The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-09-18
BUT HE MADE SOME NEW
DISCOVERIES OF INTEREST
Ice Was Too Heavy for the Windward
and Progress by Land Was Found
Impossible North OF Certain Alti-
tude-Brouoht Back Valuable Scicn-
tifc Specimens and Upon the Whole
Is Pleased With Result OF Expedition.
lBY ASSOCIATED PRESS

Sydney. N. S., Sept is.--Thc Pcary
Arctic clubs steamer Windward, Cap,aia
Samuel w. Bartlett, arrived here this
morning from Cape Sabine.
All on board are well. Lieut.. Peary
said
The Arctic expedition did not reach
the North Pole, but we made most inn
poriant scientific discoveries. We are all
well and glad to get hack to civilization"
Lieut.. Pcary sent TO the club the follows
ing report of the operations of the expc-
dition since August o, 1901:
Left Frick hafbor on the Ellsmerc
coast, August 20 Reached Payne harbor,
September ~, crossing Roose bay partly
by slcdgc and partly by boat. then walking
across Bedford pim About a week later
my Eskimos began TO fall sick not ono
escaping by November 10 adults and one
child were dead while nearly all the 9th
ers were very weak but out of danger.
Early III January. tskimos came across
from Anvilaka, bringing news OF the raw
ages OF a fatal epidemic throughout tho
tribe.
Plenty or Dog Food.
I'm February large depot Of dog food
was established near Cape Louis Napo-
leon some 90 miles north of Sabine. On
March ; my advance guard party Of six
sledges in charge of lIcnsen, left for Con-
ger. March o. ! started with the main
party OF 10 sledges, leaving Percy in
charge at Payne barbor. Conger was
reached III "a marches, ] arriving within
an hour or two OF the advance party. My
supporting party Of IIskimos returning
from Conger, brought down the instru-
ments, chronometcrs and Arctic library.
Eight marches more took us 10 Cape IIec-
la. The north end of Robinson channel
was all open across 10 the Greenland
coast, lakes Of water extending northward
as far as could be seen from Black capo
and Cape Ransome. From Hecla another
supporting party returned.
'hprilI ! started norhward over the
Polar sea with iIenscn, -four Eskimos and
six sledRes. Old foes covered deep with
snow and intcrsected with rubble ridges
and lanes OF young ice were encountered
from the moment we left the ice foe
we had the same kind OF travelling cx-
ccpt as to the lanes Of ice, as was found
by the English expedition Of 1876
In the Heavy Foes.
April ! started norihward over the
IN motion were encountered. Two natives
were sent back As we advanced the foes
became smaller, the pressure ridges on a
grandcr scale and the open leads more
frequent. Each days march was more
perilons, and our general course was de-
flcctcd west by the character Of the ice.
Finally, at S4.I7 north latitude northwest
of liecla the polar pack became imprac-
ticablc and further efforts 10 advance were
given up. New leads and pressure ridges,
with foggy weather made our return i'm
some respects more trying than tho ad-
vance. llccla was rcgaincd April 20 and
Conger May 3. Leaving Conger May 6,
Cape Sabine was reached on the 18th. A
few days later we went north as far as
Cape Louis Napoleon to complete the sur
vcy Of Bobbitt bay. returning June /.
MY proposed trip across Elsmcrcland
westward was prevented by open weather
in Buchanan bay
"'Ihe ice broke up earlier than in 1907,
and Payer harbor was blocked almost con-
tinuously.
Pcary will 70 10 New York tomorrow
and the Windward probably will 80 10
Newfoundland for the winter.