The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-27

30o neeosa 81 Mrs. Peary More rAan
IasaleA = Century AgO.


BAoo1eA = Century A9O.
Tho setabss achievements OF women are
not oenaned to the temperate zones II Is
vii known that In les1 Mrs. Peary accom-
paAied hes husband to Mccormick bay.
- eha uorthwsetsrn coast Of Greenland.
W1aero Abe WiDtered with him at Red Cliff
hoqoA hsnat By the expedition. In Z. de-
os4os = minutes north latitude. and that,
last snHunar. she and her little daughter.
Marie Poary. approached stili nearer to-
the meth pole. reaching Cape Sabine on
the Hope. This II the spot from which
Oea. 0rasly was rescued sitter the death
of hlnetsen comrades. 1t rs Il degrees
nosth. cr within degrees Of the "farthest
nerth" On land.
6nt Il Mrs.. Peary's record IL unique.
thsfe are two women. long since dead.
who have more than equaied her record
IN july. liz. there sailed from Irkutsk.
oloern. DOWN the Lena river into the Are
10 seas an expedition commanded by a
Russian. Lieut.. Prcnchts,sh.f. lie was IN
search OF the northeast passage. on board
the ship WAS his bride. who, rather than
b separated from the man she had JUS.
welded. cheerful.y bravsd the persis-more
vague and terrible thsn-~of the North. at
hts side. Tff~ old records state that the
ship managed. despite the ice. 30 pass
through the most eastern part of tho
Lena. and then sailed northwesteYiy alon.
the ceast. In passage between The ice
not more than no or 20 yards wide. al
most reaching Cape ChelyuskIn. the north
ernnnost land OF Siberia. but here the YES
sci was stepped by the ice. and here the
party was forced to winter In latitude :,
degrees - minutes northwest. In order 10
fualy appreciate what IL meant for we.
man To do this II must be remembered
that IN f'B great lgnorsace prevailed N
TO the conditions Of Arctic life The
equipments Of the Arctic expeditions on
The miserable little sailing vessels, often
hardly az even 10 steep upon. were ex.
extremely neaxsr and could IN no way
bear comparison wsA the carefully fitted
ships sent north in this century.
The party of rfonschistshef lived
through the winter. suffering fearfni pti-
vations. In the spring when the Lea broke
the siss was headed hack. When near the
mouth OF the river Olenek or kss home.
ward voyage. the courageous n,Ils bride
died. Her death was followed In two DAYS
BY that Of her brave husband. I..uet Prom.
chistshef
This exploit Remained unparalleled for
over loo years, or until Nine si'Aunes. In
lSH. visited the island OF Snisxbersen. on
boarn sae SHIP la Recherche sent out ny
Frarce. and comma nssatf by Cant. rabyre
There was also on hoard a COMMITTEES 81
scientists Who accomplished much VAIN
able work La Reeherel<s sailed 10 Mag
dsiena pay. spfsxberg-n. which IA - de-
grses ard s. minutes north twn degrees
farther north than Mrs. pecnes.IS..hef ana
one ans a hair farther than Mrs peary
Nine. d Aunet. GA her safe return a,r,e
Describes the cemetery az fishers IN Mag
aateaa bay. the MEN who las, ,nesr ,t,-@z
on that bleak coast, II Sc ,he fsr,na..
nestn OF the harying grounds tn the u-a-is
II counted fifts-twe graves IN this esrns-
terry she SAYS. which ls sas. neat -
bidding IN the wide word, s epnes,,~y
without epitaphs. without rlnnuruaotx
without nowers. without RENE mira ,,na.
without tears. without resrrss. william.
prayers. cemetery of aese,asion. where
oblivion aeahls envsrons the dead. whrr,.
10 heard no sigh. no voice. 40 human Ssen.
o terrifying solitude. ii profound ana
frtgta silence. broken only by the grow
of the polar bar or the moaning OF the
s,srsu.''