New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-09
THE PEARY RELIEF EXPEDITION
PLANS OF THE PARTY TO SAIL FOR GREKNLAND
on TIE KITE.

PLANS OF THE PARTY TO SAIL FOR GREENLAND
on TILE KITE
Philadelphia, June tspecial-Thc arrangements
fer the departure Of the party organized under the
auspices Of the Academy of NATURAL sciences. to
search for Robert T.. Pelry and his companions who
went the frozen north year ago u study the
geology natural history, and ornithOogy OF the north
polar regions, about completed The rehef party
will sail from NcwYork for 81. Johns, y. F.. on the
steamer Miranda, on June 20. From ST. Johns the
party will start for North Greenland. July II. on the
sealing steamer Kite, the vessel which left
New York with the Pcary people The
relief party IS under the charge Of Professor Angelo
Ieilprin curator Of the Academy OF Natural Sciences
OF philadelphia which insttaton fitted out the Pcary
Fxpcdltion and mas recently raised by popular
subscriptioa the sum OF $4,000 to send out the relief
party The most Interesting question Is: VIII the
reary party be found alive, will IT be ascertalnei
that they have met with the same fate that 50 many
brave followers of the Circely Expedition met ut the
cane sabine camp7 Those who had had experience
I'm Arctic explorations had much criticism to make
when the Peary party was organized and htted out
and predicted that their story would add n chapter
IN Polar explorations saddcr than that Of the Greely
Expedition
Mr. Pcary is q civil engineer I'm the Navy. and some
years previous this expedition went rs far n'rth
as Codhavn on Disco Island and from there p,ne
troted a long distance into the Interior OF Green
land This gave him the desire OF making anothcr
,dn I, a more remote region Of the far North, and
,e took his scheme TO the Academy OF sciences.
ocio,v that has always been liberal with the means
for solving scientific problems. Ills Idea was to reach
NcCormIck Bay, In lat. II >cg. 43 sec. NORTH or
ohout 400 miles beyond the northernmost Esoulmau
settlement which Is at Upcrnavik at which point
would be bis base OF operations. on the way up 70
smiths sound when the Kite butting against
,he ice IN Melville Bay on July IL. large piece
.. ice struck the ruddcr with such great force that
!, wb,rlcd over the iron uler and TANNED PcarXs
Loo between IL and the wheel-house. Two OF the
homes Of his leg Just above the ankle were brokeh
and whom the vessel reached McCormick's Bay the
,,nred nnn was taken ashore and put to bed under
= canvas tent This July ~. and the YES
s had transferred the party TO the shore and started
nomeward three days later. At this time Peary S
lao wos doing we'll and everything pointed 10 his early
recovery. on the day that the Kite sailed on her
.,ur, the wooden house. which 10 consist OF
80 rooms had been rooted In and noored. the
,,ndows were In place. and the fuel consisting OF
even tons OF coal. had been landed.
| ogccrs OF the Navy, who have had Arctic expert
.nce cav that the expedition not organized In
oy m be successful. and that 1t not properly
ounped for successful results 1.-THE saddest part Of
:. soid one officer 10 your correspondent us mat u
,h. .xo,dit,on mas been fatal II concerns the
tota ~ beautiful Mrs. Peary, who Ind no thought or
knowledge Of what Arctic winter meant but VINO
wos determined to 60. The Arctic regions are not the
,,.cc for any white woman, and some members Of the
exnedton were indignant that she should have been
permitted to remain with her husband In Greenland