Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-20
PEARY SAILS.
The Steamer Hope Left Boston
at 9 A. NJ, Monday.
With Lieut.. Peary and Large Party
Bound for Northern Greenland.
Where he Will Establish Base Of Supplies
ier 1898 Expedition.

| Boston, July 19-The steam sealing
bark Hope with Lieut.. II. Il. Peary and
party ON board, bound for northern
Greenland, left this port at o'clock.
today. fully equipped for the voyage.
| me work of provisioning the vessel
was begun as soon as she arrived in
port last Thursday, and with the in
| PERMISSION of Sunday, when the relig-
ious scruplcs of the Canadian seamen,
who are employed. were respected, and
| operations ceased, continued until
shortly before the vessel sailed, when
the necessary equipment was COM
| pleted.
me object of the voyage is to bring
about an establishment of a settle
ment at the most northern point of
Greenland which shall be used as a
base of supplies for an expedition in
search of the north pole under Lieut.
Peary in 1898. To this end party Of
Esquimaux will be located at the new
settlement, and will. during the next
year, be engaged in making prepara-
tions for Lieut.. Peary's expedition
In the party which left here, today.
are ~ persons, including besides Lieut.
and Mrs. Pcary and their daughter, two
servants, the crew. Mr.. and Mrs. H. j.
Lee. Meriden, CT; Robert Stein of the
tinted States geological survey; Albert
oPetri, the famous Arctic artist; j. d.
Higgins of Falls Church, Virginia, taxi
dermist; DR.. Frederick Sohon, surgeon.
Washington, and several investigating
parties.
one is under the direction of Prof c.
III. Hitchcock of Dartmouth, who will
study glaciers, and the relics of the old
Morse colonists from Iceland, and an
other from the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology. under r. w. Porter.
who will remain in the north through
next winter, to hunt the big game of
the country. and bring back geological
specimen of the country.
There are also on board two repre-
sehtatives of the National museum.
who are expected to bring home sew
eral tons of fossil flora for various mu-
scum.
The Hope will make direct for Syd-
ney, c. H.. where she will coal for the
remainder cf the voyage The shin
Will skirt the coast of Greenland. DROP
ping the scientific parties at various
points and taking Lieut. Peary to
Whale sound. where his plans for es-
tablishing settlement will be carried
out.
The return voyage will begun, it is
expected. in about five weeks after the
Hope arrives. and the parties will be
picked up on the way back
The plan which Liept. Peary hopes
to pursue in connection with his next
expedition by which he is just now en-
tered upon the first step. is to start
from his base of supplies in the fall of
1898 when the freezing of the ice has
made sledging possible.
From that point stores and supplies
will be advanced up the coast in a
northeasterly direction by stages which
can be easily covered, leaving at each
stopping place a cache. until he
reaches place not far from the S5th
parallel
From this point. with supplies easily
obtainablc from the stations cstab-
lished en- route, a dash will be made
Tor the pole with sledges and the light
est possible equipment. BY this plan
Lieut. Peary hopes to make the long
desired discovery and return to the
United States in 1899.