The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-19

this morning from Greenland. = Lieut.
Peary did not succeed in reaching the
pole, but he announces that he made
| important discoveries. When Peary
stepped from the Windward to the
wharf no one would have supposed
that he had braved the rigors of win
ter in the polar regions. His face was
bronzed, but he looked the picture OF
| health.
| Mrs. Peary and her daughter, who
had gone with the Windward to meet
him, looked well, although the former
| is just recovering from an illness.
DR.. Dfedrick was on board and quite
Well as far as can be learned, the diff
ference between him and Lieut.. Peary
has not been patched up
Peary Reports to the Club.
Peary sent to the Peary Arctic club
the following report of the operations
| OF the expedition since Aug. 9, 1901:
cleft at Erik Harbor, on the ElIes-
mere coast, Aug. 20. The party reach
ed Payer harbor Sept. 16, crossing
Roose bay partly by sledge and partly
by boat, then walking across Bedford
PIN sound. A week later my Eskirnos
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 danger. In February
large depot Of dog food was estab-
lished near Cape Louis Napoleon, some
sixty miles north of Sabine.
ION March 8, my advance party Of
six sledges, in charge of Hensen, left
for Conger. March g. started with the
main party of eighteen sledges, leav-
ing Percy in charge Of Payer harbor.
Conger was reached in twelve marches
arriving within an hour or two of the
advance party. My supporting party
OF Eskimos returning from Conger
brought down the instruments, chro-
| nometers and arctic library Eight
marches more took US to Cape Hecla-
The north end of Robinson channel
was all open across to the Greenland
coast, lakes of water extending north
ward as far as could be seen from
Black Cape and Capt Ransome. From
Hecla another supporting party re-
turned.
Over the Polar Sea.
april 1, started northward over the
Polar sea with Hensen, four Eskimos
and six lodges. 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. 1t was the same kind Ct
travelling, except the lanes of young
| ice, as found by the English eXpedi-
| ton of 1876.
After six marches open leads, foes
| In motion, were encountered. Two ma
| t1ves were sent back. AS we advanced
HOad
ridges on grander scale and the open
leads more frequent. Each days
march was more perilous and our gen.
eral course DETECTED west by the char
acter of the ice. Finally, at SALT north
latitude, northwest of Hecla, the polar
pack became impracticable and further
EFFORTS to advance were given up. New
leads and pressure ridges, with foggy
weather, made our return In some re-
spects more trying than the advance.
Hecla was regained April 20, and Con-
ger May 3. Leaving Conger May g.,
Cape Sabine was reached on the 18th.
A few days later went north as far as
Cape Louis Napoleon to complete the
survey Of Bobbit bay, returning June
l. proposed trip across Ellesmere
land westward was prevented by open
water in Buchanan bay.
Ice Breaks Early.
1.-THE ice broke up earlier than in
1901, and Payer harbor was blockaded
almost continuously. The Windward
bored her way through the ice and en-
tered the harbor on Aug. 5, and got out
again the same afternoon with scarce
ly fifteen minutes to spare before the
harbor was closed by the ice. Forcing
| our way across Smith sound, my Eski-
mos, with their belongings, were land
| ed in Inglefield gulf. Several days were
| devoted to hunting walrus, then the
| Windward started south, reaching and
| leaving Cape York the afternoon Of
Aug. %.
Calling at Godhaven, Greenland, and
Cape Haven, Baffinland, the Windward
arrived at Chateau bay, Labrador,
| Sept. IA, and sent dispatches. The
| summer voyage has been without mis-
hap and the Windward has made as
| good time as the larger and more pow.
| erful ships that have been going north
| the last ten years. The year at Payer
! harbor passed comfortably, though an
anxious strain caused by the ravages
! of disease among my faithful people
was not light. Food was abundant,
and our supply of musk OK and deer
meat continued throughout the year.
The northern sledge trip in the spring
was arduous, but not marked by spe-
cial exposure, suffering or danger more
than is necessarily incidental to serl-
Gus arctic work.
The Curios He Brings.
Equipment and personnel were sat
isfactory and further advance was
| vetoed by insuperable natural condi-'
lions. The Windward has on board
the instruments, chronometers and arc
tic library abandoned by the Greedy
expedition and numerous specimens
Of natural history, bear, musk OK, rein
der and walrus skins. The skeleton Of
a two-horned narwhal, a rare arctic
specimen, also living specimens OF
musk OK, walrus, arctic hare and Es-
kimo dog are also on board.
"The anchor and chain lost by Erik
last summer Is on board The Fran
left Goodhaven about Aug. 20, bound
home. She has been in Somer sound,
from whence it is understood explora-
lions were made to the northwest. One
death "a f1reman) is reported since.
Others on board said to be well. The
little schooner Forget Me Not, which
was caught in the ice at Cape Haven
last year, Is now on her way to st.
John"
Peary will go to New York tomorrow
and the Windward will probably go to
Newfoundland for the winter.