Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-25
pEARY FAILED TO
REACH THE POLE
He Reports Having Made I'M
portant Discoveries in
Greenland.
LANDED AT SYDNEY, N. S,
Brings Back the Library and Instruments
Abandoned BY the Greedy Expedition
Advance Northward Vetoed BY Natural
Conditions.

Sydney. N. s., Sept. 19.-The Peary
Arctic club steamer Winuward, with
Lieutenant c. E. Peary on board, ar
rived here yesterday from Cape Sa-
bine. All on board are well. Lieut.
enant Peary said:
Our expedition did not reach the
north pole, but we made most import
ant scientific discoveries. We are all
well and glad to get back to civiliza.
ton"
He recovered and brought back the
instruments and library abandoned by
the Greeley expedition. He also
brought numerous and rare specimens
of natural history. Lieutenant
Peary sent to the Arctic clue the fol.
lowing report of the operations of the
expedition since August 8, 1901:
Left at Arick Harbor on the Files
mere coast, August 20. The party
reached Payer Harbor September l6,
crossing Roose bay partly by sledge
and partly by boat, then walking
across Beford PIN. About week Ia
ter my Eskimos began to fall sick, not
one escaping. BY November 10 SIX
adults and one child were dead, near
ly all the others were very weak but
out of danger.
Early in January Eskimos came
across from Anvilak, bringing news Of
the ravages of fatal epidemic through
the tribe. Word was sent back by
these scouts for as many of the sur.
vivors as could to come to me and by
the end of the month they began arrir.
ing. In February a large depot of
dog food was established near Cane
Louis Napoleon, some sixty miles
north of Sabine. On March my al.
vance party, of six sledges, in charge
of Hensen, left for CANCER; March 6
started with the main party OF eighteen
sledges, leaving Percy in charge at
Payer Harbor. CANCER was reached
in twelve marches, arriving within
an hour or two of the advance party.
My party of Eskimos returning from
CANCER, brought down the instruments
chronometers 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.
west as far as could be seen from
Black Cape and Cape Ramsome. From
Hecla another supporting party re-
turned. April / started northward
over the Polar sea with Hensen, four
Eskimos and sledges. Old foes COW
cred deep with snow and intersec.
toned with rubble ridges and lanes OF
ice, were encountered from the mo
ment we left the ice foe.
THE same kind of travelling. except
the lanes of ice. was found by the En-.
glish expedition of 1876.
after six marches over open leads,
foes in motion were encountered. Two
natives were sent back. AS we ad.
vanced the foes became smaller, the
pressure ridges on a grander scale
and open leads more frequent. Each
days march was more perilous and
our general course detected west by
the character of the ice. Finally at
84.17 north latitude, northwest Of
Hecla, the Uolar pack became imprac'
ticable and further efforts to advance
were given up. New leads and pres
sure ridges. with foggy weather, made
our return, in some respects, more
trying than the advance. Hecla was
regained April 20 and Gangor May 3
Leaving Gangor May 6, Cape Sabin
was reached on the 18th. A few days
later we went north as far as Cape
Louis Napoleon to complete the sur
vey of Bobbit Bay, returning first
Of June. A proposed trip across Files,
mere land westward, was prevented
by open water in Buchanan bay.
1.-THE ice broke up earlier than in
1901, and Payer harbor was blockai-
ed almost continuously.
THE Windward bored her way
through the ice and entered the har.
Dor the morning of August and got
out again the same afternoon win
scarcely fifteen minutes to spare be-
fore the harbor was closed by the
ice. Forcing our way across Smith
sound, my Eskimos with their belong.
ings were landed in Ughfeld gulf.
Several days were devoted to hunt.
ing walrus, then the Windward start.
ed south, reaching and leaving Cape
York the afternoon Of August Is.
After arriving at Godhon, Green
land, and Cape Haven, Baffinland, the
Windward reached Chateau bay. Lab.
rador, on September IA and sent dis.
patches. The summer voyage has
been without mishap and the Wind
ward with her engines has made as
good time as the larger and more
powerful ships that have gone north
the last ten years. The year at Payer
harbor was made comfortable, though
there was much strain because Of the
ravage of disease among my Eskimos.
The northern sledge trip in the spring
was not marked by special exposure
or suffering more than is necessarily
incident to Arctic work.
Equipment and personnel were sat
isfactory, and further advance was
vetoed by natural conditions. The
Windward has on board the instru-
ments, chronometers and Arctic
library abandoned by the Greedy ex-
petition and numerous specimens OF
natural history, bear. musk and walrus
skins.
1.-THE skeleton of two-horned mar
whale, rare Arctic specimen, also
living specimens of musk, wairus,
Arctic hare and Eskimo dogs are on
board.
"The anchor and chain lost by the
Erik last summer is on board. The
Fran left Goodhoun about August 20.
bound for home. She has been in
Soner sound, from whence it is under
stood explorations were made to the
northwest. One death, fireman. was
reported since. All on board said 10
be well. Little schooner Forget Me
Not, which was caught in the ice at
Cape Haven last year, is now on her
way to St. Johns"
BRITISH SEIZE AN ISLAND.