Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-10-03

NOrth sydney. Z. b., sept. l3.-lne
Arctic steamship Erik from Cape Sa
bine, Ellesmere Land. reached this
port today. Everybody on board is
well We left MIR. Peary at Herschel
Bay Camp on August 80. He had sue
ceeded in rounding the northern limit
of the Greenland archipelago. the most
northerly known land in the world
PROBABLY the most northerly land. He
expects to spend the winter at Cape
Sabine and push north toward the pole
in the spring.
Mr.. Peary reached the Windward at
Payer Harbor on which we, his family,
had been for eight months imprisoned
In the ice. at dawn on May 6. He came
just as he did to the Kite. nine years
before from his inland ice march. For
eight months ignorant of each Others
presence. we had been within $50 miles
of each other. Mr.. Peary at Fort Con-
ger and at his meat caches fifty miles
west in the Lake Keazen country and
the Windward and our party at Payer
Harbor. a mile or so south of Cape Sa-
bine. where we were finally stopped
az the end Of August. 1900.
Mr.. Peary brought us first news Of
his great march of a year before which
took him over the most northerly land
OF the globe to the highest latitude
ever gained by an American. along an
unknown coast 100 miles beyond Lock-
woods farthest north. Mr. Peary
finally and accurately defined the nor
thern coast Of Greenland, all the way
round to Independence Bay, where he
had planted his country's flag nine
years before.
Mr.. Peary. with Matt and Ave Esuui-
mauX, left Etah on April Is. 1900 and
on May S, having in the meantime
sent back in parties of two each. four
Of the natives. opened Lockwood's. fur
thest north (S3 deg. 80 min. % sec
cairn Of 1882 and substituting matter
of his own. pushed forward with Hen
son and the other Esquimaux. to SO
deg. 80 min, where he found that the
coast turned sharply to the eastward.
Striking out due north from this point
for the pole. he was able to advance
but a short distance to SO deg. 80 min,
before he met the moving disintegrated
pack. mass Of broken ice and open
water, which made further progress in
that direction impossible.
Returning to the land he resumed,
HE G mo ,ph nj, hn 4
continued II until at about SO deg. n.
% deg. w. he recognized the lofty
headland. which In 1892 he had seen
from Navy Cliff at the head of indie
pendAce Bay. There he rested for
two days. waiting N vain for fog to
lit and reveal further features OF land
and sea. but unfavorabe conditions
continuing he laid his homewar,l
course along the outward track and
arrived at Fort Conger on June Is with
men and dogs in good condition.
Mr.. Peary sends full and carefully
detailed charts of his newly discovered
country to the Peary Arctic Club with
the suggestion that nomenclature and
publication be deferred until compile
tion of his work and return home.
The new coast shows marked change
at the farthest north and the bold
headlands and deep fiords are succeed
ell by low, rolling fore shore. with
traces OF glacial action. and all the
evidences Of a continental terminal
coast. The likeness OF this Greenland
coast to that of Grinnell Land west
of Cape Hecla is marked and points
clearly TO similar conditions OF land
and sea and suggests that il Is me lit
toral of the true Arctic basin.
Musk oxen, bear. lemming and hare
were killed and wolf seen and fired
nj In the new country and indications
of animal life. isolated probably from
southern ATTITUDES. were abundant. In
Mr.. Peary's farthest north cairn he
placed portions Of the flag OF his coun-
try ond his private signal and the
names Of the Peary Arctic Club men,
bers. under whose auspices the work
was prosecuted. Temperature OF the
Journey ranged from-i0 deg. to 20 deg.
above.
The remainder OF 1900 and the first
month of 1901 were spent by Mr.. Peary,
with Fort Conger as base. in prepara-
lion for his advance on the pole by
way Of Cape Hecla. the only remaining
AVAILABLE route. The start from Con-
ger with the same force, was made
III April 10, exactly year lrom the
leparture Of the south Greenland ey.