The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-03
Word From Arctic
 plorer.
DID Nof REACH HIS
Penetrated Frozen North
 Than Abruzzi Expedit
Spot aud Was Compelle llardships to Turn Back.

New York. Nov. 2.-Th States now holds the record therest north," S7 degrees.
 This feat was accomplished mander Robert E. Peary. of ted States navy. The interr explorer failed to reach the as he had confidently expeo with his specially construct the Roosevelt. but he penetr CT to the pole than the Du ruzzi's expedition, which ha, arctic record. S6 degrees, 2
 What Commander Peary d. experiences during the past the frozen north are briefly ly summarized in a commun ceived tonight by Herbert man. secretary of the Pe' Club. This communication Hopedale labrador. via I
 N. F.. Nov. 9.
 Herbert l.. Bridgeman:
 Roosevelt wintered no Grantland somewhere north ter quarters. Went north " February via Heckla and Delayed by open water betw S5 degrees. Beyond s5 six u. disrupted ice destroyed caches communication with supportir and drirted due east.
 Reached s7 degrees, six north latitude over ice driftir fly eastward. Returning wit days. Drifted eastward. del open water, reaching mort Greenland in straitened tions. Killed musk oxen and along Greenland coast to sh
 Two supporting parties dr north coast, Greenland. One by me in surviving conditic one week recuperation on sledged west. completing no Grantland and reached other hundredth meridian. Homew age incessant battle with ic and head winds. Roosevelt cent ice fighter and seab' deaths or Illness in tSigned Peary..
 After furnishing the Press the contents of G Peary's report Mir. Bridgeman ahs receipt of the news .waSi 10 him because he had suppos become too late in the season mander Peary to send wort venture. MT. Bridgeman ad the message spoke for itself since he did not know moi results of Commander Pear. to reach the pole than the ? he could hardly comment dispatch.
 Is Coming Home.
 There was little doubt. ho' said. that Commander Peary ing home. This seems to be hy the routing of the dispatc dale or Hoffenthal 's a Mora sion station on the east coas rador. Twillirgate Is a DOT east coast of New Found! 3ridgeman said the message ably mailed by Commando from Hopedale to the most cable poi-it.
 Commander Peary's polar the Roosevelt. left New Tor journey In search of the July 16. 1905 The vessel funds were furnished by t Club of New York, was des Naval Architect William E. particularly for arctic explG
 She cost about $100,0oo. il welt had a crew of twenty n Captain Bartlett. Coinmandt did not go with the ship 1T York but joined her later a Cape Breton, where she tool and additional supplies. Tn welt left Sydney July 96. -- next reported '.t Domino. July s9. from which point st to Greenland. The vessel pa York August ! ana reache North Greenland, August '6. petitions auxiliary steamer the meantime visited "ario ments in Greenland and secu tv-three natives and about dred dogs and turned then '- Roosevelt on August 3l.
 A, Etah the Roosevelt her machinery, took on boar supply of coal from the then procet ded North | Friends Were WOrrie When nothing had been h the Roosevelt by last July of the Arctic explorer. who pected a message of some IT or June. began to be worr , anxiety, however, was not 1 thr members of inc Pear Club, who then said they al pect to hear from Peary Der or November It was
 that his only way of getti down from the North was D ships. Peary planned to Headquarters $50 miles north Sa bin
 From that point he planned his actual journey to tte pol tance of 500 miles. across lee and snow. The final lash pected to accomplish in a m six weeks
 Tn an interview before ne York. Commander Peary confidence iE the succass Of | turc H6 eNpldlncu that H' the men accompany'ng f'n members of the former Arc' dit,on- ma thnroughlv famil the work After outlnlng to his winter headquarters. der Peary said
 "we will remain Tn these until February 1 1906. and gin the dash for the pole, a. miles. Tn the party that VII me will bc but two white m phvsiciav On the trin there a slcdgf for each Esquim from six to eight dogs to eac Each laf the sledges will h pounds of dog food, shirs' bi tea. My only instruments travellers theodolite "a pocke and a rhrononete Althoul convinced there Is no anima the country. we will carry rifes.
 This is my ninth trip to u
 and, barring sickness and o'
 tingencies, will give the
 hardest try it has had yet.
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