Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-13
SENT WHITE MEMBERS BACK.
As He Neared His Objective They
We're Ordered Back One
BY One.
Matthew Henson and Three Natives
Were Left one March South
OF the Pole.

Battle Harbor, Labrador, sept ls
The following details Of Commander
Pearys journey TO the north pole have
been cleaned from members Of the ex-
petition on board the steamer Roose-
welt.
The only men 10 reach the pole were
Commander Peary and one Eskimo.
Ee,ng Wah, boy name. The other white
members Of the various parties that
left Cape Columbia were sent back one
by ono as Peary drew nearer daily to
his objective. Matthew Henson and
three Esldmos, the only other members
of the reduced party that made the
final dash. were left one march south
OF the pole
CAPT BARTLETT STARTS.
capt Robert A. Bartlett and George
Boup started Fob % from Cape Co
lumbia with number OF Esldmos and
dogs ON the march across the ice. head
ing north. on March l. Commander
Peary left cape Columbia with his par
~. consisting of seven white men. I7
I1skmos and 1876 dogs. on March g
Poary came up with Bartlett, who had
pitched his camp az the side OF ir1l
OF water which &c was upossib. to
cross Tho combined parties had ,o
wait until March %, seven days beforr
further progress was possible The sun
WAS seen for the FIRST time March O. and
an observation showed that the explor-
a. a. s.Ha
fourth parallel. The supply of alcohol
was running short. and Borup returned
| to Cape Columbia f0r fresh stock
/ March "a. Borup overlook Peary again
| and brought supply ~ OF and alco-
hol The division under Prof, Ross c.
| Marvin joined peary the same day At
this point Prot Ronald b. Mcmillan
was sent back. his feet having been
badly frozen. Borup returned 10 land
from 1928 with two Esklmos.
The party now consisted Of - men,
10 sledges and SIS dogs.
A RECORD TRIP.
bartlett was sim beating out the
trail, two days ahead Of Peary. Marvin
took observations at s5.4S and thea
started on his return march. on the
next march Bartlett made record trip,
covering 20 miles This brought him
10 S53S
The party now consisted OF Peary.
Bartlett. Matthew Henson the colored
man VINO has been Pearys personal
assistant on so many Of his expeditions,
the Eskimos. seven sledges and go dogs,
and the journey northWard was re-
sumed The ice was perfectly level rs
far as the eve could see. Bartlett took
the observation ON the eighty -eighth
parallel on April and then reluctantly
returned. leaving Pcary. Henson and
IL. fnH
days. TO make the final dash 10 the
pole.
This reduced party started the mora
ing Of April 3. The men walked that
day for 10 hours and made 20 miles.
They then slept near the eighty-mntn
parallel While crossing stretch OF
ice 100 yards wide the sledge broke
through. u was saved, but two OF the
Eskmos had narrow escapes from
drowning.
TWENTY FIVE MILES A DAY
Tho ice was stnl good and the dogs
were in great shape They made as
high as Is miles "a day.
Tho next observation was made al
gS:25 The next two marches were
made in "a dense fog The sun was
sighted on the third march and an OBJ
scr,atl0n showed 500.
POLE REACHED.
The pole was reached April and a
series of observations were taken al ~.
Peary deposited his records and hoisted
th- American Has The temperature
was 81 degrees below zero Fahrenheit.
THE pole appeared as "a frozen sea.
peary tried 90 take sounding but got
mo- bottom at 500 fathoms
Pcary STAYED at the pole for "a hours
and thcn started on his return journey
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