The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-19
A YEAR IN ARCTIC
LIEUT.. PEARY TELLS STORY OF
HIS EXPERIENCE.
DID NOT REACH NORTH POLE.
BUT BRINGS BACK LOTS OF INFoR-
NATION.


dition-Hns Been Absent Since
Aug. 1 1901, and Covered "a Large
Section of Polar Territory-Epi-
demic Among Esquimaux Greatly
Interfered With Work-His Differ
ence with DIR. Deidrick stui I'm
settled.
North Sydney C. B.. Sept. 1s.-Lieut.
Robert E. Peary arrived here to-day
on the steamer Windward from the
frozen north. He did not discover the
North Pole during his trip of four
years, but he says that in his last dash
with that object in view he made i'm
portant discoveries. He says he feels
certain that the pole can be reached,
and furthermore that If he was a man
of independent means he would perse-
we're until he succeeded.
The most northerly point reached was
| 81 degrees, IL minutes in latitude,
northwest of Cape Hecla Lieut..
Peary says that the pole Awnn be
reached from Franz Josef Land and
| from Grant Land in latitude SO de-
| gress If the winter quarters are estab-
lished as far north as possible He
says that he would just as soon winter
at Cape Hecla as at Sabina or Etah.
| Sydney, N. s.. Sept. 1S.-The Peary
Arctic Clubs relief steamer Windward
with Lieut.. Robert e. Peary on board.
arrived at North Sydney at S:15 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 Wind
ward to the wharf no one would have
supposed that he had braved the rig
ors of a winter 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.
| DIR. Diedrick was on board, and quite
well. AS far as can be learned. the
difference between him and Lieut..
Peary has not been patched up. DR..
Diedrick declined to say anything fur
ther at present than that the difficulty
between him and Lieut.. Peary had not
been settled.
Lieut.. Peary recovered and brought
back the instruments and library aban-
doned by the Greedy expedition He
also brought numerous and rare spec
linens of natural history. Lieut. Peary
sent to the Arctic Club the following
report of the operations of the expedf-
ton since Aug. /, 1901:
Left at Erik harbor on the Ellis
mere coast Aug. 90. The party reach
ed Payer harbor Sept 16, crossing
Roose Bay partly by sledge and partly
boat, then walking across Bedford PIN
sound. About week later my Eskimos
began to fall sick, not one escaping. BY
Nov. 10 six adults and one child were
dead, and nearly all the others very
weak, but out of danger.
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 survivors as could come to me
and by the end of the month they be-
gan arriving. In February a large
depot OF dog food was established
near Cape Louis Napoleon, sixty
miles north of Sabine. On March 3
my advance partly of six sledges in
charge of Hensen left for Conzer.
March started with the main party
or 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 Eski-
mos returning from Conger brought
down the instruments. chronometers
and Arctic library. Eight marches
more took us to Cape Hecla.
he l.
mel was all open across to the Green-
land coast, lakes of water extending
northward as far as could be seen
from Black Cape and Cape Rahsome.
From Hecla another supporting party
returned.
Periious Journey Over Ice.
April l, started northward over the
Polar sea with Hensen, four Eskimos
and six sledges. Old foes covered
with snow and intersected with rub
BILE ridges and lane of young icee were
encountered from the moment we left
the ice foot
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 az
vanced the foes became small
IA,
grander scale, and the open
leads more frequent. Each days
march was more perilous and our gem
eral course DETECTED west by the char
acter of the ice. Finally at S417, N,
lat. northwest of Hecla, the polar pack
became impracticable and further eff
forts to advance were given up. New
leads and pressure ridges with foggy
weather made our return in some pros
poets more trying than the advance.
Hecla was regained April 20, and Con-
ger May 3. Leaving Conger May 6.
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. A proposed trip across
Elesmere land westward was prevent
ed by open water In Buchanan bay.
THE ice broke up earlier than I'm
1901 and Payer Harbor was blOckaled
almost continuously
THE WindwaFd bored her way
through the Ice and entered the har-
Dor the morning Of Aug. 5 and got out
again the same afternoon with scarce
~ fifteen minutes 70 spare before the
harbor WAS closed by ice Forcing our
way across Smith Sound. my Egkinos
with their belongings were landed In
inslefeid Gulf Several days wers
devoted 70 hunting walrua then the
Winaward started south, reaching and
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