Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-20


company. hooded and CARRIED in the heavy
furs Of the north. gathered and applaud
ed the contestants.
Tuh-Cuh-Mah won the race for the
married women, and Prof. Mcmillan
had offered the selection of one OF three
things as the prize-a bar of soap,
box of thread and a frosted cake.
We were all curious to know which
article Tuh-Cuh-Mah would select,
said Prot. Mcmillan. Il knew that |
been my choice, but she quickly took
the soap.
Poor Ross Marvin won the foot race
for the Americans. while Sigloo won
the race for the Eskimo men,"
That holiday was fittingly observed
on the Roosevelt, and while musk OK
took the place of turkey. there were
all sorts of buildings and sweetmeats
on the table.
I'VE had Washington pudding and
plum pudding" said Commander Reary.
and Capt. Bartlett opened a. locked
canister of good things which his wife
quietly gave to me before we LETT the
south and told me to give to her
hus band Christmas day 1 found that nat
Mrs. Peary had worked the captain the
same way, and had given him locked
canister for me to be opened Christmas
day. We had hot toddy and cigars for
all. All the members Of the party re-
ceived box of candy from Mrs. Peary.
Speaking of the scientific value OF
the expedition to the north pole. Com
mander Peary said that the soundings
from Cape Columbia to the pole were
valuable, and supplemented the data
given by Hansen and Cagni on the
other side Of the pole.
Mans Final Conquest.
THE reaching OF the pole.' added
Peary, lis the proof of mans final con-
quest of the earth. AS it stood with
the pole unbound it was a continual re-
proach to civilization. The discovery
of the south pole may now be looked
for as an accepted fact Work In the
antarctic is quite different from in the
north. An expedition to the north pole
must complete its work within the
year. No base can be left for another
years operations, while in the antarctic
one can lay a base which will be per-
manent for the farther advance the
next year."
That Greenland and the arctic regions
will become a summer resort in time is
Commander Peary's confident BELIEF. and
DR.. Goodsell, physician of the expedition
asserted that the dry air and constant
sunlight of the summer was fine cure
for tuberculosis.
Thus from one subject of arctic inter-
est to another Commander Peary passed,
briefly touching only the material and hu-
man interest points which had already
gone forward to the world in wireless dis
patches.
The explorer spoke sadly of the loss Of
Ross G. Marvin, who was drowned
April IL.
I'VE were in our igloos." said he. when
Kood- Look-Too and Inuh-Glu-Too, whom
Percy, the steward, had chr;stened .Har-
rigan.' came into camp with their heads
down. They shook their heads and we
knew that poor Marvin had been lost.
They said they found the hole where he
I, IL, too an
could see the back OF his fur coat above
the surface of the water
A brass tablet inscribed with Marvin, s
name and the date and place Of his death
was erected on a cairn of white stones or
crystals at Cape Sheridan.
Commander Peary, do you believe that
the pole can be reached again, and TO
what do you ascribe your success this
time?"
Can Be Done Again.
ST believe that any member Of my party
could reach the pole twice out Of three
times, Just the same as Capt. Bartlett
could take the Roosevelt through the ice
foes to Cape Sheridan four out of five
times. You get your training as you
progress toward the pole. 1 keep myself
sound. clean and straight, and this has
been Of great help in the trials OF a rig
orous climate.
The expedition this time compared with
my earlier ones was particularly fortu-
nat, in the absence Of winds east and
west across our course and in the for
tunate prevailing wind In our faces, which
held the ice to the land and did not fault
the trails made by those in advance.
Again we had the advantages of new
type of sledges, without which we Wouio
not have been able to make our remark
able progress. This type of sfedge. the
Morris K. Jesup sledee. shows the same
marked development that Is shown In the
steam yacht of the last few years. 1t re-
duces the traction force on the dogs and
also reduces the strain on the drivers. 1t
is no picnic in the arctic; just hard work
all the time. There is no riding on the
sledges. but just pushing every minute
Why Henson Was Taken.
"Why was it that you and the others
did not go to the pole with Commander
Peary instead of Henson?" Prof. McMil-
Ian was asked.
Because Henson was better fitted than
any one else in our party he replied. He
was stronger and had more experience,
was a better sledge driver and repairer.
and in every way was the man to 60.
All of the Peary party speak regretfully
of the fact that the expedition in the
frozen north has been concluded and ex-
press the hope that they can go into the
ice fields again.
At Cape Sheridan, mounted in cairn
of crystals. is the brass tablet inscribed
by Chief Engineer Wardwell:
I'm memory of Ross G. Marvin. Cornell
University, age thirty-one, drowned April
10. 1909 Forty-hve miles north of Cape
Columbia, returning from S63S north lati-
tude''