Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-11-09
near NORTH Pole
PEARY FAILS. BUT MAKES NEW
RECORD.
HEARD FROM IN LABRADOR


Brave Dash for the Pole Frustrated by
Broken iee-oets Within Two Hun
dred and One Miles Of it-Explorsr
and Party All Weli.
New York.-The United States now
holds the record of "farthest north.
81 degrees. Q minutes. This feat was
accomplished by Commander Robert
l.. Pcary Of the United States navy.
The intrepid Arctic explorer failed
10 reach the north pole. as he had con-
fdentiy hoped to do. with his specially
constructed vessel. the Roosevelt. bat
he penetrated nearer to the pole than
the Duke OF Abruzzi's expedition.
which held the Arctic record. So do
grees. 81 minutes.
What Commander Peary did and his
experiences In tho past year In the
frozen north are briefly but certainly
,Ividly summarized In a communica'
tion received Friday night by u. L.
Bridgman. secretary OF the Peary Arc
tic Club.
"Eopedaic. Labrador. via Twillin'
gntc, New Foundland. Nov. 2.-Her'
bert l.. Bridgman: The Roosevelt
wintered on the north coast Of Grant
land. somewhat north OF the Alerts
winter quarters. ! went north Win
s.cdges In February via Hecla and Co
iumbia. wns delayed by open water be-
tween 81 and st degrees. Was beyond
SIS six days.
"a gale disrupted tho Ice. DESTROYED
my cache. cut on the communication
with supporting bodies and dritted due
east.
"wc reached 81 degrees 6 minutes
north latitude. over the Ice. which was
drifting steadily eastward.
while returning wo were forced 10
eat our dogs. We still drifted east.
ward. delayed by open water. nna
reached the north coast Of Grantlnnd
I'm straitcncd conditions. We killed
musk oxen and returned along the
Cysutiapd coast to our ship. Two sup
porting parties were driven on the
north coast Of Greenland md one OF
them was rescued BY me In starving
condition.
after ono week of rccnpcration on
the Roosevelt wc xlcdIcd west. com.
piotciy rounding tho north coast OF
t;rantinnd and reached other land.
near tho i0Oth meridian. Our home
wpr,: VOYAGE wua nm inccrSnnt battle
with Ice. storms and head winds. Tho
Roosevelt In a magnificent Ice hshtcr.
There were no deaths or Illness during
III. expedition. PEARf.
After furniahins tho Associated
Press tho contents OF Commander
Pcary's report. Mr.. Brid.mnn said the
receipt Of any news from the explorer
now was quite surprise 10 him. be-
cause he had supposed II had become
too late In the season for Commander
Pcary To send news Of his venture.
Mr.. Bridgman added that the mes.
sage spoke Tor itself and that since he
did not know moro Of tho results OF
Commander Pcary's effort to reach tho
polc than the public did. he could
hardly comment upon the dispatch.
There was little doubt. however. hs
said. that Commander Pcary was com.
Ing home. This seems TO bc borne out
by tho routing oe tho message. Hope.
dale. or HofIcnthal. II mission sta.
ton on tho east coast OF Labrador.
Twiiiinsasc II q port on the east coast
Of Newfoundland. Mr.. Bridgman said
the message was probably mailed by
Commander Pcary from uopedalc to
the most accessible cable point.
II was explained that Pcary's only
way Of getting news down from the
north was by whaling ships. Pcary
planned TO have his headquarters $50
niles north of Cape Sabine. From that
point he planned TO make ais actual
journey TO the pole. a distance Of 500
niles across a desert Of leo and snow.
This Anal dash he expected TO make In
month or six weeks from the time
he left headquarters.
Mrs. Robert r. Pcary. wife Of the
commander. has been spending the
past summer In Maine.
The point reached by Pcary. SIC.
placed him about 2oi miles from the
pole.
Commander Pcary's polar steam.
ship. the Roosevelt. left New York on
her long journey In search of the north
pole July 1s. 1905. The Roosevelt was
built in Maine and came down TO New
York. where she was rcfittod before
starting. The vessel. for which funds
were furnished by the Arctic Club OF
New York. was designed by Naval
Architect William T.. winant particu.
larly for Arctic exploration. She cost
about 100000. The Roosevelt had a
crew Of twenty men. under Capt. Bart.
lett.