The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-16
DETAILS OF JOURNEY TO POLE ARE
RECEIVED FROM MEMBER OF
EXPEDITION.
COMMANDER ONLY WHITE MAN
Explorer Had One Companion, an Es-
kimo, Eging Wah, When He Planted
Flag on Earth's AXIS.
SUFFER GREATLY FROM FAIlGoE'

RATTLE HARBOR. Labrador, Sept
13.-The following details of commahde'
Poary's Journey TO the north pole nave
been cleaned from the members OF the
expedition on board the steamer Roose-
welt:
The only men to reach the pole were
were Commander Pcary and one Eskimo
Eging Wah by name, The other White
members of the various parties thaj ieit
Cane Columbia were sent back one by
one as Peury drew nearer daily To MS
objective. Matthew Henson and ihr''
Eskimos, the only other members OF th'
reduced party that made the hual dash'
were left one march south OF the pore
Cant. Robert 4. Bartlett and George
Rornp started February - from cape
Columbia. with number Of EsklnIoS
and dogs on the march across the zee
heading north. On March !, Command
er Peary left Cape Columbia wlth MS
party. consisting of seven white men,
seventeen Eskmos and 1856 dogs. On
March !, Peary came up with Bartlett.
who had pitched his camp at the side 81
q lead of water which it was Impossible
to cross.
See Sun on March 5.
The combined parties had to wait un-
iii March IL. seven days, before further
progress was possible. The sun was
seen for the first time March ,, ana an
observation showed that the explorers
were short way from the SJth parallel
The supply of alcohol was running snort
and BOrup returned to Cape Columbia
for fresh stock. March II Borup
overlook Pcary again and brought a sup
DIV Of oil and alcohol The division I'M
der Prof Ross G.. Marvin joined leafy
the same day At this point Prof. 10
maid T.. Mcmillan was sent back, his
feet having been badly frozen. Borup
returned to land from So with NV"
EskimUs.
The party now consisted Of twelve
men, ten sedgps and eighty-hve dogs
Bartlett was still beating out the tran
two days ahead of Peary. Marvin took
observations at SJ.iS, and then started
on his return march On the next march
Martlctt made Il record trip, covering
twenty miles. This brought him to
SJ.3S.
The party now consisted of reary,
bartlett, Matthew Henson, the COlored
man who has been Peary's personal as
si9taut OH 80 many Of his expeditions
the Eskmos, seven sledgeS and sixty
0DHS, anu lh' jun IfS NV III w hi' we
resumed. The zee was perfectly level as
far as the eye could see. Bartlett took
the observation on the SSth parallel on
April =, and then reluctantly returned,
leaving Pcary. Henson and three Eskl-
mos, with provisions for forty days, 20
make the final dash to the pole.
Break Through Ice
This reduced the party started the
morning of April 3. The men walked
that day for ten hours and made twenty
miles. They then slept near the S9th
parallel. While crossing Il stretch of
young ice 300 yards wide the slcdge
broke through. 1t was saved, but two
of the Eskimus had narrow escapes
The ice vas still good, and the dogs
were in great shape. They made as
much as twenty-five miles a day. The
next observation was made at $50.
The next two marches were made in
dense fog The sun was sighted ON the
third march, and an observation showed
S1J7.
The pole was reached April 6. aud a
series Of observations were taken AT 30.
Pcary deposited his records and hostcd
the American flag The temperature was
- degrees below zero Fahrenheit. The
pole appeared rs a frozen sea frury
tried to take a sounding, but got no bot
tom mt 1900 iathoms.
Peary stayed at the pole for thirty.
four hours, and then started ON his re.
turn Journey the afternoon Of April
"a taa returu. tho marches were con
tinuoIs and prnry and the Eskimos suf.
fnrnd grnntIv rom ratiyuo TLoy had
their first sleep at the end Of the eighth
hr pariia,t IIero ,hnro COS :, yinicnt
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