The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-21

drifting ice over which we had come
and the unknown quantity of the big
lead between us and the nearest land,
n felt that j had cut the margin as
narrow as could reasonably be eX-
pected. told my men we should
turn back from here.
My flags We're flung out from the
summit of the highest pinnacle near
US. and n hundred feet or so beyond
this l left a bottle containing n brief
record and u piece of the silk flag
which six years before l had carried
around the northern end OF Green
land"
This was about April 20. 1906 The
return route was to the coast of
Greenland, and is described In chap
ter seventh The coast was reached
with the exploring party and Peary
in an exhausted and almost starving
condition. Here Clark and three Els
kimos joined Peary, and the trail
along the Greenland coast to the
Roosevelt was begun again. the ship
being reached after a long and very,
exhausting march.
On June Cd Peary again left the
ship for trip through the glacial
fringe of Grant Land. in the remain
Ing weeks before the Roosevelt would
be free to leave her anchorage. With
his party Peary touched at Point
Moss. Challenger Point. Capes Column
bia, Mares. Alexandra and Discovery;
McClintock Bay, Cape Fanshawe Mar
tin, Yelverton Bay, ".Aldrich's Earth
est and Cape Colgate. On June 2Sth
the northern point of Jesup Land was
reached, cairn was built and piece
of Peary's flag deposited.
Then hard backward journey was
begun. and Peary cltrI,ed over the
side of the Roosevelt July 80. 1906.
OF the results of the trip. the author
states that it had been particularly
gratifying in It's determination OF a
new land to the northwest.
Tho Roosevelt, coming back from
Sheridan to Etah, got under weight
July 81, 1906, and other vexatious do
lays and many encounters with ice
foes, reached Etah September 10th The
ship left Etah for New York on Sep
tcmber goth! she arrived in New
York harbor on Christmas-eve of De-
cember. 1906. Every member Of the
party making the expedition came
back in good condition. the injuries
sustained by the ship, even. being OF
temporary nature.
Peary sums up the main results of
his expedition as follows: The attain
ment Of the "hghet north" the
determination of the existence OF a
distant new land, northwest of the
northwestern part of Grant Land; the
distinct widening of knowledge as re-
CARDS conditions in the western half
of the Central Polar Sea; the delinea-
ton OF tho unknown coast between
A 1Iriph's ro rfh i
Sverdrup's farthest north in 1902; tho
determination of the unique glacial
fringe and iceberg mystery of the
Grant Land coast"
The fact that the illustrations are all
from photographs taken by Peary, and
that the descriptions of Eskimo life and
social customs are the result Of his per-
i sonal observation, render his book ad-
ditionally attractive and valuable.
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