The Ordway new era., 1906-11-09
Near NORTH POLE
PEARY FAILS, BUT MAKES REw
RECORD.
HEARD FROM IN lABRADuR

Brave Dash for the Pole Frustrated ~
Broken iee-oets Within Two tsssp-
dred and One Miles Of It-Explores
and Party All Well.
New York.-The United States n0w
iolds the record Of "farthest north.
81 degrees. minutes. This feat v.s
accomplished by Commander Robert
E. Peary of the United States navy
The intrepid Arctic explores failed
to reach the north pole. as he had cns-
ldently hoped to do. with his specially
constructed vessel, the Roosevelt sui
he penetrated nearer to the pole thas
the Duke OF Abruzzi's expeditioa.
which held the Arctic record. S6 -
grees, "a minutes.
What Commander Peary did and his
experiences In the past year In IL
frozen north are briefly but certainly
yividly summarized In communtc.-
ton received Friday night by H. L.
Bridgman, secretary Of the Peary Ayu-
tic Club.
"Hopedale, Labrador. via Twillin-
gate, New Foundland, Nov. Her
bert l.. Bridgman: The Rooscvess
wintered on the north coast OF Grant
land. somewhat north Of the Alerts
winter quarters. I went north WIN
s!edges In February via Hecla and I'd
lumbia, was delayed by open water 10
tween s4 and S5 degrees. Was bcyooo
SIS six days. -...
"A gale disrupted the ice. dcstroyes
nv cache, cut of the communicates
with supporting bodies and drifted ous
east.
I'VE reached 81 degrees minutes
north latitude. over the ice. which Was
drifting steadily eastward.
while returning we were forced 70
eat our dogs. We still drifted e.
ward. DELAYED by open water, 80
reached the north coast Of Grantlnnd
in straitened conditions. We kHI0d
musk oxen and returned along tho
Grantland coast to our ship. Two sup
porting parties were driven ON tne
north coast OF Greenland and ono OF
them was rescued by me In n starviH6
condition
"After o.e week Of recuperatton %
the Roosevelt we sledged west, cDm-
pietely rounding the north coast al
Grantlard and reached other land.
near the Tooth meridian. Our home
ward voyage was an inressant ba1tso
with ice. storms and head winds. Tne
Roosevelt is a magnificent Ice ngntef:
There were no deaths or illness dnrin6
the expedition. Pearl.
After furnishing the Associated
Press the contents of Commander
Peary's report, Mr. Bridgman said tho
receipt OF any news from the expi0rcs
now was quite a surprise to him. BE-
cause he had supposed 1t had become
too late In the season for Commander
Peary to send news OF his venture.
| Mr., Bridgman added that the mes-
sage spoke for itself and that since ha
did not know more OF the results OF
Commander PeaYy's effort to reach the
pole than the public did, he could
hardly comment upon the dispatch.
| There was little doubt, however. -
said. that Commander Peary was co..
ing home. This seems to be borne out
by the routing OF the message. H0psr
dale. or Hoffenthal, is q mission sta
ton on the east coast OF Labrados-
Twillingate is a port on the east coast
of Newfoundland. Mr.. Bridgman said
the message was probably mailed by
Commander Peary from Hopedale To
the most accessible cable point
1t was explained that Peary's only
way of getting news down from the
north was by whaling ships. Peaxy
planned to have his headquarters 16o
miles north OF Cape Sabine. From that
point he planned to make mis- pctn1
Journey to the pole, a distance OF SO
miles across desert Of ice and SNOW.
This final dash he expected to make IN
a month or six weeks from the time
| no left headquarters.
Mrs. Robert E. Peary, wife OF ths
commander, has been spending ths
past summer in Maine. 'etsr
4 The point reached by Peary, 87.e
i placed him about POI miles from the
| pole.
Commander Peary's polar steam
ship, the Roosevelt, left New York On
her long journey in search Of the north
pole July 16, 1905. The Roosevelt WA
built in Maine and came down 10 New
York, where she: was rented before
starting. The vessel, for which fund.-
were furnished by the Arctic Club Il
New York, was designed by Naval
Architect William e. Winant partifat
larly for Arctic exploration. She cuss
about 100000. The Roosevelt had =
crew Of twenty men, under Capt Basa-
lett.