The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-06-10
EDITION.


51i.delphis Record.
lima for lieutenant Peary's second
NAG 4xpedition are nearly complete.
w. M4me route will BIO taken ne in 1891
mo Kite. going by way OF Bafiin's
W Into Smith's sound and thence to
cf1ormick bay. Here tho winter
|4rters will be established In N. lat
1cgrees s3 minutes, near the site OF
1Vee u the former expedition, The
InppIiea. arctic clothing. sleeplng
4Kss ei0dges, ETC., will be taken II ON
10 Johns, to avoid delay In securing
x1en in Greenland, but stop will have
- be- mnde at Godhaven or Upernavik
5or sledging dogs.
The present expedition will cover at
I4net two years, and tho party will in.
1iude Lieutenant Peary, DR.. T. A.
Cook, q graduate OF the College OF
f1ysicIans and Surgeons. and surgeon
- the former Peary expedition; Elvard
t1trup. tho young Norwegian who
W1ft tho fartheet north with Lieu
&funDt penIy on tho first expedition;
1innel EEtrikln, of West Chester, now
& teacher In the Manual Training
lQtoui Mt Aiken. s. G.; MIR. Dawson,
anaXcr OF Peary's lecture tour. and
41ary's colored body servant, Matthew
41<1isen. While in Colorado on his
Isoture tour peary obtained a large
number Of prairie wolf skins for
4lothlng and a few burros.
1t Is the intention to utilize the latter
% Transport supplies from the foot.
Hills OF tho mountains to tho inland
-. and upon reaching places where
mere are deep SHOWS or glaciers snow
Qhoes will be put upon the feet OF the
bun os for ice service. Peary IL OF the
Xite the winter in the polar regions.
and should they die much service can
Z co gained from thom as long as they
10 live. Even II they die before they
Eet accustomed to arctic diet their
meat cun he stored In o cache tor an
4mcrgencY.
Upon his arrival at Mccormick bay,
Lisntenant peary will erect huts for
bis party and his provisions. Most OF
Z tho winter will probably be spent here,
and ns musk oxen are found in that
region In great droves, the supplies
taken on the vessel need not be ma.
ferlally drawn upon. 1t is not likely
that Peary will make extensive dog
4lodge journeys during the winter
s months. because OF the tendency OF
Grcenland dogs to develop cables In
tnat season. When his journeys dc
: begin, the burros will be used to sup.
plenent Ills dog teams. Tack horses
nave boon successfully used in Alaska
and ponies shod with rough snow
Ehoes In partsof Norway. Lieutenant
feary Is very sankulne of the success
pf this new means of arctic travel.
Lieutenant Peary's purpose on thi.
expedition Is not to find the norti
pole, but to determine the extent ant
nature of tho northern archipelago,
which he found to lie north of Thu
mainland, and to survey the wholly
Unknown coast between independence
Nay and Cape Bismarck the mos
Northern point yet discovered on tn,
Dnst coast.
tape Bismarck lies in about tho sam,
altitude as Cape York, on the ives
coast. and Independence Bay lie
about 900 miles northwest Of Cap,
BismarcI and $40 miles south OF tht
point reached by Lieutenant Lock
wood, OF the Greedy party, in lSS2, ant
the urthernmost point at which
american Or any other Tag has Leel
1own.
After Lieutenant Peary has started
his detail of surveyors from Indepen
dance bay to Cape Bismark, he will Sc
out with a couple of others TO and be
yond the point no reached more thai
20 haul his sledges around the archl
pelago, starting along its eastern
shores and working to the north
vest and south. until he reaches tn
point on the western coast gained b,
ths Greedy party. Tho sledge jour
neys along the archipelago will prob
y ably be made through the channels he
tween the islands.
- One of the chief objects Is complete
: " to map out the archipelago as werI
Size islands mapped out by the expe1i
lions sent In search OF tho Sir JohI
franklin party. One oil the chief oh
1ects OF the expedition is to detepnIn,
how far these detached pieces of Lane
extend toward the pole and II the foe
Ice north OF the farthest land he reach
% offers fair slcdgihg conditions.
te probable that he Will leave his Ian,
pass Tor a journey Gcros5 tho sea to
ward the pole