New-York tribune., 1906-11-03


then said they did not expect to hear from Peary
until October November. 1t then ex-
planned that his only way Of getting news down
from the North by whaling ships.
Peary planned to have his headquarters $50
miles north of Cape Sabine. From that point
he planned to make his actual journey to the
pole. distance Of five hundred miles. across a
desert OF ice and snow. This final dash he ex-
pected to make in month six weeks from
the time he LEFT headqca carters.
Mrs. Robert f. Peary, wife of the commanded
has been spending the last summer in Maine
In an interview on October %, Mrs. Peary is
reported to have expressed her confidence in her
husbands safety. She said also that she eX-
pected to hear from him in November
In an interview before he left New York
Peary expressed great confidence in the success
of the venture. He explained that nearly all the
m IN accompanying him were members Of for
mer Arctic expeditions, and thoroughly familiar
with the work ahead of them. After outlining
his route to his winter quarters, Commander
Peary said:
ruary l. 1906 and then begin the dash for the
Pole about 800 miles. In the party that will
go with me VIII be only two white men-One
physician. On the trip there will be a sledge
for each Esquimau and from six to eight dogs
70 each sledge. Each Of the sledges will have
BOO pounds of dog food, ships biscuits and tea.
Ny only instruments will be a travellers theo6o-
lite, a pocket sextant and a chrOnOmeter. Al
though 1 convinced there IS no animal life
in the country, will carry two light rifles.
Ny garb will be deerskin coat and cap, bear
skin trousers and sealskin boots. This IS my
ninth trip to the Arctic and, barring sickness
and other contingencies I will give the Pole
the hardest try il has had yet. l hope to win.
There are three strong points IN my favor:
First the Roosevelt, the most powerful Arctic
boat ever built: second. my knowledge gained
b. nineteen years in the Arctic, and. third. my
knowledge of the Esqui;"aus and how to handle
them.
Commander Peary mado his first voyage of
exploration in 1856. when he landeA on the weS:
coast of Greenland and partly crossed it with
sledges. He went again in the summer Of 1891,
staying the best part of two years, Having
wrtered the west coast, he pushed north
eastward over the ice cap OF the continent and
on July 4, 1902 reached an indentation Of the
northern coast, to which he gave the name of
independence Bay. The third undertaking
began in 1923 and lasted two years. Mrs. Peary
went with him, but returned the following sum
nIer. Her child was born shortly after their ar
rival at their winter camp, which was called
Anniversary Lodge, and was situated on Whale
Sound one of the entrances to Inglefed Gulf.
Long tramps were made in the springs Of 1894
and 1895 but bad storms and inadequate sup
plies prevented accomplishing much. Peary re-
visited Independence Bay once. but did not
venture out on the icy covering of the Polar Sea.
His fourth and fifth trips were of short dura-
ton. Both in 1896 and 1897 he went and re-
turned the same season. not going much beyond
Cape York near which he had previously round
interesting masses of meteoric iron. He brought
back the smaller ones in 1896. and the big one,
which is at the Museum of Natural History
in this city, in 1897.
a much more elaborate attempt was begun in
the summer Of 1898. The Windward, ship that
had been bought by a London newspaper pub
Usher for an expedition to Franz Josef Land,
was presented 10 Peary while the latter was III
England q lecturing tour in the winter OF
ls9i'9S. and in this he made his next venture
Peary s plan was If possible. to force the ship
| ny to convenient harbor on the north shore OF
| Greenland and push out over the Polar Sea with
| sledges as daylight returned, in March
BY taking large supplies of food with him and
arranging in advance to have moro sent him
every season. he was able to stay up in the
Arctio regions for four years. In that period he
obtained much valuable informa ton about coast
lines and added to the worlds knowledge about
Arctio geography but his main quest proved
futile
In the frs: place. neither the Windward nor
any of tho relief ships that visited him could
penetrate the floating but badly packed masses
Of ice that filed Kane Basin and the channel
above It. The first winter he stayed Cape
d'UrVille which is fifty miles from Cape Sabine,
but considerably south o. the S0th parable The
next winter his quarters We're at Etah the
Greenland coast a little below Cape Sabine. The
third winter he spent at Fort Conger, having
carted his provisions I'D with sledges The
fourth winter he stayed at Prayer Harbor, near
Cape Sabine. Every spring, except that after
his prolonged residence at Fort COnger, he trans
ported supplies to that point preliminary
step to further explorations. leaving few men
there and pushing on northWard with a limited
force.
Other ships under favorable circumstances
have been able to go further north than The
Windward did. The Polaris. commanded by
Hall passed the SD parallel in 1871 and win
tered on the Greeland side Of the channel. Sir
George Mares took The Alert a trifie further.
and she winteTed on the Grant Land coast.
Later she came back in safety, whereas the
Polaris was wrecked. Again in 1881 the United
States War Department sent party to spend a
year in the Arctic regions and make observa-
tions of the weather and of terrestrial magnet
ism. This was commanded by General Uhen
LieutenanD A w. Greedy, and deposited
with ease the shore of Lady Franklin Bay,
which is just south of the SD parallel of lati-
tude.
has since been visited repeatedly by PearY.
The rescue expeditions that up after
Greely and mis- men badly managed
| that the latter nearly died. Greedy removed at
| length TO Cape Sabine, where he found at
the point of death. While Greedy was at Fort
| Conger two OF his men Lockwood and BraineTd)
| made bold ventues along the northern coast Of
| Greenland and reached point which at that
| time had never been equalled by American or
| foreigner Peary subsequently visited the spot
and found the record which they had placed
under q heap of stones that there could be
claim.
I.enox Mass. Nov 2.-Morris K Jesup of New
| York who aided Commander Peary in hitting out
his expedition, and is his country residence in
I.enox said tonight that he had just heard from
| Secretary Brdgeman. vino read him over the
/ telephone the message which he had received from
Commander Peary.
1t would be useless to deny that l am disap-
| pointed that Commander Peary failed To reach the
| Pole" said Mr.. Jesup. but / am glad to know that
| he far ana especially that he is returning