The Portland daily press., 1892-09-13

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was almost at the very time when the
irescuing party were ready to take them
all back. His tracks were followed to
the.edge of one of the large glaciers; and
he Is believed to have persisted in one of
the countless crevasses. A thorough
search was made for seven days and
nights, the Eskimos aiding; but no
further traces of him were found.
Of the expedition Lieutenant Peary
says: 1.-TWO days after the Kite left last
year, Radcliffe house was sufficiently
completed to afford somewhat better
protection than the tent from the con-
slant rain and heavy winds which pre-
vailed 10 days following sher departure,
and was movedsinto it and slowed on
pile of boxes in one corner.
9'Two weeks later, the house being
completed externally, sent Gibson in
the Faith, with DR.. Cook, Astrup and
Verhoeff, to Northumland and Hakluyt
Islands to bring back native hunter
and family and a supply of birds from
the rookeries from those islands. The
party returned in six ldays, after a sue
cessful trip, bringing large number OF
Name, two children, dogs, sledge and
kayak.
ssWork then commenced on the outer
stone and turf wall which was to enclose
Radcliffe and protect it in the cold and
storms of the long Arctic night.
The first of September the entire party
went to the head of McCormick's bay to
start the Humboldt glacier depot party.
Astrup, Gibson and Verhoeff left Sept.
I, and returned four days later, bafaed
by bad weather and deep snow.
Astrup and Gibson started again Sept.
%, and returned seven days later, having
penetrated an estimated distance of 80
miles toward Humboldt.
During the absence of the party made
several boat trips to different places for
deer, and then attempted to explore In
gifted gulf, accompanied by Mrs. Peary,
DR.. Cook, Matt and my native hunter. [
was stopped by young ice, and nearly
lost my boat in an attack by
AHerd of Angry Walrus.
seven of which we killed.
Oct. 1 the young ice stopped all further
boat work, and two weeks later sledge
trips were inaugurated. By this time I
| had discarded crutches and could hobble
about with cane.
The beginning of the long night found
us with 81 reindeer, several seals and
| larder, and warm, snug house to shelter
us. More natives came and settled near
us, and the winter passed rapidly in the
preparation of our deer skins, the max
ing of fur clothing, sledges, skier and
other equipments, and visits from the
| natives from all parts of the coast.
The return of the sun the middle of
February, was marked by a furious
| storm, accompanied by torrents of rain
and temperature of over 90 F. Dur
| ing 4S hours the entire region was swept
and washed almost bare of snow, and
Radcliffe nearly flooded. The fine
weather, though the temperature was
between 400 and 500 below zero of March
and April, found us all in good condition,
and gave opportunity for sledge and
snowshoe practice and the completion OF
my inland ice equipment.
The middle of April, with Mrs. Peary
and my native driver ON a sledge drawn
by 10 dogs, I started for the tour of the
| islands and shores of Whale sound and
back at Radcliffe, having travelled some
| 250 miles behind
My Wild Wolves
visiting all the natives in the gulf and
discovering Lady Heilprin, Melville,
Meehan, Sun, Brenton, Hart, Hubbard,
Sharp, and Dahlgren glaciers, Daily, Put
nam, and Adams mountains, and the
| sculptured cliffs of Ekarnak.
Upon my return, DR.. Cook, Astrup,
Gibson, 10 dogs and all the male Eskimos
| at Radcliffe began transporting the in
land ice supplies and equipment to and
upon the ice at the head of Mccormick
Bay. 1 joined them with Matt and IL
dogs, May 3, and, after Interruptions and
| delays from storms and steep grades of
the outer portion of Finland, everything
| was brought to the rolling surface of the
true ice cap at an elevation of some 1000
feet, and
| The Real Start
NAV be said to have commenced MAY IS.
At this time there were four of us and 16
dogs, Matt having been invalided home
''May "a we arrived on the edge of the
| great basin of the Humboldt glacier.