New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-02
GREENLAND'S NORTH SHORE
y,1JE OF LIEUTENANT PEARY'S tAfEDi'
TION.
pr.cpryG An EXTREMELY HIGH LATITUDE WI
COMFORT AND CoMPARATI'ELh III
-RovpLE-A HOPE TlATTnE ARcIl0
ppoprCMrs NEAR SOLUTION

pROBLEM IS NEAR SOLUTION
. ,,.,. - Z sent 14-The main incidenls VI
- rxred,.Ion in Northern Greenland anu ,'o
| rescue marty which has recently re'ur1eu " nar
| time widely known. few co'hn'e". w which
,,or ard results OF this remarkable enterprise =.
| ras had such a satisfactory termlhauoh' may .Ds.
| ,aoco,.oh,a N vour readers. | may pGc'hse ''a,
u'" ,..,o,o, conversations with the Ieauino
-, 49, y, tho oxuedition and OF the rescue party anu
49,. ~ poarv himself has most Kindly piaoeu u,
| 49, d,enosol much Information regarding MS -,
| .,odco tourney OF 300 miles over to '''''n an
Greenland I an therefore In pos'uoh 10 'o'" ,,s
| r,,or q, he whole enterprise and the Vhiie VI y"
results TO science 49,. cuoor,ond arc
! ocossorr IN order TO make my subsequent opSer'a
lions more ineligible. This great coh''henU'i 49,
| vInr between the northern lafds Vi '1p .no
America and unconnected with either is ai"'o'' ''o
miles IN length and 700 In BREADTH VIII" III NJ" "
900 900 souare miles. Its interior IS coVcreo pS
vast ice.cap many hundred feet III uhcH"e's y"
n,oces ROT less than 5000 feet. From this '''''i'
| ice prcat projections extend down the Vaiieys anu
maintain corgcs toward the sea- These "re si''''''
ond are really ice rivers, and are tn SLOW o.' 'o.'
s,ont motion As thoy pushed onward mo
tho seo or into the deep fjords which ihden' '"e
coast great fragments of them break OF ana h"'.
| roy eouth rs Icebergs on the Arctic current anu
| bocomo thc terror Of mariners In the Nor'" '.'
When the explorer climbs the slope OF theoe
| or gaclcrs he finds himself on the haru ent'o7
y, ,b interior at an elevation of 1000 or 3ooo leeO
above The sen level. Tie great and terrible Vino
nossr Of ice extends In all directions rs lit rs '''' "
| car roach I'm winter and early spring tick COW
,no NJ snow covers IT, which the heat OF summer os
| ,,ou,. r,oIs No sign Of living thing Is mere ;
nothing 10 break the monotony, but mere anu NV
thc surface Is torn by crcvasses, INTO whose u"'"'
| dcpths the streams from the melting sno" p'un7'
with s,cn roar such is The Interior OF ureenIn.u.
| rho dorlnr Arctic explorers for the last tirS
- forty years have been trying to find passage
toward the North Pole through the lcel@'eh SEQ.
~ tho west coast Of Greenland but mther'o "''"o"'
srcccss They have battled their way IN SUCCESSIVE
ovnlora,ions through Davis Straits, Baiils bay i'.'
smith. sound. From thence they grahW,is a'
nod irto Kane sea Kennedy Channel, Han basl"
porc.ou Channel. Lincoln Sea- which are Simply co'
tnuo,ion, OF smiths sound stretching Poe-"'iu'
:, tbce, explorations the Americans have taken Il
prominent and distinguished part. Tie hahcS VI
Kane. Hayes. Hall ana Greedy STAND hish Oh U'c
rou ~ Arctic explorers: and in Arctic literature
,,c,r narratives Of adventures and perils amid the
,ccg.lds orc among the Most thrilling when nave
cvcr leon written. They have even " beaten i'
record II British explorers Two officers OF "reeN
| c1r.ditinn. lockwood and BralnaTd feichcd '"c
highest northern latitude (73 degrees "a minutes,
vet attained by man. getting thus liile ahead OF
the English Markham 90 degrees, 20 minuts)' anu
AMrich % degrees. nnutes.)
