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Show ill t iJliCwLl, Explorer' Explains Failure Fail-ure to Reach the Kcrtli - Pole. - . , HULL. England. Aug. 23. Anthony Fla-la, Fla-la, leader of the Zeigler Polar expedition, arrived here yesterday1 oh his way to the United States. Ha came ahead of the Terra Nova, which Is expected tomorrow. tomor-row. M. Flala said . to the Associated Press: "This has been another in the long list of failures to reach the pole unless the three determined attempts made to reach high latitude should be considered as not having proved altogether futile. But al-thougn al-thougn the great question of the pole remains re-mains 1 unsolved, we have brought back aata which should prove of scientific value and have explored and surveyed the archipalago from Crown Prince . Rudolph Ru-dolph land to Cape Flora, discovering four hew channels and thre Urge islands. , , "Falling to find an opening in the ice In longitude $8 . degrees 57 minutes east, latitude 79 degrees 67 minutes north, we determined to force a way through at the forty-eighth parallel. Here we were imprisoned im-prisoned for four days, finally getting through with the use of guncotton. 'At the end of August. 1903, we reached Tepliu bay. 'the most northern harbor of Frana Joseph land, where a base and camn were established. "The- America bad a narrow escape on October 22, 1903. when she broke adrift, finally, however, being brought back to her anchorage, where she was crushed Just about a month later. "A shelter was built on- the shore and members of the expedition were kept busy during' the winter preparing for the spring sledge Journey and In scientific work, which was retarded by severe storms. "The first sledge party left March 7. 1904. but was compelled to return, owing to Injuries received by several of the men after reaching Cape Fllngeley. A second attempt, made on March 25, likewise the sledges being smashed when but a short distance from land. Leaving a small party at the base I returned to Cape Flora, the trip occupying sixteen daya "Relief failing to arrive in September, 1904. I. accompanied by William J. Peters Pe-ters of the United States geolical survey sur-vey and a small sledge party, started back to the base, which was reached November No-vember 22, 1904. after a most eventful and dangerous trip., rough Ice having to be crossed In dense darkness and the men and dogs falling into holes and crevices and running against walls of ice. Crossing Cross-ing Hooker island two of the men fell Into a crevice for a distance of sixty-five feet and were wedged between walla of Ice. "Their rescue was attended with the greatest difficulty, one being so injured that he had to be lashed to the sledge. "With the exception of a Norwegian fireman, who had died, we found all the party at the base in good health and preparations were again begun for another an-other sledge trip to the northward. "The weather delayed the party until March 16. 1905. On this day the party left the base, which we named Cape Abruszl, for the Ice pack to the north. On July 30 news came of the arrival of the relief expedition And we made a trip of more than twenty miles on. rotten ice to Join the Terra Nova." I Mr. Flala has not yet decided on the date of his departure for the United States. . j |