The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-19
PEARY, BAFfLED BUT NOT DISCOURAGED,
COMES HOME FROM ARCTIC REGIONS
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pole. though stiIi confident that IL he had a
proper chance he could yet plant the Stars
and Stripes In latitude 30.
Here is the way Peary puts 1t:
Il am obliged to terminate my work in
the Arctic regions, but under other circum-
stances. IL I were a man Of independent
fortune this would not be the end Of my
journeyings northward. / attained a lati-
tude OF SALT this year. proceeding on sledges
north Of Grinnell Land. northwest Of Cape
Hecla.
THE North Pole can be reached. In all
my attempts during the last four years !
have not had a suitable starting point. The
pole can be reached by any adequately
fitted expedition which makes the latitude
of So degrees north its winter quarters.
'T have made four sled journeys already.
which covered distance more than long
enough. had they begun at latitude 50. TO
have carried me to the pole These were
made in the years 1882. 1894. 1900 and this
spring.
FUTURE PLANS
Tn the winter of 1900 and 1901 I started
from winter quarters at Fort Conger. lati-
tude s1.A. for the pole, but on that occa-
sion neither our party nor our dogs were
suitable, and to succeed you must be prop
erty equipped. II had the means OF my
own to continue the work / would certainly
not give up, but I must now bow to cir
cumstances.
with winter quarters as far north as
So the journey to the pole can certainly be
made on sledges. have made longer
marches than have been made by any other
party-that is, I have covered a greater
distance between my starting point and the
latitude attained than has any other ex-
plorer. The Italians have got further north
their mark having been S5.33, compared with
mine OF SALT. but the distance between my
ot,& ax,I of& M md hx.-
tween their starting point and attainment ia
vastly greater in my case.
at is no more difficult to travel between
latitude 70 and 80 than II IS between 90 and
70, and believe not one bit more difficult
between so and 90 than between 20 and 50.
NO OPEN OCEAN.
TT has been demonstrated to my satis-
faction that there is no open ocean In the
voyage far north. There Is no foundation
for the idea that there is. There Is no
foundation. on the other hand, for the idea
that there Is a paleocfystic or eternaily
frozen sea, though the waters are prac-
tically always covered with ice.
.The pole will be reached on sledses and
In no other way, and am convinced that
given the opportunity which I could use
with the experience I have gained. and
starting from winter quarters in latitude So.
the pole can be attained
When asked to tell what scientific or
geographical results he had obtained. he
said:
KNOWLEDGE GAINED.
'T have demonstrated. I think. that
Greenlands shore Is the most northerly
land in the world. All beyond It on the
other side is ocean. That northern shore
l rounded in 1850.
'T have recharted the Cape York and
Whale Sound region. my charts having been
substituted by the photographic Office for
those formerly in use.
Hayes Sound and the Princess Marie
Bay In the Eliesmore region have also been
recharted by me. Those two charts cover
districts on the mainland Of America and
Greenland separated by Kane Basin and
Smith Sound
On the deck of the windward were iiv-
ing mep1entos of Peary's Arctic journey
ings. Among these are two dogs. one of
which Peary pointed to with loving pride
as his king dog.
. THE KING DOG.
THAT dog" he said. "is the only survivor
of pack OF sixty-three. which I had four
years ago. and which has been with sae
each year since. His name Is the Big. Big
Yellow Fellow cannot give you the Eski-
mo spelling. and you cannot write Il pho
netically. He Is a typical Eskimo dog, as
Is also that other one. which have had
for two years"
Lieutenant Peary has walrus. which