Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-11-03
FAILS TO
Reach THE POLE
Tt+iRTS ailEs FARTHER NORTH
TEAs ANY OTHER MAN HAS
EgER GONE.
driven BACK BY ICE
siemesard soune WITH Damaged sss-
Gel After Getting Within 90 kssiss
et the role. ~..

New York. Nov. 3.-Although Com.
mander Robert u. peary. who was
heard from hast night after hls lung
soioaTn in the frozen north. failed 10
reach the north pole. Secretary Her
bert BEidgeman Of the Peary Arctic
club believed that his feat in reaching
within 2o5 miles Of the pole. or about
thirty niles nearer than vas ever bet
fore reached. ought 10 be the subject
u national .areioiclnE. According 10
Peary's dispatch. he failed 70 reaca
the pole because Of drifting Ice. This
was Peary's fifth attempt al the pole.
Ameriea Holds Record
New York. Nov. Q. -- The United
States now holds the record of ''farr.
thest NORTH" 81 degrees. 81 minutes.
This feat was accomplished by Com.
mander Robert u Peary Of the United
States navy. The intrepid arctic ex.
piorer failed 20 reach the North pole
an be had confidently hoped to do
With HIS especially constructed YES.
sci. the Roosevelt. but he penetrated
nearer 10 the pole than the Duke OF
AbruExi's expedition which had held
the Arctic record. So degrees. "a
minutes. What Commander Peary did
aud his experiences In the past year
In the frozen north are briefly but
certainly summarized by q commnnI'
eatian received by u. l.. Bridgeman,
secretary OF the reary Arctic club.
This communication follows: Z
pesy's Letter
"Hopedale, Labrador, via sTwIllin.
gate. Newfoundland, November Z, -
Herbert L. nridgeman: Roosevelt win.
tered On the north coast of Graat.
land somewhat north of Alert winter
quarters Went north Win sisdxes
Ii Februaryssla Hecla ant ualuuasia.
Delayed by open wafer between 81
ana ss degrees. Beyund - IN says.
Gaie broke lee. destroyed cache. cut
Off communication with supporting
bodies and drift due east. Reached 81
degrees. Q minutes, north latitude over
Ice. drifting steadily eastward. ~.
turning ate dogs. Drifted eastward.
delayed by open water. reached north
coast Of Grantland In straitened cir
cumstances. Killed musk oxen aud
returned along Greenland coast to
ship. Two supporting parties driven
on north coast of Greenland. One res.
cued by me In starving condition.
After one weeks recuperation ON
the Roosevelt We sledged west com.
pieting north coast Of Grantiand and
reached other land. near Tooth meri-
dian. Homeward voyage incessant
battle with ice. storms and head.
winds. Roosevelt magnificent Ice
fighter. No deaths or Illness I'M the
expedition" @s.
"tsigned) "PEARY."
Steamer Damaged ~
st. Johns, N. r., Nov. 3.~-The fact
that Commander Robert Il. peary's
EGtHhlGt ttNbE1NSs "ab NditnETa W
Ice during Its long stay In the arctic
regions. Wills the explorer made hts.
last dash TO the pole. was reported 10.
day from the Morayian mission sta.
tion at Hopedale. on the Labrador
coast, where the Roosevelt has arriy-
ed. The extent OF the damage Ia un.
known. -.
Message to Wife
New York, Nov. 3.~-Mrs. Robert q,
Peary. wife OF the explorer. received
the following message from her hus-
band today. dated Hopedale, Labra.
dor:
'.Homeward voyage an incessant
battle with ice. storms and headwinds.
Propeller damaged aud progress very
slow, Waiting here for coal from
mail steamer. Have no anxiesy, Ex.
pect wire from Chateau hay. Am
perfectly WE'LL" st&e ss .' ]
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