Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-11-20
HORRORS OF DEATH
FACED BY PEAR
Food Became Exhausted an
Party Ate Dogs.
WILL BEGIN TRIP AGAIN TO POL


Arctic Night, Explorer, Undsmay
ed Reached the Highest Point Eve
Trod by Human Beings.
New York. Nov. 19.-In a specis
from Sydney, n. s., the World give
some details Of the hardships en-
dured by Captain Peary and his mel
in their futile dask for the nortH
pole. After reaching the mos, e1l
IRENE settlement, 1t Is said " Esl
KINDS and 100 dogs were secured and
then taking the ice, the steamer
Roosevelt drifted on and steamed
through the barrier of 1921 dogreeA
north, where winter quarters ger4
taken up, being the farthes, noTta.
winter quarters in the history Of Arc-
the exploration Arrangements Il
secure the ship and make all comfort
able were completed by Feb. &, 1856.
and on that day Peary, with ha
EslIimOs and three teams OF dogs
made his start for the pole. O,hct'
parties also went out In charge "a
Captain Bartlett. DR.. MARION, j.
Clarke and NJ. Ryan, respectively
These were relief parties and they
kept so miles apart.
During the first part Of the journey
moderate weather prevailed and
Peary made good speed. Before bis
return to his ship III days later,
however, conditions changed and the
party was suffering from hunger and
privation. Undeterred, Peary then
pushed forward into the arctic night
until he reached the highest poin. ever
reached by an explOrer-S7.o6 NORTH
latltude-withln 1853 miles OF the pole
Before he started on the return
voyage, the food supply bad almost
given out. During his return PeaV
encountered a fierce snOwstorm which
lasted a week and which drove he
party out Of its course. Peary I'M
mediately set out TO re cover his .os'
course, but before he succeeded A1n'
ger threatened 20 drive the Eskimoi
mad. and Peary was compelled w|
KIN some a his dogs. The con-
mander enjoyed the luxury o. DOS
meat equally as well as his Esk.mos
When Peary returned TO the ship oa.I
three days out OF seventeen roua'a'
ed. fourteen having been eaten.
Musk OK and deer Killed on he roai
By EskimOs helped the famished msa.
Clark. with one o. the. relief parties
also went astray and he vas con-
PEELED to kill some Of bis dur' 20
provide food. Clarke. g arP.a7''
Wa unable TO hnd his way bach. a''
Peary luckily came across bis HA.''
and went to Clarke's rescue '.a'A'.
q IS stated. has not yet reoo','@
from his trying experience.
The other relief parties also '-.'
forcd, BAT eli went through 'he Q
deal With heroic iortituds.
Ryan's party ran shor' o. '''l ST.
hal to eat som eof the dogs
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vas attended with great tarrf. ~
homcward passage vss accoI a..-
amid even Ereaisr peril are
ting cat ~ tae zee. the saig "
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