The San Francisco call., 1906-11-03
INTREPID AMERICAN
RETURNS FROM
FROZEN ZONE
Sends Out Brief Cablegram
Announcing. He Reached
81 Degrees 6 Minutes
ARCTIC RECORD
BROKEN BY HIM

a
Hardsllips Encountered,
There Were No Deaths
NEW YORK, Nov. 2.-The
United States now holds the rec
ord OF e"farthest NORTH g. degrees
s minutes. This feat was ac-
conplisheds by Commander Rob
ert E. Peary of the United: States
navy. The: intrepid Arctic ex-
plorer failed to reach the north
pole as he had confidently hoped
TO do. with his specially construct
ed vessel. the. Roosevelt, but he
penetrated nearer to the pole than
the. Duke of Abruzzi's expedition.
WHICH had held the Arctic record,
Sc degrees-34 minutes.
Mhat commander Peary. drd
and ....hie, experiences during the
past year in the frozen North are
rather bfieft. but certainly viz
idly, summarized in d communi-
cation received tonight by Her
bert [. Bridgnan, secretary of the
Reafy Arctic Club. The com
munication follows
NO DEATH ON EXPEDITION
HOPEDALE. Labrador, via
TwiIlipgate. n. F, Nov. 2.-Her-
bert (. .Bridgman Roosevelt
wintered north coast Grantland
Somewhat. north Alert winter
quarters. Went north With sledges
February via Heckla and Colum:
bia: Delayed BY open water be-
tween 81 and.85 degrees Beyond
s. degrees SIX days. Gale dis
rupted ice. destroying cache, cut
off communication with support
ing. bodies and drifted due east.
Reached g. degrees g minutes
north latitude. over fee, drifting
steadily eastward. Returning
ate eight dogs. Drifted eastward,
delayed by open water; reached
north coast .Grantland in strait
ened conditions. Killed musk
oxen and returned along. Green
lsnds coast to ship. Two support
ing parties driven on north coast
Greenland One rescued by me
in starving condition After one
week recuperating on Roosevelt
sledged west completing north
coast Grantland, and reached 9th
er laad near. Tooth meridian
Homeward voyage incessant bat
. tie with ice, storms. and head
winds. Roosevelt magnificent ICE
fighter and sea boat: No deaths
or illness expedition.
"(Signed) ;PEARY.V
.PEARY on WAY HOME.
after furnishing TO the press th'
contents Of Commander .Beary's report
Bridgman said that the receipt of any
news from the explorer at thfs tim,
was quite a surprise to. him, becaus,
he had supposed It had become too lat'
in the season for Commander Peary t,
send news Of his venture. There wal
little doubt. he said, that. Commando,
Peary was. coming home. This. seems
to be borne out by the routing of thu
dispatch. Hopedale. or Hofenthal; il
e Moravian. Mission station on the cas-
coast Of Labrador Twillingate. is ;
port on the east coast of kewfound
land. Bridginan said the message wa
probably mailed by Connnander Pear,
from HopedaIe sto the. most accesslbl,
cable point.
Commander Peary's steamship Roose
welt left New York on her journey il
search of the north pole july Is. 1905
The Roosevelt was built lin Maine an,
came down TO New York. where shi
was rented before starting. The yes
sci, for whlch funds were furnished b,
the Arctic CLUB Of New York. was de
signed by Naval Constructor winan
especially for Arctic explorations sh
cost about 100000. The Roosevelt ha,
a crew of twenty men, under Captain
Bartlett
PROCEEDS FROM ETAH.
Commander Peary did not go witt