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PEARY MADE MANY SURVEYS
AND INTERESTING DISCoV-
ERIES AND RESCUED LIBRA
RY LOST BY GREELY.

SYDNEY. y. s. Sept. lS-The Peary
Arctic club relief steamer windward with
Lieutenant c. E. Peary on board. ar
rived here today from Cape Sabine. All
on board are well. Lieutenant Peary
says
''our expedition did not reach the north
pole, but we made most important sci
entifc discoveries. We are all wei ana
glad 10 get back 20 civilization"
Lieutenant Peary recovered and brought
back the instruments and library aban-
doned BY the Greeley expedition. He also
brought numerous and rare specimens OF
natural history.
The Peary Arctic club steamer Wind
ward. Captain S. W. Bartlett. arrived here
this morning from Cape Sabine. All on
Peary sent to the club the following re-
port OF the operations OF the expedition
since Angus 1s. 1901:
Left at Erik Harbor. on the Ellesmere
coast. August g. The party reached
Favor Harbor September Is. crossing
Reese Bay partly by sledge and partly by
boat. then walking across Beford PIN.
About q week later, my Eskimos began 10
fan sick. none escaping BY November
% six adults and six children were dead.
nearly all the others very weak but out
OF danger.
Early in January. Eskimos came across
axes OF a fatal epidemic through the tribe.
Word was sent back by these scouts for
as many OF the survivors as could come
70 me and by the end OF the month they
began arriving. In February large de-
pot OF dog food was established near
Cape Louis Napoleon. some sixty miles
north OF Sabine.
saOn March 3 my advance party OF six
sledges. in charge OF Hensen. left for
Cougoor.
March 6. started with the main party OF
Is sledges. leaving Percy in charge at
Payer Harbor. Congor was reached In
twelve marches. arriving within an hour
OF two OF the advance party. Ny support
ing party OF Eskimos. returning from
Conzor, brought down the instruments.
chronometers and Arctic library Eight
marches more took us 70 Cape Hecla- The
north end OF Robinson channel was all
open across TO the Greenland coast. From
Hecla the supporting party returned
Crossed Polar Sea.
april 1, started northward over the
Polar sea with Hansen. four Eskimos
and six sledges- Old foes. covered with
deep STOW and intersected with rubble
ridges and lanes OF young ice. were en-
countered from the moment we left the
ice the same kind OF travelling except the
lanes OF young ice as found by the Eng
lsh expedition OF 1876
After six marches. open leads foes IN
motion. were encountered AS we advanc-
Al 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
detected west by the character OF the
ice. Finally at sE17 n, lat, northwest OF
Hecla. the Polar pack became fmprac-
ticable and further efforts 70 advance
were given Vp.
New leads and pressure ridges. with
foExy weather. made our return in some
respects more trying than the advance.
Hecia was regained April = and Congor
May 3. leaving COngor May s; Cape Sa-
bine was reached on the 18th A few days
later. went north as far as Cape Louis
Napoleon 70 complete the survey OF Bob
bit bay. returning the first OF June. The
Zee broke up earlier than in 1901 and Payer
Harbor was bIockaded almost continuous
~.
Raced With the Ice.
ssrhe WIudward bored her way through
the ice and entered the harbor the morn
ing OF August and got out again the
same afternoon. with scarcely Is minutes
10 snare before the harbor was closed by
fee Forcing our way across Smith
sound my Eskimos. with their belong
fnrs. were landed az Ughfield gulf. The
IVfndward then started south. reaching
and leaving Cape York the afternoon OF
August -
ssrhe Wfndward arrived at Chateau bay
Labrador, September IL and sent dis
patches. The year at Payer Harbor was
uassed comfortably though an anxious
strain caused by the ravages OF disease
among my faithful people was not light.
Food was abundant The northern sledge
trim in the spring was arduous. but not
marked by special exposure. suffering OF
danger more than is necessarily incident
n 70 serious Arctic work
ssEquipment and personnel were salts
factory and further advance was vetoed
by fnsuperabIe natural conditions.
The windward has on board the in
strumsnts. chronometers and Arctic H.
brary abandoned by the Greeley expedi-
ton and numerous specimens OF natural
history bear, musk OK. reindeer and wal
rus skins
Many Rare Specimens.
The skeleton OF a two-horned nor.
whale. a rare Arctic specimen. also living
specimens OF musk OK. walrus. Arctic
hare and Eskimo dogs also are on board
ssThe anchor and chain lost by Erik last
summer Is on board The Fran left God
foun about August D. bound home. she
has been I'm Soner sound. from whence II
a. understood explorations were made tC
the northwest one death "a fireman) 1:
reported since. Others on board said q
b. well. The little schooner Forget-Me-
Not. which was caught in the ice al
Cape Haven last year. IS now on her way
70 St John
From Iceland Ship FRAN Arrives.
HAUGEsUND. Norway. Sept. Ts.-The
Arctic steamer Fran. homeward bound
with the Sverdrup expedition on board
passed Utsire today and took pilot or
board
Captain Otto Sverdrup. who was in com
rnand OF the Fran during DIT. Nansen's
expedition 10 the north pole in 1855 sale
from Christiana. Norway. for the Arctic
regions June "A. 1ssS.
Previous 70 his sailing. Lieutenant
Peary complained OF Captain Sverdrup':
expedition and the captain explained in q
letter that he did not aim TO reach the
pole. but only Intended 20 explore Green
land and make a study OF the ice in that