Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-17


He has already purchased part of his food
supplies and is negotiating with ship owners in
st. Johns. Newfoundland. for a whaler or sealer
to take his little party north. At the end of hi
lecture tour he will make flying visit to Eu-
rope, accompanied by Mrs Peary. to accept in
vitations he has received from all the leading
geographical societies of Great Britain and the
continent to address them. Lieut.. Peary will
be home again before the middle Of June and
about two weeks after his return he will sail for
North Greenland.
Last year Peary mapped the north coast Of
the Greenland mainland and determined the
fact that Greenland is an island. This was the
most brilliant discovery in the arctic region
that has been made in many years. In this ex-
petition he will seek thoroughly to explore aud
map the archipelago that lies north of the MAIN
land. He will endeavor to ascertain its north
ern extension and in short, to complete our
knowledge of the land masses in that part of
the world.
HIS ARCTIC HOME.
Lieut. Peary will establish his camp on the
north coast of Inglefield gulf, in a little inlet
which the explorer named Bowdoin bay The
advantage Of this site for the camp is that tie
party will be able easily to gain the inland ice
by ascending the bluff back of the camp
description of the house that will be set up
at Bowdoin bay Will be found interesting. The
house used before was n series of light tight
shells, inclosing several air spaces between the
innermost and outermost coverings. The
frames were made Of six boards ten inches
wide by one and quarter inches thick. Then
| the floor was laid of one and one-quarter-inch
yellow pine boards three inches wide, tongued
and grooved, and solidly blind nailed to every
floor joist.
The house consisted of two shells. the outer
composed of two thicknesses of tarred paper
and an inch of closely fitted boards and the
inner composed of thick trunk boards. Be-
tween these two shells was an AIR space varying
In thickness from ten inches at the sides 10 over
three feet in the center of the triangular place
just under the ridge. Now as air is known to
be good non-conductor, If the cir in this space
could be prisoned effectively il would form the
all the joints III the cardboard were carefully
pasted over with wide strips of heavy brown
paper and made perfectly air tight.
PROPOSED EXPLORATIONS.
Early in March, 1894, he hopes to be fairly
started with their sledges and three or four
comrades for the north of Greenland.
The explorer will take straight course to In
dependence bay. on the northeast coast of
Greenland. Here the party will divide, two or
three sledging down the northeast coas t for the
purpose OF completing the survey of that short
line to Cape Bismarck, the highest point to
which the surveys have been carried from the
south.
After completing the work this party will
strike straight across the great island to the
camp at Inglefeld gulf. It's part of the survey
will. it is expected, be completed in the season
of 1894
1t is probable, however, that Peary, with one
or two comrades, will spend the winter of 1894
% on the north coast of Greenland.
Returning to Inglefeld gulf in the summer
of 1895 he will return home in a vessel that is
to be sent north to bring him back.