Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-09-25
PEARy LANDS.
Sends Out Report of His Expe-
dition Since August.
1901.
DID NOT REACH NORTH POLE
Made Important Discoveries on His
Last Dash Unable to Get Further
Than 81 II North Latitude
Windward Brings Many Speci-
mons Of Arctic Life.


North Sydney. G. r., Sept. iS.--Lieut |
Robert t.. pcHry arrived here to-day on the
steamer Windward from the frozen north |
le did not discover the North Pole, dur |
ing his trip of four years but lie say |
that in his last dash with that object il
view, he made important discoveries. oil
says he feels certain that the pole can b i
reached and Furthermore, that if he wer
a man of Independent means he woul
pcrseVcrc until he succeeded.
Tho most northcrly point reached, 81 de-
grccs Il minutes is northwest of cape lie
Ia. Lieutenant pcary says that the pc g.
can toe reached from Franz Josef land and
from Grant land in latitude SO degrees i'll
the winter quarters are csta hlishcd as ia
north as possible. He says that he woul
just AS soon winter at Cape Hecla as
at Sabine or Etah.
ON board the Windward also was Mrs
Pcary who is Just recovering from n fort
nights Illness and who is glad H. reaching
land once more She is expected to r
cup"ratc quickly on proceeding to a moe
CouGcnial cline. Little Marie Pcary and
others of the party are in good health
| Lieut. pCary is recovering from an acct
dent to ono of his legs. from which he sui
fercd last winter. He is slightly lame, a
/ though this t. not especially noticeable.
I NtlntT lfi1N nor Ut. llCUrltn WOull
make a statement pertaining to their r.
ported quarrel some time ago. Members
| of tho Winduards crew say that the two
men have had no intercourse whatever
since the doctor was taken ON hoard
cape York. whore he spent the winter. DR.
Dcdrich leaves tomorrow for New York
Tho Windvprd's cargo includes many
cases of relics from the North and a mum
her IF live animals for Central Park, New
York city.
Thc Pcary steamer Windward, Captain
Samuel w Bartlett arrived hero this
morning from Cane Sabine. Pcary
sent to the club the following report of tho
operations Of his expedition since August
1891:
II left Erik harhor on F:llcsmcrc coast
August %. The party reached Payer har
hor September IL, crossing Roose Bay
partly by scdce and partly by boat, then
walking across Bedford PIN Sound.
About week later my Eskimos began
to fall sick not one escaping. BY Novcm
her 70 six adults and one child We're dead
and nearly all others very weak but out
of danger. Early IN January the EskimoS
came across from AnVilik. brineinE new
of the ravagcs of Il fatal epidemic through
the tribe. Word Was sent back by these
scouts for many of the survivors as
could to come to me and by the end of the
month they began arriving In February
, a large depot of dogs was establishing near
Cape Louis Napoleon some 30 miles north
Of Sabine.
ION March my advance party of six
sledrcs, in charge of Henson left for
Corgcr March 6 | started with the main
, marty of IS slcdgcs, leaving Percy in charG
ut FaNcr harhor Congcr was reached in
- marches, arriving within an hour or
two of the advance party. My supporting
; marty of ESkimos returning from CunCcr
brought down the Instruments. chronomet
,rs and Arctic library Eight marchc
. more took us to cape IIccla. The north
ono of Robinson Chanu, was all open
= ,,ross to the Greenland coast lakes OF
vat4rexteudiup northward as far as could
mo seen from Plack Cape and cane Ran
como From, II.cla another supporting
Z ..,,t,. returned
"AnriI I started northward over TIC
: Polar Sea with Henson, four Eskimos and
iv sIodrcs The old foes were coverot
t.or viii snow and intorsccted with rubble
= ,idmce and lanes of Young ice were on.
3 rn,ntorcd from, the moment we left tn,
i, foot # vas tho same kind of travelling
:. r<c.nt tho lanes of Young ice as founc
/ h. tho Enrlish oxncdition of 1913. After
! six marches oprn leads and foes in mo
g ,i|, o.nra ournuutor,d Two natives vcr,
srnt hack As we advanced the foes be
u ,ro smaller tho pressure ridges or
randor sr,,lc and omen loads moro fro
u ,nont Each DAYS march was NOR,
Il rrilous and nur rencr;I course dcfeciec
h. no boz Of I too. ~ "a ,
~, az l,,itudn northwest of IIorIa IN,
= polar mack bocare irnracticablo anc
:. furtL, - oNorts TO ,dvonIe voro orivcn III
l ,r,, . leaving Cancer MAY & can, sa hin,
VS. reached n, the I'm 4 fcv DAVIS Ia. @,
a., ,..,t rorth os far nc came Ioris Ma
,'oleou ia comn1oto tho survey of Rabbit
r. r,v rntur,,inr tho fret of limo
$ .r'ho ,,ro,,o.,a ,ri,, .,,os, L,I,o,,,oro la ~,
- ,.ostu..rd u,s rrc,ortcd b,. oror ,y.tor n
n rucb,non Eav T,ho leo broke nm Garlic
" than in 1901 and payer harbnr was bloc,
II ga ",'' n u"m',nuo,'s,N e
;, "a the harhor the morning of August /
II and got out again the same afternoon will
" scarcely fifteen minutes to spare before tn,
=, harhor was closed by ice Forcing on
- WY across Smith Sound by Eskmos witt
their belongings were landed i'm Ingleiicl,
Gulf. Calling at GodhaVcn. Greenland an,
Cape Haven, RafIin Bay, Labrador, Sen
tcmhor II and sent dispatches
"rhe year Mt Payer harhor was passo,
y, comfortably though the anxious strait
" caused by the ravages of disease anon,
"a my faithful people was not light Foo
" was abundant and our supply of musk o.
> and deer meat continued throughout tn
= year. The northern slcdge trip in tn
e ~ ,,no i,i,.,,'
lr advance was vetoed nv insunara ble patura