New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-21
LIEUT.. PEARY RETURNING.
THE OBJECT OF HIS PRELIMINARY TRIP
ACCOMPLISHED.
ARRANGEMENTS MADE FOR AN EXPEDITION IN
SEARCH OF THE NORTH POLE NEXT YEAR
TIE CAPE YORK METEORITE

ARRANGEMENTS MADE FOR AN EXPEDITION IN
SEARCH OF THE NORTH POLE NEXT YEAR
THE CAPE YORK METEoRITE
on BOARD THE HOPE
sydney c. e., Sept 20.-The steam sealing
bark Hope. with Lieutenant II. f.. Peary ana
party on board. returning from North Green
land, arrived here at o'clock this afternoon. All
on board are well.
The Hope came into port burning her last ton
of coal and with her bulwarks and decks giving
evidence of stormy summer. She Is nearly aS
deep In the water when she sailed IN the
latter part Of July with her bunkers fun or COAL
for the huge Cape York meteorite. the largest
I'm the world Is in her hold bedded In tons or
ballast.
Lieutenant Peary has on board six Cape YORK
Esqumaus, who will go with him when ne re-
turns next year to attempt to reach the North
Pole The Esqumaus have their tent, dogs
sledges and canoes. They are eager for the
undertaking. and all the arrangements nave
been made.
The expedition visited Cape Sabine and relics
OF the ill-fated expedition led by Greely have
been obtained The summer in Baf'in's Bay was
marked by almost continuously stormy weather
and by an unusual scarcity Of ice.
The Investigating party from the Massachu-
setts Institute OF Technology under L. W. lor-
ter. landed at Cape Haven on August ) ana dld
not re-embark until September 13 The party.
led by Hugh j. Lee. the Arctic explorer, OF
Meriden, Conn. landed at Godhaven on Aug
ust Z and re-embarked on September 1. froleS-
sor Schucherts party. represe ntlng the Natioha'
Museum. landed at Onemak ON August = re,cI'l-
barking on September !. The party leu ny
Robert Stein OF the United States Geososlcal
Survey. was on land from August ~ 10 9epte"'-
ber .
The Hope will coal here and proceed 10 New
York. where she will land the meteorite
The object Of the expedition. which left Boston
July 10 FOR Sydney. was to establish settlement
at remote northern ILace In Gr"eniah' "hch
could hc used has" of supplies TOT an 'Np'u'-
ton In search Of the North Pole under Lieutenant
Pcary In 1895 To this end. according TO Lieutenant
Pcary's plans as made known at that time, "a
party OF Esquimaus to bc left at tn" new set
tlemcnt. and in the ensuing twelve months they
to be making preparations FOR the expedition
The Hope was 10 skirt the coast oi Greenland
dropping scientific parties at various places ana
taking Lieutenant Peary 10 Whale sound "h'r' ~
was proposed 10 establish the settlement
In the party were forty-thrcc persons. including
besides Lieutenant and Mrs. ftafy ahd ih,T
daughter. their servants ana IN" ct""' ,M' "iit' "it'
waters ~ Wedding uip: Robert Str.n' 1t W'
United States 4ro3E'cu n"'r,i, ID Fiegiue
Of FAILS Church. ". mS.dermist' pr. Frsder.c
Sohou surgeon Of Washington. aul several llN'7-
,igsin rtrti.s one under the direction of Proi"s-
s0r g H. Hitchcock. of Dartmouth having ~ view
the study of glaciers ard the relies OF the old Nors'
rolonistI from Iceland. another ffom the Mas, -
chusctts Institute Of Technology. under X ",
Porter whose plan was 20 hunt th" his s"me oi
the country and uriug back ZoologIrAi fp''lu,h7
ana Il third headed hy Professor 'hatlr~ S'hu,
ch.rt aud G. y. White. Teprcstnilns tn' Nt'.olal ION.
Museum with Instructions to examine f".rl. i'iht'
lions which IL had been asserted. tend 10 prov,
that Greenland was once a country oi ""p''"'
climate -, o.. vi ..o..,r,,o
The bringing home Of the Cape YORK Ine,c"ri,e
ing object Of the expedition