Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-01-18
PEARY'S EXPEDITION
Accomplishments of the Great Arc
tic Sledge Traveller.
4 Large Amount of snccessful work
In Extending the Path Toward
the North POIe-His Pres
ent Expedition.

1t will surprise no one VINO knows
no uncertainties of Smith sound navi-
rotiou to learn that Mr.. Peary was un-
.ble last year to force the Nindward,
ARRIVING his supplies, nearer than 800
niles of the point he hoped to reach
is his winter quarters and base OF OPP
,rationS for his attack upon the pole.
The Greedy relief vessel Proteus was
rushed and sunk at the south end OF
he channel in 1883 Sometimes the
,haunel may be nayigated with great
lhicul1y, as in 1875, when it took Mares
,esscls 20 days to advance 23O miles
rom Cape Sabine TO Lady Franklin bay.
sometimes again the channel is compar-
.,ively free from ice, as in lsSl, when
freely made the same journey in six
lays.
During. the year his vessel was beset
the ice Peary was very busy with his
sledge expeditions, and he has again
justified the compliment which Sir Gle
nents Markham paid him when he
,alled the American explorer 1.-THE
greatest of Arctic sledge Travellers
His routes have extended over 1900
miles, and he has covered much new
ground and obtained most interesting
knowledge about the geography Of the
region near Smith sound. Hayes sound.
northwest of Cape Sabine, was thought
o penetrate through the land mass to
he Arctic ocean on the west, and thus
separate Grinnell land from Elesmcre
land. Peary has discovered that the
so-caled sound is merely narrow in
let. and that Grinnell land and Files
mere land form one land mass. The
explorer has also surveyed and mapped
some Of the larger indcntatioLs on the
west coast of the Smith sound route 10
be north; he has crossed the northern
BART Of EIlesmerc land, journey never
before made, and has connected his
surveys of its western coast with those
If Lockwood on the north, thus re-
realing "A stretch of unknown coast
inc. From a geographical point Of
view there is no doubt that the large
amount of accurate information Pcary
mas collected for the enrichment of our
maps fully justtics all his expedition
mas cost.
But he has done much more. The
far north is his goal, and with enor-
NOUS labor he has cached four tons Of
provisions for $50 miles along the chan
mel he must ascend to reach the north
Of Greenland These caches are not
more than so miles apart, and the sup
9lics they contain, with others he viii
move north, will enable him TO reach
i high latitude even if the WuGWarG
next year, is unable TO push ON to
Sherard Osborn ford with the three
years stores she will carry to the en-
oorcr. He will thus make himself
partly independent of his steamer, for
even if she is unable TO reach his north
ern base, the line of caches lie has plant
I'd and will extend farther north may
be replenished by such sledgc journeys
Is he has made in the past year,
The explorer has thus done a large
amount of successful work, both in
extending exploration and i'll further
ne the interests Of his enterprise, which
may keep him north for several years
to come. None but the most Gaunt.cSs
If men could achieve what PcarH has
done in the past year, Handicapped as
he was by an unusually bad season, and
by serious accident that temporarily
crippled him. His results thus far US
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.