The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-11-27
LIEUT.. PEARY'S STORY.
Some of His Experiences Iii
the Far North.
ARCTIC CLIMATE Is NOT so BAD.

How to Live, He Says, Polar Region
lis Quite Endurnble-One of the
BesI Places For People Suffering
From Pulmonary Diseases.
Lieutenant Robert e. Peary, the arc
tic explorer, has arrived at New York,
says the Times. With him are Mrs.
Peary and his nine-year-old daughter
Marie, both Of whom went to the arc
tic regions last summer on board the
Windward, the ship that brought the
explorer back to civilization after So
journ of more than four years in the
frozen north.
Lieutenant Peary is in excellent
health and, according to his friends,
looks hardly day older than when he
sailed away in search Of the north
pole. When seen at the st. Denis, he
said he was very willing to answer
most any question that might be asked
him, but added that he thought that
nearly everything that he knew about
the arctic region and everything else,
for that matter, had been pumped out
Of him" since his arrival at Sydney,
Cape Breton, on the 18th inst.
The first question asked Lieutenant
Peary was if he thought it possible for
any man to reach the pole.
II certainly do think it possible" an
swered the explorer, "and that man
whose starting point is latitude SO and
whose equipment is the best to be had
and who can strike favorable condi-
tons for the northward dash Is the
man who will find the pole. OF course
be will have to keep at it and maybe
will have to make several attempts be-
fore he succeeds, but it Is the try, try
again principle that's going to find the
pole. If I could only transfer my ex.
perience to him, the problem would be
much simplified."
Lieutenant Peary was asked If life in
the arctic was as unpleasant as it is
sometimes painted.
IF you know what clothes to wear
and how to wear them, as well as how
to travel up there, taken all in all, the
arctic is not such an unpleasant place
after ALL" he replied. "Of course there
are unpleasant things connected with
life in the arctic, but If one is enthusi-
astic his interest In his work tides him
over all such unpleasantries. Howev-
er, If man were compelled to live In
the arctic against his will imagine It
would be about the most disagreeable
place under the sun"
The explorer said he thought the
arctic one Of the best places on earth
for persons afflicted with pulmonary
diseases. In proof Of the health giving
conditions there he said that nearly
everybody who went up there came
back weighing more and in a much
better state Of health generally. Lieu
tenant Peary said that he did not bring
any Eskimos south with him this time
for the reason that those he brought
several years ago had experienced such
hard time, many Of them succumbing
to pulmonary diseases.
"How about those arctic animals
which you sent to New York and
which arrived here last Sunday-do
you think they will be able to live in
This climateY
Its quite a change from 7S degrees
north to this clime," replied Lieutenant
Peary, "but we got them here all right,
and with proper attention l think the
animals should live"
Regarding the big Eskimo dog that
was the king of the pack that pulled
he sledge that carried him to latitude
H.17, the farthest point north he
reached and which is among the ami
mails now in the Bronx park. Lieuten-
ant Peary said the dogs name was not
Bridgeman, as has been reported. His
real name, he said, was Thar LAX Pok
Soah. which is the Eskimo for 1.-The
big gray fellow"
OF his work in the arctic Lieutenant
Peary said that he had charted much
of the northern end and east coast Of
| Greenland and also filed in some gaps
He had obtained much valuable scien-
tific information, he said, which was
principally geographical, but also mete-
geological and geological.
"Will you make another attempt to
discover the pole?" Peary was asked.
mo; am through now, and l am
| going back to work in the navy. dc
not know as yet where will be sta
toned. I will go 20 Washing*o on in a
few days and report for duty, No; my
| arctic work was entirely independent
Of the government, and l will not re-
| port the results Of that experience to
the navy department"
Suppose somebody does get to the
pole = what do you think they will
| findw
''Ice = nothing but ice" Lieutenant
Peary answered.
/ Aerial navigation, Lieutenant Peary
said, is as yet in too primitive state
| to be Of any use in arctic exploration
/ His own failure to reach the pole. he
said, was due to lack of funds.
Many Dig For RTiser's Hoard.
| William J. Loud, a miser who lived