The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-16
DISCOVERY OF NORTH POLE
RELATED BY ROBERT E. PEARY


which Borup and his team took a bath.
and we were finally stopped by an inn
practicable lead opening in front of US
We camped in temperature of 90 de-
grees below.
At the end of two short marches we
came upon Hansen and his party In
camp, mending their sledges We de-
voted the remainder OF the day to over
hauling and mending sledges and break
ing up our damaged ones for material.
MAKE FORCED MARCHES.
The next morning l put Marvin in the
lead to pioneer the trail. with instruc-
lions to make two forced marches to
bring up Nour average which had been
cut down by the last TWO short ones.
Marvin carried out his instructions inn
picitly. A considerable amount OF young
Ice assisted In this.
At the end of the tenth march, latitude
1928, Borup turned back in command OF
the second supporting party. having trav-
eled a distance equivalent to Nansens
distance from this far to his forthest
north.
l was sorry to lose this young Yale
runner with his enthusiasm and pluck.
He had led his heavy sledge over the
foes in q way that commanded every
ones admiration and would have made
his fathers eyes glisten.
CHANGES HIS PLAN.
From this point the expedition com
prised 20 men. 10 sledges. and 20 dogs. 1t
was necessary for Marvin to take a
sedge from here. and / put Bartlett
and his division in advance to pioneer
the trail.
The continual daylight enabled me to
make moderation here that brought my
advance and main parties closer together
| and reduced the likelihood of their be-
| ing separated by open leads.
| After Bartlett left camp with Hender-
| son and their division. Marvin and | re-
| manned with our division 20 hours long
| er and then followed. When we reached
| Bartlett's camp he broke out and went
| on and we turned in. By this arrange
| ment the advance party was travelling
while the main party was asleep. and
vice versa, and l was in touch with my
advance party every "a hours.
MOVES ExPEDlTloUsLY.
| / had no reason to complain of the
| going for the next two marches though
| for less experienced party, less adapt
| able sedges, or less perfect equipment II
| would have been an impossibility.
At our position at the end of the Sec
ond march, Marvin obtained satsfac-
tory sight for latitude in clear weather
which placed us at S5.4S. The result
| agreed satisfactorily with the dead reck-
oning of Marvin, Bartlett and myself.
Up to this time. the slight altitude OF
the sun had made 1t not worth while tc
| waste time In observations.
On the next two marches the going i'm
| proved, and we covered good distances
| In one of these marches a lead delayed
us q few hours. We finally ferried acros:
the ice cakes.
MAKES RECORD RUN.
The next day Bartlett let himself out
evidently, for a record. and reeled off 2
miles. Here Marvin obtained another
satisfactory sight on latitude, which CAV.
| . nc {nr hHNyn ND In 20 "a
est north of Nansen and AbruzzD, ant
showed that we had covered so minutes
of latitude in three marches.
In these three marches we had passed
the Norwegian record of 1914, by Nan
sen. and the Italian record of 1894, b,
Cagni
From this point Marvin turned back IL
command of the third supporting party
My last words to him were; BE care
full of the leads, my boy"
The party from this point comprise,
nine men. seven sledges, and 60 dogs
The conditions at this camp and the ap
parently unbroken expanse of fairly leve
ice in every direction reminded me o
Cagni's description of his farthest north
DANGER is ENCOUNTERED.
But / was not deceived by the appar
emily favorable outlook, for availabl
conditions never continue for any dis
lance or any length of time in the arc
| tic regions.
The next march was over good GO
ing, but for the first time since Leaving
land we experienced that condition fire
quent over these ice fields, of a hazy at
mosphere in which the light is equa
everywhere. All relief is destroyed. an
1t Is impossible to see for any distance
We were obliged in this march to max
detour around an open lead. In tn
next march we encountered the heayies
and deepest snow of the Journey, throug
thick, smothering mantle lying In tn
depressions of heavy rubble ice.
Temporarily Discouraged.
1 came upon Bartlett and his part,
tagged out and temporarily discourage
by the heartracking work of maxim
road.
l knew what was the matter wit
them. They were simply spoiled by tn
good going on the previous marches
rallied them bit. lightened their sledge
and sent them on encouraged again
During the next march we travele
through a thick haze drifting over tn
ice before biting air from the north
east. At the end of the march we cam
upon the captain camped beside wild
;, open lead with dense black water SIX
northwest, north and northeast
The next march was also long on,
1t was Bartlett's last hit. He let him
self out over a series of large old foe!
steadily increasing in diameter an
covered with hard snow
WIND HELPS OUT.
During the last few miles 1 wake
beside him or in advance. He was sol
emn and anxious TO go further but tn
program was for him to go back froI
here in command OF the fourth sun
porting party. and there were no sur
plies for an increase in the main part,
In this march we encountered a hig
wind for the first time since the thre
days after we left Cape Columbia
was dead In our faces, bitter and in
sistent, but had no reason to CON
plain, II was better than an easterl
or southerly wind, either of while
would have set us adrift in open wa
: ter, while this was closing up ever
lead behind
; This furnished another advantage
my supporting parties. True. by :
doing ii was pressing TO the south III
! ice over which we Travelled, and so roI
bling us OF hundred miles OF advar
tage.
EIGHTY-FoUR is PASSED.