The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-19
.PEARYS DASH AT
THE NORTH POLE
Expedition Failed the Same as
It's Predecessors.
WlNDWARD AT SYDNEY. N. S
REPORT OF THE EXPLORER TO
THE ARCTIC CLUB.


Windward. with Lieutenant Peary
on board. arrived here today from
Cape Sabine. All on board are we'll
Lieutenant Peary said:
THE arctic expedition did not reach
the north pole. but we made most i'm
portant scientific discoveries. We are
all well and glad to get hack to civili-
zation."
Lieutenant Feary recovered and
brought back the instruments and Ii
brary abandoned by the Greedy expe-
dition. He also brought numerous and
rare specimens of natural history.
Lieutenant Peary sent to the Arctic
club the following report of the oper-
atoms Of the expedition since Aug. 3,
1901:
Story of the Trip.
Left Friek harbor. on the Ellesmere
coast, Aug. %. The party reached
Payer harbor Sept. II. crossing ROOse
bay partly by sledge and partly by
boat, then walking across Bedford
sound. About a week later my Eski-
mos began 10 fall sick, not one scaping.
By November nineteen sick adults and
one child were dead; nearly all the
others were very sick. but out OF dan
ger.
EARLY in January Eskimos came
across from Anvilik, bringing news OF
the ravageS of a fatal epidemic through
the tribe. Word was sent back by
these scouts for as many Of the sur
vivOrs as could 10 come 10 me. and by
the end Of the month they began ar
irving. In February a large depot of
dog food was established near Cape
Louis Napoleon, some sixty miles
north of Sabine. On March 3 my ad-
vance party of six sledges, In charge
of Hensen, left for Conger; March 8,
started with the main party of eighteen
sledges, leaving Percy in charge at
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 instru-
ments, thermometers 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 eX-
tending northward as far as could be
seen from Black cape and Cape Ran
some. rom Hecla another supporting
party returned.
In the Polar Sea.
April l I started northward over
the Polar sea with Hensen, four Eski-
mos and six sledges. Old foes covered
deep with snow and intersected with
rubble ridges and lanes of young ice
We're encountered from the moment we
left the ice foot
'The same kind OF travelling, except
the lanes OF ice, as found by the Eng
lish expedition of 1876.
After six marches, open leads and
foes I'm motion were encountered. Two
ma tives were sent back. As We ad-
vanced the foes became smaller. the
pressure ridges on a grander scale and
the open leads more frequent. Each
days march was more perilous, ard
our general course detected west by
the character of the ice. Finally. at
S417 north latitude, northwest of Hec-
la. the polar pack became impractical
bic, and further efforts to advance
were given up. New leads and pres
sure ridges, with foggy weather. made
our return In some respects more try
ing than the advance. Hecla was re-
gained April %. and Conger May 8.
Leaving COnger May s. 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 the first of June.
My proposed trip across Ellesmere
Land westward was prevented by open
weather in Buchanan bay.
Ice Blockade.
The ice broke up earlier than in
1901. and Payer harbor was blOckaded
almost continuously.
The Windward bored her way
through the ice and entered the harbOr
the morning of Aug. s. and got out
again the same afternoon with scarce
~ fifteen minutes 10 spare before the
harbOr was closed by the ice. Forcing
our way across Smith sound, my Eski-
mos. with their belongings, We're land
ed In Ingleheld gulf. Several days were
devoted 10 hunting walrus, and the
Windward started southwark. reaching
and leaving Cape York the afternoon
OF Aug. %.
Calling at Godhaven, Greenland, and
Cape Haven. Baffin Land. the Wind
ward arrived at Chateau bay. Labra-
dor, Sept. II and sent dispatches. The
summer voyage has been without mis-
hap. and the Windward with her en-
gines has made as good time as the
larger and more powerful ships that
have been going north the last ten
years. The year at Payer harbOr was
passed comfortably, though an anxious
strain. caused by the ravages OF dis
ease. among my faithful people, was
not light. Food was abundant and our
supply of musk OK and deer meat con-
tinued throughout the year. The north
ern sledge trip in the spring was ar
duous. but not marked by special ex-
posture, suffering or danger more than
Is necessarily incidental to serious arc
tic work.
Rare Arctic Specimens.
Equipment and personnel were sat
isfactOry, and further advance was We
tOed by insupera bic natural conditions.
The Windward has on board the in
struments. chronOmeters and arctic IL
brary abandoned by the Greedy expedi-
ton and numerous specimens Of nat
urai history. bear. musk OK, reindeer
and walrus skins.
The skeleton Of a twO-horned mar
whal, a rare arctic specimen; also iiv-
ing specimens Of musk OK. walrus, arc
tie hare and Eskimo dog are on board.
1.-THE anchor and chain lost by Erik
last summer is on board. The Fran
left Godhaven about Aug. p. bound for
home. She has been in Soner sound,
from whence it is understood explOr-
atoms were made 10 the northwest.
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