The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-14

were left on the march %ze e the
pole. Capt. Bartlett and A.,-
rup started Feb. 27 from t.. TO-,
umbias with number of Eskimoe &,
dogs on the march across the ices
heading north. In March Command
er Peary left Cape Columbia with his
party, consisting of seven white men,
seventeen Eskimos and 1876 dogs. On
March a, the party came up with
Bartlett, who had pitched his camp
at the side Of lead of water which
it was impossible to cross. The COM
bined parties had to wait until March
IL, seven days. before further prog
ress was possible. The sun was seen
for the first time March 8. and an OBJ
servation showed that the explorers
were short way from the S4th par
allel.
At this point Prof Ronald B. Nc
MILAN was sent back, his feet have
been badly frozen. Borup returned
to land from S5 degrees, % minutes,
with two Eskimos. The party now
consisted of twelve men, ten sledges
and eighty-five dogs. Bartlett was
still beating out the trail two days
ahead Of Peary. Marvin took obser-
walton at IS degrees, 48 minutes, and
then started on his return march. On
his next trip Bartlett made record.
covering twenty-five miles. This
brought him to IS degrees, SO minutes.
The party now consisted of Peary,
Bartlett, Matthew. a colored man who
has been Peary's personal assistant
on so many of his expeditions, the
Eskimos. seven sledges and sixty
dogs and the journey northward was
resumed. Bartlett took observation
on the 8Sth parallel on April 2, and
then reluctantly returned leaving
Peary, Henson and the three Eskimos,
with provisions for forty days, to
make the final dash to the pole. Thus
reduced, the party started on the
morning of April 8. The men walked
that day for ten hours and made
twenty miles. The next observation
was made at SO degrees, 25 minutes.
The pole was reached April 6, and a
series of observations were taken at
80. iRearxss deposited. his figures and
hoisted the American flag. The tenn
lerature was 80 degrees below zero,
Fahrenheit. The pole appeared as a
frozen sea. Peary tried to take q
sounding but got no bottom at LOO
fathoms. Peary stayed at the pole for
thirty-four hours, and then started on
his return Journey on the afternoon
of April z.
On. the return, the marches we're
continuous and Peary and the Eski-
mos suffered greatly from fatigue.
They had their first sleep at the end
of the eighth march from the pole, in
the igloos left by Bartlett. Here
there was violent snow-storm. On
al egde of the land ice, west of Cape
Columbia. Eskimos were delighted to
reach land, and the party slept for
two days. They resumed the march
April q. Marvin left Peary on the
way up on Friday. March 26, to re-
turn to the ship. He had with him
two Eskimos and seventeen dogs. The
story Of the professors death was OBJ
tained from one of the Eskimos. April
10 Marvin was forty-flve miles from
Cape Columbia He started out that
morning, walking ahead. The Eski-
;; mos were delayed in packing the
sledges. fact that permitted Marvin
to get good start on them. When
the Eskimos arrived at an open lead
they noticed the ice was broken about
| twenty-five yards out and they saw
what looked like a mans body float
ing in the center of the lead. Owing
to the treacherous conditions of the
ice the Eskimos could not venture out.
They returned to the Roosevelt and
reported. Captain Bartlett then went
back to the point they designated and
recovered Prof. Marvin's spare boot.
The clothing and personal belongings
which were still on the ice where the
Eskimos had left them. Superstitions
Of their race prevented the natives
from bringing the dead mans effects
with them. Prof Marvin's records
and observations were saved.