r., This roll Of Arctic heroes another American
name must now be added-tlat OF Lieutenant PearI'
~ the American Navy. Mr.. Peary has the merit
~ forming an original programme ana carrying IL
ont successfully. lie set himself the task OF de-
termining how far north Greenland extends, ana
yrhothsr il DOES not present the most favorable basis
for future advances toward the Pole. All the pre-
yiou, expeditions along the iccfoot Of Greenland
and through the ice OF the sea whlch separates II
from the american land had proved failures, ana
those who took part I'm them. after encountcrng
..Gtrp fha est ~,
had 10 turn back bahed and defeated. Mr. Pcary
| formed the theory that success must be sought by
following Greenland 10 Its northern extremity. MS
belief was that here wOnld BE- found vantage ground
from which. By careful advances, a final rush FOR
| the Pole the object OF many struSgles-mght be
| made Tho Northern extremity OF Greenland had
never been determined No had ever doubled
this great northern land projection. No doubt Mark
ham. beaumont and other officers OF the Mares TX
pedlt hal rendered 1t probable that the extreme
limit Of Greenland was at - degrees north latitude but
this was inference from data which might or
; ~ ylt not prove 10 b. correct
Tn, idea Of Greenland being the right basis OF
operation, has been long cheishd by Mr. Peary.
thin, 4, was about the year 1856 that he came 70
Newfoundland, and found his thence TO Greenland
where he made foot journey OF 100 miles east from
DISCO into the interior Ill, experience during this
tramp confirmed his views and prepared the way FOL
, nj, great expedition In i-9i-'92.
. Fortunately the Philadelphia Academy Of Science
was led 10 adopt his Views and to furnish him Will
the means NJ carving them into practical execution
How D, ana rather slenderly equipped party wer'
Carl i'm tie steamship Kite 10 Mccormick Bay the
riace which he elected on the Greenland coast 70
M ter quarters, about 100 miles south OF the Humboldt
Glqcicr and in latitude - icgrces 43 minutes north
how TIE Kite left them there IN the end Of July. 1891
, Ieary himself landing with broken leg which acct
dent seemed to BE- an ominous beginning; how they
al passed the winter chccrfly and comfortably. donl
WIT, ..ttf,n nd Nflaripp n
serious lagdshrs mishaps. though the temperature
' AVERAGED hom 30 TO 30 degrees below zero; how h
stlt,d on BIZ, northern slcdsc Journey With single
7 companion Nir A.trup. N)rwcgan) and team o
F.quimau dogs: and how, aftT drive OF l,3O.
- ,lc, and being ot ninety days he returned safe
. wen strong and r'y-a this has been told 10 TIN
world I'm the graphic dispatches sent over the wire
u after thu arrival If the Kite al Il. Johns on the MI
= inst and ha. been read by thousands with intens
n interest
Now what are the results Of this remarkable sledg'
!, Journey which has seldom been surpassed II Seems
TO me that the valuc Of his discoveries from 'cieh
r tile point Of view. very great Mr. Peary ha
! accurately determined how FAR Greenland extends
northward. which had never been previously decided
H.. started on the 18th Of Mny. and on the 2oth o
June tfortytw days. he under the eighty secon'
: parnlle Here the land which he had hitherto beef
= kccrne I'm view 10 the northwest. now confronted hin
> 10 the north aud northeast and then Ia the east 81
" tbat III. course VA, Lcrcocd To the southeast Pur
suing mi, course for four days he discovered an open
u Ing i'm the mountains and made for the land. ol
- reaching 1t he found himself at the head OF srea
IS iay which he named Independence Bay, because dis
covered on July T. lie now I'm latitude Al degree
- - minutes and longitude "a degrees. lie could ad
N vance 10 farther. Greenland had terminated befor
n him lay the ice covered Arctic Ocean. lie and hi
=, compnion stood where man had never stood bcfor
"a ON the ar,hcs point OF this great sland-tte NOR
- than 800 miles from the Norh Pole lie had prove
" that the most northern projection OF Greenland term
- mates at some distance beyond the eighty second para
IL lcl on the 9th of July he turned his face homewar
~ and reached Mccormack BAY on August jth-in twcf
n ty seven In his return journey II" boldly sruc
l INTO the interior. and reached elevation OF 500
Is feet from which, the smooth Ice. with lgh