The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-18
The Arctic Club Steamer Windward
Arrives at Cape Sabine, N. S.,
... This Morning. ..
The Explorer Tells Of His April Trip
Northward Over the
Polar Sea-.
The Instruments and Arctic Library
Abandoned by Greedy Expedi-,
z ton Are Brought Back.


Sydney, N. S., Sept. 1S.-The Peary Arc
tic club steamer Windward, Captain Sam
uel w. Bartlett, arrived here this morn
ing from Cape Sabine. All on board are
we'll Peary sent to the club the follow
ing report Of the operations of the expedi-
ton since August 8, 1901:-
LEFT at Erik Harbor,' on the Files
mere coast, Aug. 20. The party reached
Payer Harbor Sept. s16, crossing Roose
bay partly by sledge and partly by boat;
then walking across Beford PIN. About
a week later my Eskimos began to fall
sick not one escaping. BY Nov. 10 six
adults and one child were dead; nearly
all the others very weak but out OF dan
ger. "
early in January Eskimo came across
from Anvilak, bringing news Of the raw
ages of a fatal epidemic through the tribe
Word was sent back by these scouts tor
as many of the survivors as could come
to me and by the end of the month they
began arriving. In February large de-
pot Of dog food was established near cape
Louis Napoleon, some sixty miles norm
of Sabine. On March 3, my advance party
of six sledges in charge of Hensen left Tor
Gonger March 6, started with the main
party of eighteen sledges, leaving Percy
in charge of Payer harbor. Gonger was
reached in twelve marches, arriving With
| in an hour or two of the advance party.
My supporting party OF Esklmos return
! ing from Ganger brought down the in
| struments, thermometers and Arctic IL
brary. Eight marches more took us to
Cape Hecla The north end of Robinson
channel was all open across to the Green-
land coast lakes of water ext ending norm
Ward as. far as could be seen from Black
Cape and Cape Ransom. From Hecia an
other supporting party returned. - =.
| = "ADrii first started northward over the
Polar sea with Hensen, four Esklmos and
six sledges. Old foes covered deep with
snow and intersected with rubble ridges
and lanes Of young ice were encountered
from the moment we left the ice foot
The same kind Of travelling, except the
i lanes of young ice, was found by the
| English expedition Of 1875 .~z-... +.x
! After six marches, foes in motion We're
| encountered, Two natives were sent
[baek AS we advanced the foes became
! smaller the pressure was on a grander
I scale and the open leads more frequent.
i Each days march was more per1lous and
/ our general course DETECTED west by the
1 cha racter of the ice. g.; Finally at, S4.l7
I north latitude, northwest Of Hecla, the
i Polar pa ok became inlpracticable and fur-
i Their efforts to advance were given up
1 New leads and pressure ridges with 1osgS
weather made our return in some respects
more trying than the advance. Hecla was
regained April 20, and Gonger May 3
Leaving Gonger May g. Cape Sa bine was
. reached on the 18TH. "A few days late,
went north as far as Cape"Iouis Napoleon
to complete the survey Of Bobb1t bay, re.
turning the first of. June. 4 proposed
trip across ElesmeHe land westward was
, prevented by open water in Buchanan
bay. ~
"The ice broke up earlier than in 1901
and Payer Harbor was blockaded alnos
continuously. The Windward bored hel
way through the ice and entered. thu
! harbor' the morning Of Aug. and got GU
again the same afternoon with scarcel,
fifteen minutes to spare before the naroo
, , was closed by the ice. Forcing our wa!
across Smith Sound, my Eskimos, will
their belongings, were landed in Ughfielt
gulf. Several days were devoted tt
hunting walrus, then the Windwart
! started south, reaching and leaving Cap
! York the afternoon Of Aug. ~.
! "Called at Godhoun, Greenland and Cap
Haven, Baffinland. The, Windward arrive
at Chateau bay, Labrador, Sept H., an
, sent dispatches. The summer voyage ha
been without mishap and the :Windware
with her engines, has made as good tim
as the larger and more powerful ships tina
! have been going north the last ten years
The year at Payer harbor was passe
comfortably, though an anxious strai
caused by the ravages Of disease anon
my faithful people was not light: Foo
e was abundant and our supply of mus
OK and deer meat continued throughol
the year. The northern sledge trip in tn
: spring was arduous, but not marked b
t special exposure, suffering or danger MOI
+ than is necessarily incidental to serior
l Arctic work. $500 ~ -S5 &c - g
t Equipment and personnel were salts
4 factory and further advance was vetoe
= Eby insuperable natural conditions. TT
t Windward has on board the instrument
Q chronometers and Arctic library abar
: doned by the Greedy expedition, and NJ
], merous specimens of natural history, sbea
d musk OK, reindeer and Nwalrus skins.
.'Tle skeleton Of a two-horned narwta
a rare Arctic specimen. also living spec