Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-11-18
HORRORS or DEATH
FACED BY PEARY
Food Became Exhausted and
Party Ate Dogs.
WILL BEGIN TRIP AGAIN TO POLE

SuHeFing All the Hardships of th<
Arctic Night, Explorer, Undsmsy
ed, Reached the Highest Point Evel
Trod by Human Beings.
New York, Nov. 17.-In a specia
from Sydney, N. S. ., the World give;
some details Of the hardships en-
dured by Captain Peary and his mer
in their futile dask for the north
pole. After reaching the most ex-
treme settlement, it is said 70 Es-
kimos and 100 dogs were secured and
| then taking the ice, the steamer
| Roosevelt drifted on and steamed
through the barrier of S227 degrees
north, where winter quarters were
taken up, being the farthest north
winter quarters in the history of Arc
the exploration. Arrangements tC
secure the ship and make all comfort
able were completed by Feb. Z, 1906
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
Captain Bartlett, DR.. Maroin, j,
Clarke and NJ. Ryan, respectively
These were relief parties and they
kept so miles apart.
During the first part of the journey
moderate weather prevailed and
Peary made good speed Before his
return to his ship III days later
however, conditions changed and the
party was suffering from hunger and
privation. Undeterred, Peary then
pushed forward into the arctic night
until he reached the highest point ever
reached by an explorer-S7. .0G north
latifude-within 153 miles of the pole.
Before he started on the return
voyage, the food supply had almost
given out. During his return Peary
encountered a fierce snowstorm which
lasted a week and which drove the
party out of its course. Peary i'm
mediately set out to re cover his lost
course, but before he succeeded hun
ger threatened to drive the Eskimos
mad, and Peary was compelled to
kill some of his dogs, The COM
mander enjoyed the luxury of dog
meat equally as well as his Eskimos.
When Peary returned to the ship only
three days out Of seventeen remain
ed, fourteen having been eaten.
Musk OK and deer killed on the road
by EskimOs helped the famished men.
Clark, with one of the. relief parties,
also went astray and he was COM
PEELED to kill some of his dogs to
provide food. Clarke, it appears
wass unable to find his way back, but
Peary luckily came across his tracks
and went to Clarke's rescue. Clarke,
it is stated, has not yet recovered
from his trying experience.
The other relief parties also suf-
fered, but all went through the or
deal with heroic fOrtitude.
Ryan's party ran short Of food and
had to eat som eof the dogs,
While the attempt to reach the pole
was attended with great danger, the
homeward passage was accomplished
amid even greater peril. After get
ting out of the ice, the ship strug-
gled on in most boisterous weather.
Storm followed storm, with ever in
creasing force. For 68 days the ship
was practically at the mercy of the
waves and ice, and in that time COW
cred only 200 miles. Contact with
the ice broke away two blades of her
propeller and the stern post, and also
the rudder post and otherwise dam
aged her stern. A gale carried the
foretop mast overheard with the jih
boom and headgear and damaged the
bow, After vainly trying to reach
Victoria Head where food was stored,
the Roosevelt on Sept. 16, continued
the voyage south. After battling
with the elements for ten days, Cape
York was reached, and then coal
having run short, an attempt was
made to continue under sail, This
failed.
Hebron was reached on Oct. II,
where some wood fuel was secured,
but this soon gave out. At Hope
dale a few tons Of GOAL were secured
from the steamer Virginia Lake.
Peary brought back three hundred
musk OK and several domesticated
wolves, ten Eskimo dogs, a boat that
was used in the polar expedition of
1872-79, and some cartridges brought
by the same expedition,
Peary's present plan is to take on
coal when he reaches Sidney and sail
at once for New York,
Explorer Peary says he has not
given up hope of reaching the pole,
but his next purpose is an expIora-
ton Of Labrador. For this project
he has already in his possession
model of a steamer which he will have
built especially for this trip.