The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-08
RELIEF FOR CAPT. SyERDRUP.
do Ills Friends Mean 10 I%nslnuate That
Peary Has Suppressed News OF Him"

which sailed from ChTistiania Oh June ~,
1893, for northwest Greenland. They are
earnestly considering the advisability OF
sending a relief expedition in search OF
the Fran. The vessel was fitted out for
four years, but Capt, Sverdrup did not
expect 10 be away more than three years.
His intention was to reach the Arctic Ocean
through the Smith Sound passa &c, double
the north end Of Greenland, ascertain
islands. IL any, lay of the north coast. and
truce the coast line 10 the east to lndepend-
ence Bay, discovered by Peary, This
was the very work that peary accomplished
last year. Sverdrnp further proposed TO
map the unknown east coast between
Independence Bay and Cape Bismarck
and then start homeward looking for islands
between Greenland and Spitabergen
The Norwegians are very much aston
ished TO learn that Peary has not seen
or heard anything further of the Fran.
They seem to take II for granted that Sver-
drup passed over the very same route
along the north coast Of Greenland that
Peary followed on his sledge journey
In the spring of last year. They have
lost sight entirely Of an alternative ronte
that Sverdrup may have taken and that
may prove TO be the solution Of the mys-
terry. Perhaps he changed his plans and
instead Of sailing up Smith Sound, where
ne had been b. Allied by the ice, turned into
one of the channels leading 20 the west
coast OF Filesmere Land This coast has
never been mapped the northern extern
sion Of Parry archipelago in those waters
is unknown and tie large area has long
been regarded as offering one Of the best
opportunities in the Arctic for pioneer
research. IL he reached the northern
Arctic at all il seems much more probable
that his route 10 Il was west OF ElleSmere
Land than that he could have passedthrough
the series Of channels beginning with Smith
Sound unobserved by the American ex-
plorer. Potsrnanns Miteilungen for Octo-
her has the following volcing
the Norwegian view Of the situation:
Neither Peary nor Sverdrup was able
in their first year us9s 90 To push their
vessels through Smith Sound To the north,
but was compelled to winter of the west
coast OF north Greenland. The last news
from Sverdrup. brought hack by the Peary
steamer Windward, was that Sverdrup
on Aug II. 1859. was advancing north
ward along the coast Of Elie-mere Land q
II is very surprising. in view of this fact
that Peary. who spent the winter OF 1899
-
1900 al Fort Conger in LADY Franklin Bay
and who in the spring Of 1900 made a sledge
Journey or which he explored the coasts
II north and northern Greenland a. far ar
Independence BAY did not obtain any in
formation OF Sverdrup, who must have
followed the same route II he kept 20 his
original plan. II is very surprising indeed
that SverdrIp should not have left alonp
this whole extent of coast line any ipfUr.
nation about las movements IN a ''che
as has al"aN- heretofore pNen me custom
Of north polar explorers. The ie CONN
tons furthermore, must have bern "N'
tra~ordinsrilyf aN"rabieto The norm "i "rtth'
land In the summer OF lsss' 30 mat lh'
Franz was ahe 10 max" "A very short pas
sage from the Nmith sound roul" a. least
~ far a. Independence Ray for the Fran
must have travelled a. lrasi that far hi
April. 1909, or Peary would undoubtedly
have met the vessel Ih"ugh Prary ha'
accused Sverdrup 81 intruding upon a h'lr
~ exploration that he had Occupied aipi Z
for n long seIies - veIrs. -riil the view
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