Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-13
Will Race With British Party
for the Pole.
LATTER HAS YEARS START
Intrepid American Hopes to Win Elk.
citing Contest.
PLANS FOR THE FINAL DASH
To Start From Base Of Supplies in
February Of Next Year-Re.
turn in October.

NEW YORK, July 13-when COM
mander Robert E. Peary boards his
steamer Roosevelt at Sydney. Cape Breton.
this week and starts on his expedition In
search of the north pole an international
race to the uttermost ends of the earth
will be on. Peary hopes to carry the
Stars and Stripes to the north pole, while
British antarctic expedition. commanded
by Lieut.. Ernest II. Shackleton. is trying
to place the union jack of the British en-
pire at ninety degrees south.
Although the British expedition has
years advantage in point of time. Peary
hopes to win the race.
Lieut. Shackleton and party LETT Lon
don July 80, 1907. on board the Nimroo,
originally a Newfoundland sealing vessel
Of 227 tons, but which has been refitted as
a steam barkentine. Shackleton is an OF.
ficer Of the British navy. and before leav-
ing London King Edward bestowed upon
him the Victorian Order. He was mem
Der of the British antarctic expedition or
19O2-O3 under Capt. Scott. and with his
commander and another member OF the
party accomplished sledge journey
with dogs to point 81 degrees, IL
minutes south latitude during which they
were absent from their ship. the Dis
covery ninety-three days and covered
distance of 800 miles. Peary reached Q
point 81 degrees Z minutes north April IA
| 1906.
The British Ships Crew.
The Nimrod crew all told numbered
| thirty-two men, including several scien-
lists, but the landing party was to con-
| sist of but twelve men. The barkentine
sailed early in January from New Zea-
| land and returned in March. having left
| the Shackleton party encamped at the
| foot of Mount Erebus. The party took
| with them materials for wooden Dulid-
| ing with double doors and windows. TO
| be lined with felt and several inches OF
granulated cork. Provisions ana supplies
/ for a long stay were landed.
The Nimrod brought back to new
| Zealand a tale of dissension in the party
| which resulted in the resignation or capt.
| England, the Nimrod's skipper. ana the
| ship, therefore, will return to the little
band early in 1910 without him.
Shackleton took with him specially
/, built motor sledge which he hopes to use
beran ponies, in addition to pack OF
dogs. Peary will use only Eskimos ana
! dogs.
Peary's Arctic Headquarters.
The structure Peary will use at his
base will be about 2Ox6O feet. and when
completed will be covered with the Roose-
|
with snow. Peary plans to make his
dash for the pole from his base of sup
plies in February Of next year and hopes
| to return to the United States some time
| in October.
Before leaving London Lieut. Shackle-
| ton was presented by Queen Alexandra
| with a British flag to carry with him on
his southern dash. About the same the
| Daughters of the American Revolution
| gave Commander Peary a beautiful lib
| erty and peace flag made of silk and con.
| sisting of the stars and stripes surround.
| ed by broad field of white, to carry with
| him to the north pole.
On the day the Roosevelt left New York
| William o. Mcdowell. the founder OF the
| society of the Daughters of the American
| Revolution, gave Peary letter from
| Emily r. Richie Mclean, president gem
| eral OF the association, in which she said:
| May marvellous discovery await you and
| q safe return to the proud and welcoming
| embrace of your country. We trust that
| the flag we have presented to you may
he your shield and buckler against all
disaster and may be the glory and the
| luSter of the patriotic triumph we expect
| you to achieve.
| The flag occupies a prominent place on
| the wall of Pearys cabin on the Roose
| welt. Peary also took with him the flag
| which he carried farthest north in 1905
| Delta Kappa alumni flag, a Princeton
| banner and several other similar en-
| blems.
Experiments on the Peary Grew.
| HALIFAX, N. s., July 13.-Intending
| to conduct experiments on the crew Of
| the Peary arctic steamer Roosevelt TO
learn what effect a sojourn in frigid
climate will have on the blood, DR..
George Randall of Lowell arrived here
last night and will go to Sydney to-
morrow. Microscopic tests will be made
| of the corpuscles of the blood of the
| various members of the crew before they
| SAIL and further tests will be made on
their return from the arctic for pur-
| noses of comparison DR. Randall rep.