The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-10
PEARY HEARD FIRM
ll11e ElrlDlER Es1ARll,,,,
HfI NORTHERN Rfcolp
Reached 81 Degrees 6 M;,,,.
North Latitude Over lc. =.
Snow--Ne,vs Conta;n.a;n.
patch Just Received By Sen.
tary Of Peary Artic Club.

New York, Nov. 3.-Tha IT,.
States now holds the record =, . -.
thest north" 81 deg. 8 min. nm ~
feat was accomplished by Comm...saal''
Robert 3. Peary, Of the United ..
navy. The intrepid arctic 49,, 'es
failed to reach the north pole. r =.
had confidently hoped to do v,tA ~ ~
specially constructed yesss, - W.
Roosevelt, but he penetrated ~. sus
to the pole than the Duke Of Ah,n. a
expedition, which had held thu A... :
record, SO deg "a min. 0"s
What Commander pearv d,d all,
experiences during the sast VA.
the frozen north are rather No.
summarized in a communicates.
oeived last night by Herbert / Rr; S ~
man, secretary Of the Peary Arcs;'
club. The communication follow:
Psary Sends Message
''Hopedale, Labrador, via Tv,n.
gate, N. F., Nov. 2.-Herha,+ :
Bridgeman: Roosevelt wintered no.tS
coast Grantland, somewhat no,tI
Alert winter quarters. Went no,t naval
with sledges February, via HectI.
and Colum ola. Delayed open v.ts.
between "a and IS degrees. B.vond
81 six days. Gale disrupted ics IA
stroyed cache, cut off communio,tio.
with supporting parties and drifta
due east.
Reached 81 deg. 6 min. north ].t;
tude over Ice drifting steadily cast
ward. Returning ate eight dos,
Drifted eastward, delayed BY Oman
water; reached north coast Greenland
in straitened conditions. Killed mu.L
oxen and returned along Greenland
coast to ship.
1.-TWO supporting parties driven On
north coast Greenland. One rescued
by me in starving condition. After
one week lecuperation on Roosevelt
sledged west, completing north coast
Greenland, and reached otbsr land
near Tooth meridian. Homsvard
voyage incessant battle with ioa
storms and head winds. Roosevelt
magnificent ice fighter and sea best.
No deaths or illness expedition.
''(signed) "PEARY."
Probably Coming Home
After furnishing the Associated
Press the contents of Commander
Peary's report, Mr.. Bridgsman said
that the receipt of any news was quito
q surprise to him, because he had sup
posed it had become too late in the sss-
son for Commander Peary to send
news Of his venture.
Mr. Bridgemsn added that tho mss-
sage spoke for itself, and that since 10
did not know more of the results Of
Commander Peary's effort to reach
the pole than the public did, he could
ardly comment upon the dispatch.
There was little doubt, however, that
Commander Peary was returning home.
This seems to Ee bourne out BY tho
routing of the dispatch. Hopedaie
or Hofenthal is q Moravian mission
station on the east coast OF Labrador.
Twillingate is port on the east coast
of Newfoundland. Mr.. Bridgmsn said
the message was probably mailed o
Commander Peary from Hopedals ~
the most accessible cable point II
was explained that his only way Of get
ting news down from the north ~
by whaling ships.
Peary planned to have his neao-
quarters $50 miles north OF Cape ~
pine. From that point he planned 70
make his actual journey to the pole
q, distance of 500 miles across desels
Of ice and snow. This final dasn ~
expected to make in month or sn
weeks from the time he left headqs&
ters. 80.
Commander Peary's steamsn'p
left New York on ner '0as
journey in search Of the north poA'
July 10, 1905.