of “California Fig| Syrup,” and it never fails to open | the bowels. A teaspoonful today Ask your druggist for genuine California Fig Syrup,” which has directions for babics and children of all ages printed on bottle. Mother! 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