Show GETTING TO CAPE NOME 0 ED HUBBARD WHITES OF HIS I SAFE ARRIVAL I j < d They Had to Fee Their Way Through tho Icebergs and Foes Tho Stoam cr Portland l Passcnffirsall h RightEd Right-Ed Hubbard writes aa follow to his brother W E flubbard df this city On Board Steanshlp Portland l ray l 28 1900 IDeal I-Deal W EDitl not get away from Unnlaska harboruntil todfly time delay being caused by the rplurni of two sailing vessels one U whaler both of which reported that they vero com elledtojurn back on account of solid Ice In Bering sea 150 miles sputh of Nome So out captain ha been waiting wait-ing here In a fare place and would not start yet for four or five days only there arc many passengers kicking pretty hard because we are not pushIng push-Ing ahead So to satisfy lilckcrs we are once more on our way1 J May 29th Traveled only ICO mIles last l night and today Yehavo Just passed what they claim to be thebest t codfishing basics In the Paclllc or rather the Bering sea which It Is I called I north of Unalaska Six large sailing I sail-ing vessels air busy catching Our steward exchanged quarter of fresh beef for a canoe full of fresh cod probably 2000 pounds nearly filling the large Ice chest on board Slay oOth Passed near the Islands upon and near which moat of the fur teal are captured I fay 31st Upon waking this morning and going on dock found wo were passing pass-ing near and just westward of the Nunlook Island about 350 miles south of Nome Small pieces of Ice have II passed us during the day giving an giving Indication of what therein ahead June 1st Are now In longitude 163 I and latitude 62 about midway between I Cape Romantxon to the southeast and St Lawrence island to the northwest I north-west about 180 miles from Nome Ico has been getting more plentiful I > all day and now 9 p m there are icebergs I as far as the eye can iroach In every direction but with numerpup open spaces everywhere Toword the coast eastward IL seems solid but to the I north and west are floating thousands of Icebergs covering from qnc to forty j acres eneh to say nothing of all the smaller ones of every conceivable shape Bhapule 2nd The sun set last night at 015 and rose this morning at 230 When It begins to set It does not dropout drop-out of sight suddenly as in the States but Is nearly an hour In setting after the rim has touched the horizon and I Is about the same time In getting Into full view In the morninG after we seethe see-the first rim of It I does not In this II latitude go down but around June 3rd The sea Is perfectly calm l weather not cold 42 degrees above I I zero As It is perfectly light so one I can read on rtpplcV for nn hour nfter I sunset and an hour i i before hnlP we 1 have only twohours and threequarters i of night during which time our steamer steam-er ran up alongside and threw grap pling1 hooks Into an immense chunk of floating Ice and anchored until day light June 1th A small openingappearing In the direction we wanted t go we raised anchor at 4 a m and worked our way northward gaining about six mIles by noon eleven vessels are now In sight by aid of the glasses and in all directions dodging abput wherever an opening offers Jidvanjase The I Senator FultQn Dora and a revenue cutter the Behr are nearest near-est to us June 5th The Senator carries 2 passengers Today the Portlands orchestra and three or four of our best singers and reciters and many of the I passengers accepted an invitation to I visit them and we gave them a two cv hours concert which you may Imagine was much appreciated as they had no good musicianson board Met BID Waterman on board of Waterman Bros Salt Lake June Cth Working about in various channels today trying to make some headway all the boats became separated sepa-rated from each other and we are tonight to-night alone In the wilderness of ice June 7th Yesterday and today did i not make any appreciable progress but after steaming Into and following several sev-eral openings sometimes two or three r miles sometimes tel we would only find It closed up at the other end and have to turn back and try another June Sth We are today completely surrounded by the Ice floes which shlftodidurlng the night end closed In behind U3 Have had some hard jolts today by large pieces Jamming together to-gether and pushing against us Have sustained no damage though we are at present in rather 1 dangerous situation situ-ation Are still alonc no boats having come in sight today A heavy wind Js coming up which the ofilccrs say Is In our favor as It is lllccly to make nn opening through which wo may be able to got out before morning June Uh Early I thls morning we steamed ahead through a small open I space which after about twenty miles brought us Into tolerably open sea again and as we are only one days liavel from Nomcc should he there tonight if we do nptpcL Icebound June 10th Have arrived off Nome and anchored one oIIwbnt Will go ashore today All well Will mall this at once and wrlto again aa sour as we gel settlrd Weather still cold but can see SOO or 100 tents pitched on the bench by DawsorItcs lately arrived Mien S TOD Robert Dollar camo In yesterday Senator not et In St Paul yet expected ex-pected In three or four days ED |