Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-10-04

l>S W IL Nu NItilIS tlilNkSItN uN>t
Who WrlN in Search OF Information
Glacial Characteristics,
From glacier-ruvwrd GVcnlaud
Head Professor Thomas {. Chamber.
hin, of the University OF Chicago, late
sin and doubtless the foremost au-
thority on GLACIERS in the world. ~
turned to this city Monday says the
Chicago Inter Ocean. or the rNprdi.
Ton which he accompanied he gave
the following sketch yesterday;
Though commonly known as the
rrary Irlirt expedition its true name
was The rrary auxiliary rNprdrtion
and that Indicates its purpose, 1t was
part Of Lieutenant pMry'S original
plan and wlS provided for 10y him ut
the outset Its ohir>t was To all HIM
and to bring back his party if their
work was finished. ltS secondary oh-
.rct WAS To do such independent Sctcn-
title work in glacial. geographic and
biological lines rs was prartiCahlr
under the circumstances
"Fhr party WAS limited To seven Sc
lc'trd from hundreds of applicants.
They were: Henry &. Bryant, Sccrc-
tary of the Geographical club OF rhil-
ad"lphia. we'll known for his eNplora-
tons i'll Labrador, who commanded
the expedition; Professor William Lib
hey. ,lr,, DR.. GuyotS successor at
Princeton college, grographcr and
photographers; DR., ANrl Ohl.n. OF
Sweden (undcr the patronage Of
Baron NordrnSiol,n. zoologist; IL. l..
Rrid~man Of the Standard Union,
Brooklyn. historian; Emil Dichit~,h,
OF Port Royal, 5. c. Mrs PnarN'S
hrothCrl, civil engineer ana Dr IL T..
Wctherrll, of Philadelphia, surgeon
9TH" party left Brooklyn June 20 on
the coaSting steamer Portia. The real
start WAS made from st. Johns, New
foundland, July {. on the Falcon. Il
stannch full-ttluhercd sealing steamer.
specially fitted for ice work, officcrd
and manned by experienced arctic
navigatorS, We had Il quiet. uncNcnt.
full trip on the North Atlantic, seeing
very few iccher%S and coming in sight
of Greenland ON the morning of July
T.. We followed the coast northWar,l
for more than one thousand miles
stopping at Disco Iceland. on the lGth
where | first had an opportunity ot
setting foot on Greenland glacier.
visited the same glacier forty eight
days later, and this represents the rN
tIrme limits Of my immediate study
of the glaciers We found much q,
! in Melville bay and were unable IL
make the middle passage. hut sue
cccdcd in travcrSing the inmrr pa>
sage without serious delay. reaching
Cape York July -. when short Stol
was made, Dn The day Following we
landed on the Carey islands to looE
for further information regarding tho
lost Swedish naulraliStS Riorling Aut
| kalSt,njus, We found numerous rrI
! les. but no further mC~>;IguS Tn,
one Of the sailors, that had boon DIS
Inferred by the burgulastor gull,
We're gathered and rviutrrrod with TN,
burial service
ION tn" morning of July - the Fal
con entered Whale sound. the mouth
Of lngI"ticld gulf. our destination, but
found il covered with ice still toe
strong to permit the forcing of n pass
ar" This was IN" day fixed for oul
arrival in the prospectus of the "Npe
dtion. and had III" gulf been open W,
would hay" reached pcary's hoadquar
tcrs ON schedule time.
"'I'h" trip up Ia this point had beer
nearly ideal from the standpoint OF
ON" who wished TO see the realities OF
the arctic region without suffering
much from them We had som" sharI
battling with the ice pack. and Were
tcset and nippcd by moving foes, In,
wcr" not very seriously threatened non
long delayed. We saw just enough OF
the vici>SitudcS of the region 10 real
iZc what they might become in then
full force" and just enough Of the dan
gers IL acquire wholesome respect
Tor them.
The vessel being unable to reach
Pcary'S headquarters, work was be
guh upon tn" glaciers Immediately al
hand, and dredging was commenced
with excellent results Commun!ca.
ton, however was soon established
over IN" gulf leo with headquarters
and Lieutenant Peary and several OF
his party visited the Falcon. August
18th returned with Lieutenant pcary
to his headquarters by his invitation
and remained his guest until near the
tim" for our return Meanwhile the
Falcon with the rest of the auxiliary
party and som" Of Pcary's party went
10 Ellesmcro land and Jones sound for
geographical study and for dredging
They found the ice unusually eXtcn-
sivr and solid, and their results were
necessarily limited ON returning
from this trip the Falcon forced her
way through the ice to Peary's head.
quarters, arriving Aug. 20. Aug. 20
the return was begun, a short call at
Cape York and stoppages Of two days
IN ~ u GYINq.at and CnJhpab tho