The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-19
PEARY AGAIN FAILS
To REACH THE POLE
Stopped:by lnsuperable Nat
uraI Conditions.
THESE ARE HIS WORDS
His Ship the Windward is Now at
Sydney.
CON TRIBUTlONS TO NATURAL. HISTORY
Peary Brings Back Many Rare Specimens and
He also Receivers the Library and
instruments Abandoned by the
Greeley Expedition,
(By the Associated Press J


Sydney, N. S., Sept. 1S.-The Peary
Arctic Clubs Arctic steamer Windward,
with Lieutenant Robert E. Peary on
board, arrived at North Sydney at 1915
this morning from Greenland.
Lieutenant 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 winter
in the Polar regions. His face was
bronzed but he looked the picture OF
health. "a
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. Diedrick was on board and quite
well. AS far as can be learned, the diff
ference between him and Lieutenant
Peary had not been settled.
Lieutenant Peary recovered and
brought back the instruments and library
abandoned by the Greeley expedition. He
also brought numerous and rare speei-
mems of natural history. Lieutenant
Peary sent to the Arctic Club the follow
ing report of the operations of the gss@I
peGition since August 9Th, 1901: n
Left at Erik harbor, on the Ellesmerc
coast, August 29th. The party reached
Payer Harbor, eptember 10Th, crossing
Roose Bay partly by sledge and partly
by boat, then walking across Beford
Pim About a week later my Eskimos
began to fall sick, not one escaping BY
November 10Th six adults and one child
were dead, nearly all the others very
weak, but out of danger.
Fairly in January Eskimos came across
from Anvilak, bringing news of the raw
ages of fatal epidemic through the
tribe. Word was sent back by these
scouts for as many of the survivors as
could come to me, and by the end of
the month they began arriving. In Feb
ruary depot of dog food was estab-
lished at Cape Luis Napoleon, some sixty
miles north of Sabine. On March 3rd
my advance party of six sledges ill
charge of Hensen left for Conger March
9Th started with the main party of Is
sledges, leaving Percy in charge at Payer
Harbor. Conger was reached in twelve
marches, arriving within an hour or two
of the advance party. Ny supporting
brought down the instruments, chrono-
meters 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 northward as far as could
be seen from Black Cape, and Cape Ran
some. From Hecla and supporting party
returned.
Anr Let etc rf cd ri q
Polar sea with Hensen, four Eskimos
and six sledges. Old foes covered deep
with snow and intersected with rubhle
ridges and lanes of young ice were en-
countered from the moment we left the
ice foot.
1.-The same kind of travelling, except
the lanes of young ice, as found by the
English expedition of 1876.
after six marches open leads, foes in
motion were encountered. Two natives
were sent back AS we advanced the
foes became smaller the pressure ridges
on a grander scale, and the open leads
more frequent. Each days march was
more perilous and our general course de-
fiected west by the character of the ice.
Finally, at S417 n. lat, northwest of
Hecla. the Polar pack became impracti-
cable ani further efforts to advance were
given up. New leads and pressure ridges
with foggy weather made our return in
some prospects more trying than the ad-
vance. Hecla was regained April 29th
and Conger May 3rd; leaving Conger May
9Th, Cape Sabine was reached on the
18th. few days later went north as far
as Cape Luis Napoleon to complete the
survey of Bobbit Bay, returning the first
of June. proposed trip across Elies-
mere Land westward. was prevented by
open water in Buchanan Bay.
The ice broke up earlier than in 1901,
and Payer Harbor was blockaded almost
continuously.
1.-THE Windward bored her way through
the ice and entered the harbor the morn
ing of August 5th and got out again the
same afternoon with scarcely fifteen
minutes to spare before the harbor was
closed by the ice Forcing our ways
across Smith Sound, my Eskimos with
their belongings were landed in Ughfeld
Gulf Several days were devoted to hunt
ing walrus, then the Windward started
south, reaching and leaving Cape York
the AFTERNOON of August 2Sth.
Calling at God Houn, Greenland and
Cape Haven, Baffin Land, the Windward
arrived at Chateau Bay Labrador, Sep
tember 14th and sent dispatches. The
summer voyage has been without mishap