The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-17
PEARY EXPEDITION
SI ]! ! J 4 PERIL
Badly Crippled Ship Making Dan
gerous Passage, Labrador
to Sydney.

i Sydney, N. S., Nov. 1.-THE anxiety
caused by the report that the steamer
Roosevelt with the Peary Arctic expe
dition had suffered disaster at Battle
Harbor, was relieved yesterday by news
that the steamer had just sailed from
Chateau bay on the Labrador, coast, fol-
this port.Ss. % ,S ~
The message from Chateau bay says
that the Roosevelt may be week OF
ten days Fin making this: port. The
Straits Of Belle Isle, thru which she is
ito pass, are marrow and full of shoals
and rocks, and are navigated with great
risk in thick weather. Moreover, she is
under jury steering apparatus, her rud
der having been lost in the Arctic
ocean, and her propeller lost one blade
in contact with ice foes. The distance
from Chateau bay to Sydney is nearly
The Roosevelt reached Hopedale
Labrador, Oct. 49,, after an eventful
voyage. The once sturdy craft pre-
sented a! most dilapidated appearance
Her decks; We're piled with snow, he1
sternpost was gone, her foretopmast
had been carried away, part of the
crossbeams were cut out, the rudde1
and rudder post were gone, and other
minor damages were evident on all
Inc voyage.
In July, 1905, the ship called at Dom.
inc, Labrador, on her way north. AT,
ter passing out of Ungava bay in Au.
gust, 1905, the Roosevelt continued on
until Cape Sheridan was reached, and
thence to the most extreme Greenland
settlement, where seventy Eskimo
were taken aboard to be guides in a
dash FOR the pole, and dogs were also
| secured '
Taking the ice, the steamer drifted
on. and steamed thru the barrier to
1927 degrees north, where winter quar-.
tiers were taken up, being the farthest
north winter quarters in the history OF
Arctic exploration. Christmas dav
however, the ship broke loose, and only
by strenuous efforts was she again Sc
cured. A few days after being proper
ly quartered, snow was gathered and
piled around the deckhouse and every
other precaution was taken to make
life aboard as comfortable as condi.
tions would permit.
Feb. Z, 1905, and on that day Peary,
with his Eskimos and three teams Of
dogs, made his start for the pole. Other
parties also went out in charge of Cap
tain Bartlett, DR.. Wolfe, R. G. Maroin,
J; Clarke and M. Ryan, respectively.
dft2s were relief 81 parties and they kept
During the first part Of the Journey
moderate weather prevailed and Peary
and his companions were able to travel
at good speed. Before his return to his
ship, III days later, however, condi-
tions had changed and terrible suffer
Ing from hunger and privation was en-
dured. But, undeterred by the fury of
the elements and hardened by former
experiences, the, heroicf Header fpushed
further forward into the arctic night
until he reached the highest point ever
reached by any explorer-S7. O6 north
latitude, within only 1853 miles of the
pole. .--..-~..-.-
/ Homeward Passage Rough.
! While the attempt to reach the pole
was attended with great danger and
extraordinary hazard the homeward
passage was accomplished amid even
greater peril, from which it has not yet
entirely escaped. After getting out of
the ice the ship struggled on in the
brance of any of the crew. Storm fol
lowed storm with ever-increasing force.
For sixty ight days the steamer was
practically at the mercy Of the waves
and ice, and in, that time covered only
200 miles.
| The winter again setting in, 1t was
decided to abandon the idea of reach
ing Victoria Head, and on Sept. le the
| voyage was continued south. A little
fine weather followed and then another
storm came on Had the ship been less
would have come to grief. After bat
| thing with the elements for ten DAYS
more, Cape York was reached.