The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1906-11-07
near NORTH POLE
PEARY FAILS. BUT MAKES NEW
RECORD.
HEARD FROM IN LABRADOR
Brave Dash for the Pole Frustrated by
Broken Ice-Gets Within Two Hum
dred and One Miles Of lt-Explorer
and Party All Well.

and Party All Well.
New York-The UNited States now
holds the record of ''farthest north"
81 degrees, minutes. This feat was
accomplished by Commander Robert
f. Peary OF the United States navy.
The intrepid Arctic explorer failed
to reach the north pole. as he had con
fidently hoped to do. with his specially
constructed vessel, the Roosevelt, but
he penetrated nearer to the pole than
the Duke of Abruzzi's expedition,
which held the Arctic record, Sc de-
grees, "a minutes.
What CoAmander Peary did and his
experiences in the past year in the
frozen north are briefly but certainly
wildly summarized in communica-
ton received Friday night by II. l..
Bridgman, secretary OF the Peary Arc
tic Club.
"Eopedale. Labrador, via Twillin-
gate, New Foundland, Nov. 2.-Her-
bert l.. Bridgman: The Roosevelt
wintered on the north coast of Grant
land, somewhat north OF the Alert's
winter quarters. | went north with
s,edges in February via Hecla and Co
lumbia, was delayed by open water be-
| tween 81 and IS degrees. Was beyond
| SIS six days.
"a gale disrupted the ice, destroyed
my cache, cut off the communication
with supporting bodies and drifted due
east
I'VE reached 81 degrees minutes
north latitude. over the ice, which was
| drifting steadily eastward.
while returning we were forced TO
eat our dogs. We still drifted east
ward. delayed by open water, and
reached the north coast of Grantland
in straitened conditions. We killed
musk oxen and returned along the
Grantland coast to our ship. Two sup
porting parties were driven on the
north coast of Greenland and one of
them was rescued by me in starving
| condition.
after one week of recuperation on
the Roosevelt we sledged west. com
pletely rounding the north coast OF
G-antland and reached other )land,
near the Tooth meridian. Our home
ward voyage was an incessant battle
with ice. storms and head winds. The
Roosevelt is a magnificent ice fighter.
There were no deaths or illness during
the expedition. PEARY."
After furnishing the Associated
Press the contents of Commander
Peary's report, Mr. Bridgman said the
receipt of any news from the explorer
now was quite a surprise to him, be-
cause he had supposed II had become
too late in the season for Commander
| Peary to send news of his venture.
| Mr. Bridgman added that the mes
sage spoke for itself and that since he
1 In. 49, 1...r sal ~
| Commander Peary's effort to reach the
pole than the public did. he could
hardly comment upon the dispatch.
| There was little doubt however. he
| said, that Commander Peary was COM
ing home. This seems to be borne out
by the routing of the message. Hope
| dale. or Hoffenthal. Is a mission sta
ton on the east coast of Labrador.
Twillingato is port on the east coast
of Newfoundland. Mr.. Bridgman said
the message was probably mailed by
| Commander Peary from Hopedale to
the most accessible cable point.
1t was explained that Pearys only
| way of getting news down from the
north was by whaling ships. Peary
| planned to have his headquarters $50
miles north of Cape Sabine. From that
point he planned to make ais actual
journey to the pole. distance of 500
| miles across desert OF ice and snow.
This final dash he expected to make in
q month or six weeks from the time
he left headquarters.
| Mrs. Robert 4. Peary. wife of the
commander. has been spending the
past summer in Maine.
The point reached by Peary. SIS,
| placed him about POI miles from the
| pole.
Commander Peary's polar steam
ship. the Roosevelt. left New York on
her long journey in search of the north
pole July 16, 1905. The Roosevelt was
buiit in Maine and came down TO New
| York. where she was refitted before
starting. The vessel, for which funds
were furnished BY the Arctic Club of
| New York. was designed by Naval
Architect William +. Winant particu
larly for Arctic exploration. She cost
| about 100000. The Roosevelt had a
crew of twenty men, under Capt. Bart.
lett.