Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-09-25

got there at last"
Henson. who reached the farther
north with Peary three years ago.
said that conditions were about the
same at the pole as elsewhere in the
arctic circle. All was "A solid sea
OF ice with a two-foot lead % omen
water two miles from the pole. The
EskimOs who went along on the final
i lap were Ootah. Egingwah. Ouza-
ueeah and Sigloo. the two first
named being brothers. Commander
Peary took photos of Henson and the
Eskimos waving flags and cheering
no OPEN LAND AT POLE.
AT the pole" continued Henson.
I'VE could see no open land. and we
went no distance beyond the flags
The ice near the igloos was at least
/ ten feet high and the flags were
placed on q hummock twenty feet i'm
height. The ice at the pole Is about
the same as on the journey up. ali
RATED In between with small foes.
Nearly all Che winds we had were
from the northeast Commander
3cary had three thermometers and
the coldest day was 81 degrees be-
low zero Fahrenheit. I believe there
is little difference in the temperature
az the pole from that some distance
south"
Henson learned from the Eskimos
J that for three days in Whale Sound
| last month they saw cloud Of
SMOKE and there was an odor like
birthstone. The natives were greatly
Z frightened. and Henson thought a
new volcano had erupted, and so in
/ formed them.
Henson made his first trip north
/ IN 1891. He went there because he
was interested, and Kept on going
year after year OF Commander
/ Peary he said: He is the best man
J that we could have for arctic expedi-
tions. He has wonderful endurance
and the weather never is too cold
for him. The Eskimos think that
there is no man like him"
continuing his story. Henson said
/ The report is absolutely untrue
that / did not go 70 the pole. I
went the whole distance. side by
| side with the commander and inst
as far as he did"
Henson also said that he saw
Peary write the records which were
, left in the ice. The Eszimos. who
were with them, with the exception
or Ouzaueeah. understood English
and one Oh them could count a hun
dred.
PEARY HOSTS WIFE'S FLAG.
Commander Robert E. Peary. who
Is stiN at Battle HarbOr on hoard
the steamer Roosevelt, conversed
lurther today with the representa-
tive or the Associated Press regard
ing MS journey 20 the north pole. He
spoke particularly of the flags he
raised at the pole and the records he
left there and he touched again on
I some or the assertions credited To
Dr. Frederick A. Cook.
commander Peary said that when
ne reached the pole the first flag IN
De thrown TO the breeze was a silken
American emblem presented 20 him
Dy ms wife fifteen years ago. He
mad carried this flag on every one of
MS expeditions 10 the North. leaving
piece or 1t at the highest point he
attained. The last remnants were
raised and left at the pole. The ex-
piorer then raised the navy ensign
the nag of the Navy League. then
the flag of the Delta Kappa Epsilon
fraternity, and finally a flag of
peace.
Peary inclosed records OF his trim
and other documents and personal
papers in box, and buried IL in the
Ice The documents were placed in
water-tight coverings and the box IT,
self was water-tight, so 1t would float
II the shifting or melting ice brought
IT 10 water. Commander Peary has
not yet developed the films he took
at the pole.
Referring TO the weather conci-
tionS at the apex OF the world, Com
mander Peary said he found nothing
like the revolving wind referred 10
by anarctfc explorers. The weather
conditions varied from time to time.
although there was probably consid-
erable uniformity. He would not
say whether or not he found cur
rents at the pole.
Commander Peary today received
cablegram asking him to make a
statement regarding a report from
Danish source that he had posted
a notice on the Greenland coast to