Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-11-24
PEARY's ExPEDITlo,'
Accomplishments Of the Great \,
tic Sledge Traveller.
A Large Amount Of saccessful w.
In Extending the Path 49,.
the North Pole-His Pre-.
eat Expedition.

1t will surprise no one WIN l.,
the uncertainties of Smith sound LOW
CATION to learn that Mr.. Peary va. .ss'-
able last year to force the W;rd,. W.
carrying his supplies, nearer tb.n ~
miles of the point he hoped to ..' :"
as his winter quarters and base - III
erations for his attack upon ths "
The Greedy relief vessel Protein. r0s
crushed and sunk at the south sns !.
the channel in 1888. Sometime. - !, "
channel may be navigated with ~. !.
difficulty, as in 1875, when it took n, :.
vessels 20 days to advance 2ao 40
from Cape Sabine to Lady Franklin h.e
Sometimes again the channel is coma.'
atively free from ice, as in 1ss, ~
Greedy made the same journey Il NV. -
days. : ~
During the year his vessel wa. h..
in the ice Peary was very busy with =.
sledge expeditions, and he has ss,
justified the compliment which ST. s =. i,
ments Markham paid him when !.
called the American explorer ~.
greatest of Arctic sledge Travels
His routes have extended over .S
miles, and he has covered much ,.~
ground and obtained most Interest,".
knowledge about the geography Of ,ss
region near Smith sound. HAYES sou,a
northwest of Cape Sabine, was IN ,.h.
to penetrate through the land fsts
the Arctic ocean on the west. ana Mn1
separate Grinnell land from Ell, ,.,.
land. Peary has discovered tbq, ~
so-called sound is merely narr c;,.
let, and that Grinnell land and tlp,,
mere land form one land mass m.
explorer has also surveyed and m..pMSed
some of the larger indentations on n,
west coast of the Smith sound route \
the north; he has crossed the nortberr
part Of Ellesmere land, journey neve,
before made, and has connected hi,
surveys OF its western coast with tbos,
of Lockwood on the north, thus reI
vealing stretch of unknown coasi
line. From geographical point Of
view there is no doubt that the larpt
amount of accurate information Pear,
has collected for the enrichment of Out
maps fully justifies all his expedition
has cost.
But he has done much more. Thu
far north is his goal, and with enor
nous labor he has cached four tons Of
provisions for $50 miles along the chan
mol ha a.
of Greenland. These caches are not
more than so miles apart, and the sup
plies they contain, with others he will
move north, will enable him to reach
high latitude even if the Windward.
next year, is unable to push on ia
Sherard Osborn ford with the thred
years stores she will carry to the ex
plorer. He will thus make himself
partly independent of his steamer fod
even If she is unable to reach his north
ern base, the line of caches he has plant1
ed and will extend farther north man
be replenished by such sledge journey4
as he has made in the past year.
The explorer has thus done largd
amount of successful work, both inl
extending exploration and in further
ing the interests of his enterprise, which,
may keep him north for several years.
to come. None but the most dauntlessI
of men could achieve what Peary has
done in the past year, Handicapped as
he was by an unusually bad season, and
by a serious accident that temporarily
crippled him. His results thus far jus
tify the hope that his further efforts
will be crowned by the rich additions
to geographical knowledge which this
great explorer seeks to add to the work
he has already done.--N. Y. Sun.