The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-09-17
THE ARCTIC V0YAGERS.
Members of the Peary Expedition
Return Without Their Chief.
TO 90 NoRTHwARD NEXT YEAR.
lieutenant Psary Hopes to Accomplish
in 1895 What He Was Unable Go Per-
form Last summer wsllmAn Inter-
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viewed.
ST. JoHN's. N. F., Sept. 1.-THE steam
sealer Falcon arrived here Saturday, hav-
ing on board Lieutenant r. e. Pearys
Arctic expedition, and also the auxiliary
party which went north to bring the ex-
plorer home. All are we'll. Lieutenant
Peary, with two volunteers, Hugh John
son Lee, of Connecticut, and Matthew
Henson, Peary's colored servant, have re-
manned at Anniversary Lodge, in Falcon
harbor, North Greenland, to make an
other attempt to complete Peary's work.
Owing to insurmountable difficulties he
was unable to carry out his plans last
spring. The Falcon, which left Falcon
harbor on Aug. %, brings the following
dispatch from Lieutenant Peary:
Il was unable to carry out my plan last
spring to reach Independence bay, on the
northeast coast Of Greenland, on account
OF the terrible weather which set in
after we had started on our journey.
Five natives assisted us during the first
two days of the march. Eight days after
we had started Lee and Astreep were com
PEELED to return to our winter quarters.
Lee had frozen toe that rendered 1t i'm
possible to go on with us. Astreep was
For the next six days, to March 20, we
made slow progress, and on that day we
were compelled to go into camp after max
ing three miles We could make no pro-
gress against the furious head wind. The
temperature was 35 below zero.
1.-THE storm subsidized on the ED inst,
and we had our first opportunity to in
spect the condition of the camp. We dug
MI nf he 10 i
them. They were in a most pitiable CON
dition. Some were dead and frozen fast
to the ice, and we had to chop them loose,
The thermograph showed that the aver
age temperature had been 80 below zero.
The lowest temperature during the storm
was 90 below zero.
1--WE were encamped on the ice cap,
5000 feet above the sea- l believe that
this was the severest storm ever expert
enced by an Arctic party on sledge
journey. Davidson's frostbites made it
necessary for him to return to Anniver-
sary Lodge. Clark desired to continue
with JUS, Davidson could not return to
the winter camp alone, and SO Dr. Vim
cent was detailed to go with him. They
left US on March a. and then our party
was reduced to four men.
I'VE resumed the march on the 2stb
inst. in furious gale of wind, and with
the snow drifting badly. Entriken re-
paired sledRe, and while at this work he
froze his feet badly. Still l determined
to keep on, and we struggled ahead, fight
ing wind and weather as best we could
until April 10,
'The fact tlat my dogs were being ex-
that we were still less than
one-fourth the distance on our way, and
that the season was getting late decided
me to return to our winter quarters and
to save what provisions, alcohol and SO on
l could for another trial on the inland ice
next spring.
ION Oct. 81 we met with quite disas-
ter. tidal wave swept up Bowdoin bay
and washed up high ON the beach where
our house had been built. My steam 4
launch, General Wistar, was stove in
The whaleboat Faith, which had been
part OF my equipment on my expedition
Of 1s9l-92, was wrecked. My dories were
also destroyed. All the barrels of kero-
sene had been scattered along the shore
at some distance from one another. They
were all swept into the sea and only one
half of them were recovered. 1t was
thus impossible to make use of the cleo
trio light plant during the winter.
1.-THE auxiliary party made a trip to ELL |
esmereland, and searched the Carey islands
for traces of the lost Swedish explorers.
Bjorling and Kalstenius. They found
some relics of them, and the skeleton of a
man on the Carey islands, probably a 4,
sailor. They found no trace of the lost
explorers at Cape Faraday or Clarence
Head, on Ellesmerelana, where 1t was
hoped by the friends of the explorers that
they had taken refuge. Jones sound south
of Ellesmereland, was blocked with ice,
and it was impossible to push into it, SO
no explorations could be made in that di-
rection.
Mrs. Peary will return home with
daughter aged l year, and accompanied
by an Eskimo nurse from Bowdoin BAY.
[ shall make another attempt on the ice
cap next spring l shall utilize the Eski-
mos as a supporting party. They have
done me good service throughout my So
iourn in northwest Greenland, and l be-
lieye | will find them effective helpers on
the inland ice. have ample supplies of I
all sorts, including plenty of coal for the
winter. All the party are in good health