The San Francisco call., 1905-06-05
MAY FIND NEW
RACE IN NORTH.
Lieutenant Peary Talks of
Expected Discoveries in
His Quest of the Pole
SEEKS GARDEN OF EDEN
Certain Scientists Claim Bib.
lical Spot Is Located Be
yond the Arctic Circle
Special Dispatch to III. c.ll


PORTLAND, Me-. June 4-"Supposing
what good shall we derive from it?"
said Lieutenant Commander Robert E..
Peary as he discussed his plans for ieav-
ing New York on July on the steamship
Roosevelt in another effort to reach the
place he has sought for several years
II don't suppose there Is any money in
It, and, although there is a possibility
Of finding new whaling grounds, 1t is a
possibility so remote as 70 be hardly
worth consideration. But there are other
reasons. We may, quite possibly, take
soundings which will determine the gen.
eral features Of the great polar ocean.
and then there are $500 900 square niles
OF unknown land and sea New land
may exist there-a continent containing
new fauna and-who knows-even human
beings as intelligent as ourselves" Z
Lieutenant Peary has completed all his
plans for the trip and ne will sail from
the Maine coast not later than June ID
for New York. he will remain in that
city until July g.. when he will start on
his cruise HorthEard. The first and only
stop viii be at St Johns, n. F., where his
supplies will be replenished and his crew.
of Esquimaux taken on. His route from
Gulf of st. Lawrence to the Labrador
coast. Thence he will proceed TO the.
west coast Of Greenland as far as Cape
York. There his sledge dogs will be taxi
en- on ard he will then sail 10 the shores
Of Grant Land. On the southern extrem-
ity OF the Northern Polar Sea.
BY that time, II is expected. it will be
September. the beginning Of the long
Polar night During the period Of dark
~r-SI1 f,7,l sot, var dcn0re
for provisions and when dawn comes he
will start northward with his Esouimaux
and endeavor to cover the remaining 500
miles of unknown land and frozen sea
which lie between the northern shore Of
Grant Land and his final goal. 1t is IN
that territory that he expects to find an
area Of 100000 square miles at the pole;
where the foot Of man has never trod.
For myself I doubt the existence Of
human beings there" Lieutenant Peary
said, yet some claim in scientific works
that the Garden Of Eden originally ex-
listed at the Pole. Perhaps I may find II
now and some prehistoric people I'm 1t.
For me, however, there is sentimental
reason far greater than this. Ny discov-
cry OF the Pole means additional prestige
for my country, and should I succeed in
my mission-should an American be the
first 10 plant the Stars and Stripes at the
summit Of the frozen north-welI, it may
be that 70 10000 of my countrymen and
coUntrywomen would feel one thrill of
pride. a~thrfIi of pride worfh.aii-the-hard-
ships and all the suffering my trip is go
ing 10 cost"
Every modern appliance which science
can construct Will be at Peary's service.
Mrs. Peary, by her own earnest desire,
will accompany him, as will also their
daughter Mildred, Il years old. Nearly
all the fur clothing which the Americans
will wear on their trip has been manu-
factured in Maine. The purpose of the
trip 20 New York Isl to load the Ro0se-
welt with provisions. y ; = :.