Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-11-08
FARTHEsT NORTH RECORD NOW
AMERICAN.
HAD TO EAT EIGHT DOGS
Brief Message to Friends Tells Of
Hardships Encountered in the
Frigid Zone-One Supporting
Party Rescued and the Other
Probably Lost.

est NORTH" 81 degrees and six min
utes This feat was accomplished
by Commander Peary of the United
States navy. Peary failed to reach
the pole. as he had confidently hoped
to do with his specially constructed
vessel, the Roosevelt, but he pene-
trated nearer to the pole than the
duke of Abruzzi's expedition, which
had held the arctic record, Sc degrees
and "a minutes What Peary did and
his experiences during the past year
| in the frozen north are briefly but
vividly summarized in communica
ton received last night by Herbert l..
Bridgeman, secretary of the Peary
Arctic club. This communication
follows:
Hopedale, Labrador, via Twilling-
ate, N. E., Nov. Roosevelt whit
cred on north coast of Grant land,
somewhat north of the Albert winter
quarters. Went north with sledges
in February via Heckla and Columbia.
Delayed by open water between "a
and SO degrees. Beyond IS six days.
Gale disrupted ice, destroyed caches,
cut off communication with the sup
porting bodies and drifted due east.
Reached 81 degrees AID six minutes,
north latitude over ice, drifting stead
lily eastward Returning ate eight
dogs. Drifted eastward delayed by
| open water, reached north coast
| Greenland in Strengthened conditions.
Killed musk oxen and returned alolg
Greenland coast to ship. Two sup
porting parties driven on north coast
Greenland. One rescued by me in
starving condition. After one week
recuperation on Roosevelt, sledged
west, completing north coast of Grant
land and reached other land, near the
one hundredth meridian. Homeward
voyage one incessant battle with ice,
storms and headwinds. Roosevelt
magnificent ice fighter and seaboat
No deaths or illness in expedition.
(Signed)
Probably Coming Back.
After furnishing the Associated
Press with the contents of Peary's re-
port, Bridgeman said the receipt of
any news from the explorer now was
quite a surprise to him, because he
had supposed it had become too late
in the season for Peary to send news
of his venture. Bridgeman added
that the message spoke for itself and
that since he did not know more OF
the results of Pearys efforts to reach
the pole than the public did, he could
hardly comment upon the dispatch.
There was little doubt, however, he
said. that Peary was coming home.
This seems to be borne out by the
routing of the dispatch. Hopedale or
Hoffenthal is Moravian mission
station on the east coast of Labrador,
lTwillingate is port on the east
coast of New Foundland. Bridgeman
said that the message was probably
mailed by Peary from Hopedale to
the most accessible cable point.
Sorry Pole Was Not Reached.
Lenox, Mass, Nov. 3.-Morris X.
Jessup of New York, who aided Peary
generally in fitting out his expedi-
ton. said last night that he had just
heard from Secretary Bridgeman,
who read to him over the telephone
the message which he had received
from Peary:
1T would be useless to deny that
am disappointed that Peary failed
to reach the pole" said Jessup, but
/ am glad to know that he went so
far. and especially that he is return
ing safe. Until we get more details
of the voyage it win be fruitless to
discuss it more particularly"
Started 1e Months Age.
Peary's polar steamship, the Roose-
welt. left New York July 16, 1905,
with crew of 20 men under Captain
Bartlett. Peary joined the ship at
Sydney. Cape Briton. where she took
on coal and additional supplies. Left
Sydney July %: next reported At
Domino. Labrador, July 29. from
which point she crossed to Greenland,
and was next heard from at Etah.
North Greenland. August 16. At Etaa
the Roosevelt took on board supply
of coal. 90 Esquimaux and about 200
dogs. When nothing had been heard
from the Roosevelt by last July,
friends of the Arctic explorer. who
had expected message Of some kind
in May or June. began to be worried
at the long delay. This anxiety, how
ever. was shared by members of the
Peary Arctic club. who then said they
did not expect to hear from PeaTy IN
til October or November.
Robert Edwin Peary was born in
1884 and Is a civil engineer of the