The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-19
HAD BEEN ABSENT A YEAR
Important Scientific Dis
 cOverieS Were Made.
Instruments and Library Abandon- ed by Greedy Found and Brought Back-All on Board the
 Ship Well.

North sydney, Nova Scotia, Sept. M<~ The Peary Arctic Club relief steamer windward, with Lieutenant c. E. Pesfy on board. arrived here today from Caps Sabine. All on board are well. Lieuten- ant Peary says:
 ''our expedition did not reach the north pole. but we made most important scientific discoveries. We are all well and glad to get back to civilization. "
 Lieutenant Peary recovered and brought back the instruments and library aban- doned by the Greedy expedition. He aIeo brought numerous and rafe specimens Of natural history.
 Peary sent the club the following re- port of the operations of the expedition since August 9. 1901:
 Left at Erik harbor on the Ellesmere coast. August % The party reached Pay CT harbor September 16, crossing Roose Bay partly by sled and partly by boat. then walking across Bedford Pim. About a week later my Eskimos began to fall sick, not one escaping. By November I9 six adults and one child were dead. near ly all the others very weak. but out of danger.
 Fatal Epidemic.
 Early in January Eskimos came across from Anvilant, bringing news tof the ravages of a fatal epidemic through the tribe. Word was sent back by these scouts for many of the survivors as could come to me, and by the end of the month they began arriving. In February a large depot of dog food was established near Cape Louis Napoleon, some sixty miles north of Sabtae. On March 3 my | advance party of six sleds in charge of Hensen left for Gangor. March started | with the main party of eighteen sleds. | leaving Percy in charge at Payer harbof. Gangor was reached in twelve marches. | arriving within an hour or two of the ad- vance party. My supporting party of Es- kimos returning from Gangor brought 1 down the instruments, chronometers and 1 Arctic library. Eight marches more took | us to Cape Hecla. The north end of Rob- l inson channel was all open across to the | Greenland coast. From Hecla the sup 1 porting party returned. April 1 started | northward over the Polar sea with Han 1 sen, four Eskimos and six seds. Old foes covered deep with snow and inter- sected with rubble ridges and lanes of l young ice were encountered from the moment we left the ice foot. Perilous Marches. "The same kind of travelling, except the | lanes of young ice as found by the Eng | fish expedition in 1876. After six marches | open leads. foes in motion were encoun- | tered. As we advanced the foes became | smaller the pressure ridges on a grander scale, and the open leads more frequent. Each days march was nor perilous and | our general course defiected west by the l character of the ice. Finally at S417 north | latitude, northwest of Hecla. the polar pack became impracticable and further l efforts to advance were given up. New l leads and pressure ridges with fogsy | weather made our return in some respects more trying than the advance. Hecla was regained April g and Gangor May 3. | leaving Gangor May $; 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 nrst of June.
 Boring Through Ice.
 "The ice broke up earlier than in 1901 and Payer harbor was blockaded al- most continuously. The Windward bored her way through the ice and entered the harbor the morning of August and got out again in the same afternoon with scarcely fifteen mintes to spare before the harbor was closed by the ice. Forcing our way across Smith Sound my Eskimos with their belongings were landed in Ughfield gulf. Then the Windward start
 
 the afternoon of August 2S
 'The Windward arrived at Chateau Bay. Labrador September IA and sent dispatches. The year at Payer harbor was passed comfortably. though an anx- ious strain caused by the ravages of dis ease among my faithful people was not light. Food was abundant. The northern sled trip in the spring was arduous but not marked by special exposures, suffer ing or danger more than is necessarily incidental to serious arctic work.
 Rare Specimens.
 Equipment and personnel were satts- factory and further advance was vetoed by insuperable natural conditions. The Windward has on board the instruments, chronometers and arctic library aban- doned by the Greedy expedition and num- erous specimens of natural history. bear, musk. OK, reindeer and walrus skins.
 The skeleton of a two-horned mar whale, rare arctic specimen, also liv- ing specimens of musk OK. walrus. arctic hare and Eskimo dog also are on board.
 'The anchor and chain lost by Erik last summer is on board The Tram left Godhoun about August 20 bound home She has been in Soner sound, from whence 1t Is understood explorations were made to the northwest. One death (1re- man) is reported since. Others on board said to be we'll The little schooner For get Me Not. which was caught in the ice at Cape Haven last year is now on her way to St. John."
 This report signed by Peary is ad- dressed to Secretary H. l.. Bingham of