Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-09-15
Safely Back From tho Land
of the Midnight Sun.
PEARY'S ACCOUNT OF THE TRIP
One Man Lost, But all the
Others in Good Health.
How the Winter Was Passed--Ths Thor
mometer between 400 and coo Below
Zero--A Fearful Journey to within
$50 Miles OF tho North Pols--A Land
of Flowers Among the Icy Peaks.

Iney nave returned rom the lanu OF |
the midnight sun after accomplishing in
almost every detail the purpose for
which the expedition was sent out in
1891 by the Academy of Natural
Sciences Of Philadelphia.
Lieutenant Peary furnishes mn &C
count of his Journey from Mccormick |
bay up the coast of Greenland and in |
the interior. lie pushed to within about |
$50 miles of the North Pole and made
many important discoveries.
His party Jared well and with the
exception Of one man who was lost, all |
returned in good health The Kites |
party found Peary near Mccormick
| bay.
The letter Of Lieutenant Peary Is as
follows;
PEARY's LETTER.
The North Greenland expedition Of |
| lS9l.92 has returned. its personnel with
! one exception being safe and sound. Two |
| days after the Kite left last year Redclif
House was completed to afford some
| what better protection than the tent from
| the constant rains and heavy winds which
| prevailed for 10 days following her depart
urc, aud was moved into it and slowed
Oh pile of boxes in one corner.
| Two weeks later, the house being com
1 pleted eNterna :, | sent Gibson in the
| Faith with Or. Cook, Astroup and Nerhoof
TO northumberland and ilakluyt Islands
TO bring back native hunter and family
and supply of birds from the great rooA
cries on these islands.
The party returned in six days after
successful trip, bringing large number OF
birds and my hunter. lkwa, with his wife,
Name, two children, dogs Tupic, sledge
and kayak or boat.
DARRlERs AGAINST THE coLp.
| -
stone and turf wall which was to enclose
Redclilfe House and protect it from the
cold and storms of the long Arctic night
On the LIST of September the entire party
went - the head Of Mccormick Bay to
start the Humboldt Glacier depot. The
party, Astroup Gibson and NerhOuf left
on september 18th and returned four days
later, bailied by bad weather and deep
snow. AstrOup and Hibsun started again
on September 22d and returned seven
days later, having penetrated an estimated
distance OF 10 miles toward Humboldt
Glacier.
During the absence Of these parties
made several boat trips 10 different places
Tor deer and then attempted to explore
lnglclleld Gulf, accompanied by Mrs.
fcary, Dr. Cook Matt Henson and my
native hunter.
NEARLY KILLED ny wALRus.
was stopped by young ice and nearly
lost my boat i'll an attack from herd of
angry walrus, seven ul which we killed
On October LIST the young ice stopped all
further boat work and two weeks later
sledge trips were inauguratrd. liy this
time had discarded crutches and could
hobhle about with d cane, The beginning
81 the long night found us with - rein.
deer, several seals and walrus and several
hundred birds in our larder and d warm,
snug house to shelter Us.
now THE WINTER WAS PASSED.
More natives came and settled near us
and the winter passed rapidly in the
preparations of our deer skins, the
making of our fur clothing sledge skier
and other equipment and the visits of the
! natives from all parts of the coast. The
, return of the sun in the middle Of Feb-
ritary was marked by furious storm,
accompanied by torrents Of rain and d
Z temperature of over 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
During A. hours the entire region was
swept and washed almost bare of snow
anu Radcliffe was nearly flooded.
FORTY BELOW ZERO.
' The fine weather in March and April
. though the temperature was between a.
and ~ below zero, found us all in good
condition and gave opportunities for ski
aGd shOwsh0c practice and the completion
c Of my inland ice equipment.
HAULED NJ WILD WOLVES.
! Il the middle Of April with Mrs. Pcary
and my native driver on II slcdge drawn
= by " dogs, started On the Turf Island
; and shores Of Whale Sound and Iurletipld
{ hHlt seven days later was back at Red.
Cln having travelled some $50 miles
behind my Wild wolves, visiting all thc
! natives il the gulf and discovering the
!. hGt'!y licilpin, Tracy FarQiihar, Melville.
y Mcchan, sun, Brinton, Hart, Hubbard,
s sharp and Ilahlgren Glaciers and Mounts
Day, Putnam and Adams and the sculps
J. turyt cliffs Of kunak
y llnu my return DR.. Cook AstrOun Gin
: SON, T. dogs and all tho lulle EskimoS Al
? ttIGiit began transporting the inland ice
7 5ufhhGrs ana equipment o. and upon the
!. Iceat me head OF MCCORMICK Bay
(, THE REAL START MApE MAY 18TH.
/. ljoIned them with Maitland II ,Ioas an
q May ID, and after Interruptions andueays
Ii IRON storms and the steep grades Of IN
/. outer portion Of the inland lie CyervtAIpr
Il Nas brought to the rolling surface Of lid
!. true ice cap AZ an elevation of some ttUl
lert and tho renl start may lie said ia have
r. commenced on May ath. At this time
!. th"rr were four Of n+ and 10 dogs, Matt
1t having hrfh lnvalideu at home
le rrSuED hlrNh wirn oNE MAN.
le ON May 2ith, On tile ctlg" of The great
le basin Of the Humboldt Glacier, about III
miles from Mccormick Bay Gibson al,
llr Cook forming the supporting party
turned back with two dogs, aud AstrniI
a. AMI myself with the remaining dogs wen
ON ~ miEnlght Of May 3lst we LOOKED
n down into iGtcrlnann ltjord, from the edg,
:. q ny great giacir; feeder basin f,ir6
y days later W saw the hand at the head n
" ~. Georges lJpru and then Tor two week
10 were hatllci and hIF,ssrd lv storms fngs
lie creyass"t and steep slopes while irving /,
q weather the teelet basins Of the st. George
id and Shcrrard tlsbnufne glacier system. In
Il ilntteras oi tile Northern island ice s,a,
20 NEARING THE North roEE.