St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-16
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Sept. II, 1898, a month atter tne faicOu
left last year.
During the month of October last,
fearful storms swept over Falcon
harbor. smashing the naphtha launch
and wasting large quantities of oil
intended for lighting and heating pur-
poses. The various scientific observa-
tiOns were pursued all winter. The
meteorological observations were most
successful. They were taken by MIR.
Baldwin. On March 6 last, the main
expedition started across Greenland to
Independence Bay, the farthest point
north reached by Lieut.. Peary on his
previous journey.
The eight men, Lieut.. Peary, En-
triken, Astrup, Dr.. Vincent. Lee,
Davidson, Baldwin and Clarke, with
twelve sledges and ninety-two dogs, met
with frightfpl weather almost from the
time of starting. After a week DR..
Vincent was so used up that he had to
return.
The storms reached their worst point
during the equinoctial gales OH March
90. The party was then in camp about
fifty miles from Anniversary lodge in
temporary house at the head OF Bow
doin bay. The thermometer dropped
to So and 60 deg. below zero. and re-
manned so for two days, while gale
blowing about fifty miles an hour
bufTeted the party. Davidson and Lee
were badly trostbitten, and Astrop, the
Norwegian, Lieut.. Peary's chief de-
pendence, gave out from hardship. The
dogs perished in great numbers and
troze into solid blocks. After the storm
was over the whole party returned to
Anniversary lodge. where they left
three sick men together with supplies
to form base of operations. Then
the four healthy ones, Lieut.. Peary,
Ingreken, Clarke and Baldwin started
again and continued onward for four.
teen days But the dogs continued to
die, and those left were unable to drag
the sledges and provisions. The party
was so weakened by exposure, and the
time occupied in travelling was SO long
as to render it impossible to reach indie
pendence bay i'll time 10 accomplish
anything. Consequently Lieut.. Peary
decided to abandon the attempt to cross
Greenland, and returned to headquar-
ters, which were reached on April 20.
The party was absent about fOrty-tive
days and only got $50 miles away. 1t
started with nlnety-tWo dogs and re-
turned with only twenty-siX, after hav-
ing abandoned all the sledges on the
way. 1t covered only a quarter of the
distance necessary and never made
more than twenty miles in any day. The
members of the party claimed that their
experience in the equinoctial gales were
worse than those of any previous Arctic
explorers. All had very narrow escapes
from being frozen TO death. Entriken
had both his feet badly frost-bitten.
Davidson was sick for four months
after his experience
After the party regained health. other
explorations in the neighbOrhood we're
organized. Astrup made survey of
the unexplored part of the coast of Mel
Vile bay and charted 1G0 miles of it.
he had a native crew of five men to
help him.
Lieut.. Peary and his wife made a
sledge trip to Olrike bay, 100 miles dis.
tant. Entriken and DR.. Vincent started
to try and reach Kane's winter quarters
at Littleton island, but the ice broke up
compelling them to return.
The auxiliary expedition which sailed
from here on July 7th, on board the
steamer Falcon, met very much ice and
the steamer was seriously hampered in
her operations. She had extreme diff
Guilty in making her way through the
ice foes, and only sighted Bowdoin bay
on July 20. Then an ice pack thirty
five miles wide prevented communica-
ton with the shore until Aug. II. and
the steamer only anchored in Falcon
harbor OH Aug. 20. She found all the
Peary party in good health and spirits
and glad of the opportunity to return
home. While in the north the Falcon
searched Carey islands, Cape Faraday
and Clarence head. but found no traces
Of the long missing Swedish explorers,
Bjorling and Kalsgenius, who sailed
from here in June, 1892, in the little
schooner Ripple. Their death is now
regarded as certain. The Falcon Sc
cured some relics on Carey islands, and
buried a skeleton supposed to be that of
sailor.
The Falcon started on her return trip
on Aug. 26.
Lieut.. Peary decided to remain an
other year in the north and try and
cross Greenland next year. Lee and
Henson agreed to remain with him.
Lieut.. Peary accompanied the Falcon