Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-09-16 | Page 1 | Macmillan Ship Has Close Call

9 9 91 T Escapes capes I Icebergs b J 4 S' S k L i I II I I I p S 'S C. C l a rA n. n t. t DONALD CDe E. E I. I MACMILLAN SHIP HAS HHAS Cl CLOSE CALL CAtl J v Vessel cs l. l Helda Fast in Ice 5 12 2 Pays Days Re Reaches h I Ij t t. t J W Wate at 1 t A SYDNEY 14 rJ 4 S S Seph p 16 AlsO J d Press The ts escape apo of his liis hoo in from icebergs that bore e n dby it on i l her o on It Itu August u at 18 8 was Wu d described t today d y by DX Donald B. B MacMillan Mac Mac- Millan iII thi coi O h ve 11 he lie over cyer had in 21 years ears of arctic exp ra- ra tion I The Tho ship had left M Mainland was wassailing sailing ot oft off Ir t bay wh when n It t n 11 beav heavy a Ice Loi- Loi ili land land PInt 42 days dois tho wasP immovable inThe grip ot tho elce ice pack altho although h lear clear clearwater water wlter was ionly jonly yards yard away l la a the tho explorer explorer ex ex- said Laid On On t J night the tho field Ice began to break up and the sur sur- ig ber bergs began to m move ve at 1 abo about t tour four miles an hoit It Jt was va was a a feal fearsome some sight Mr MacMillan Said The Llie great be 3 03 some sorn om of ot them tr froni m WO to 3 O fret feet fretIn in h height hIght plo through the field with a s commotion th the shattered toes floes and all nil the time i coming steadily ui us A J. WhITe While the cp co sly d' d to maneuver cr the tho snip through ough the loosened lousen 1 I Ice the no Bw- Bw v- v was wu suddenly lifted and canted oyer on her b beans beam nu ends on a large floe by of ot the stir Sur Surrounding s 's r- r rounding ice the pressure slackened d find arid the ship slid lid down Into oi open water on water After sliding b by towering Ice mountains with only inches to spare e. the doI Bo 1 i re berg and rode Tode securely down lb the coastin tho the ope ater in its wake c. c A A. ser scraped pe and ba bartered te-cd te hull hun is the momento of ot her encounter t ter r with the Ice ce After refueling Un the tho ship tile the party will r return turri to Me Mc the starting point of the tho expedition