The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-04
TWO YEARS in ICE
DIR. RoBT. STEIN OF GEOLOGICAL
SURVEY ARRIVES AT SYDNEY,
WANDER THROUGH GREENLAND
Story Of tho Expedition-Bring Back
Many Valuable Mineral and Floral<,.
Specimens-Met Peary's Men ,C
in Far North.

Halifax, N. S., Oct. AFTER an eks
istance of two years in ice foes OF the
Arctic region, DR.. Robert Stein Of M
United States geological survey dns
Samuel Warmbath of Boston. have hi
rived at Sydney on the Windward, .er
route home. ~
From September, 1899, to September
1901, they wandered through North
Greenland, in the houe of making az
coveries which would be of benefit to the
scientific world. They have returned
with scores Of interesting specimens Of
mineral, plants. etc.
They are almost certain that 'Lieuten-
ant Peary did not make any valuable
mineral discovery in northern regions
and that his disagreement with DIR. Ded-
rich was due to something else alto
gether." said DR.. Stein.
II do not know the exact cause Of the
trouble" continued the doctor. I'VE
saw Diedrich last at Northumberland
island"
DR.. Stein gave the Associated Press the
following account Of the trip:
Mr.. Warmbath, Dr. Leoyold Karn of
the University Of Vienna and I, left Sgd
ney on July %. 1899, on the steamer
Panama. When we arrived at Cape
northwest was q mass of pack ice so
that we were compelled to stop at Sa-
bine. We had ten Esquin,aux dogs.
but owing to scarcity OF walrus meat
they died.
The te1nerature varied from IS above
zero to about IS below. On October 26
the sun disappeared and did not reap
ear until February Is. When the moon
appeared it remained above the horizon
night and day for two weeks at a time
lone night in December we were
awakened by a loud knocking on the
roof of our house and on investigating
found three of Pearys Esquimaux. THY
returned to Peary few days later with
letter fom us requesting him to send
US an Esquimaux and team. Not long
afterward he sent reply that he would
comply with our request at the earliest
oportunity He also informed US that
his vessel would not return south for
two years. DR.. karn and I decided to
return as we had learned that former
explorers had probably accomplished
what we set out to do. On March s
Peary arrived at our house. Three days
later he went North in search Of the
the ole and not long afterward we
stated south leaving Warmbath at Sa-
hut the snow compelled us to give up
hoes of reaching Danish Ports .s a
June 9. three whalers arrived and OF
one of them DR.. Karn started south.
On August II. the Windward arrived
with Mrs. Peary on board. I took pas
sage on the Wirdward and we cached
Sabine in due time. The Windward was
compelled to remain there all winter.
On May 6, Peary made his appearance,
and on June 6 we started for home,
leaving Peary at Etah. e
DIR. Warmbath said:
EARLY in the spring of 1900 I started
across amo pass with an Esqumaux
driver and a woman. The ice gave way
and I went down and it was some time
before I was extricated. I was then
hauled to the settlement. In four days
with a party of natives and teams I
headed fer Sabine"
DR.. Stein and DR.. Warmbath have
sixty boxes Of curios which they are
sending to the national museum at
Washington. They went as far north as
latitude 70. 81.