The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-09-17

Greenland. Even the natives COMPLAIN.
I'd Of the bitter afr. It was as keen a.
.rozen steel.
a little longer sleep than the pre-
rous ones had 70 be taken here a.
re were all in need Of IT, Then on
fgain
Before / turned IN ] took an obser
'ation which indicated our position as
1925. A dense. lifeless pail hung over
aead. The horizon was black and the
CO beneath was a CHASTITY. chalky
white. with no relief-a striking CON
:rast to the glimmerins. sunlt fields OF
+ L over which we had been travelling
'or the previous four days.
a rise in temperature to Is below
reduced the friction Of the sledges and
rave the dogs the appearance of hav.
.ng caught the spirits Of the party.
The more sprightly ones. as they went
along with tightly curled tails. fire.
guently tossed their heads with short.
sharp barks and yelps.
I'm twelve hours we made forty
miles. There was no sign Of q lead in
the march
The Pole at Lastl
Il had now made my five marches
and was in time for a hasty noon OBJ
servation through a temporary break
in the clouds which indicated our DO
sition as 1851 quote an entry from
my journal some hours later:
The pole az last, The prize of
three centuries. my dream and goal
for twenty years. mine ar last. can
not bring myself TO realize Il,
" IL all seems so simple and COM
monplace. As Bartlett said when turn
Ing back. when speaking Of his being
in these exclusive regions which no
mortal had ever penetrated before:
" II is Just like every day.
"Of course | had many sensations
that made sleep impossible for hours.
despite my utter fatigue sensa-
lions of lifetime but have no room
for them here.
The first thirty hours at the pole
were spent In taking observations: in
going some ten miles beyond our camp
and some eight miles to the right Of
It; in taking photographs. planting my
flags. dep0siting my records. studying
the horizon with my telescope for pos
sible land and searching for prac-
ticable place to make a sounding.
Ten hours after our arrival the
clouds cleared before a light breeze
from our left. and from that time nm
til our departure in the afternoon OF
April the weather was clolflees ami
iawless The minimum o. 4. lture
during the thirty hours We. below.
he maximum 70
The Return Journey.
Owe had reached the goal but the
-eturn was still before us. II was es-
iential that we reach land before the
text spring tide. and we must strain
very nerve 10 DO this"
The party travelled several hours,
lYt an hour OF two. ate and went
.head. This they did day and night.
'eary did not make any ocean sound
ne until he returned TO the S7th par
Hell lie dropped line 5000 feet and
Ound no bottom. Then the line snap
.ed A few marches brought Peary
o the spot where he had dropped Cap
ain Bartlett and, with the exception
f a few stretches of open water and
ne storm, the return was simple.
When Cape Columbia was reached.
'hen the sledges were pulled up on
and. the Eskimos danced with joy.
'lenty Of food was given the dogs and
yerybody took a long sleep. Continu-
lg his narrative, Peary says:
we reached Hecla in one march
nd the Roosevelt in another. When
e got TO the Roosevelt | was stag
cred by the news Of the fatal mis-
ap to Marvin. He had been either
ISIS cautious or less fortunate than the
Est Of us. and his death emphasized
ie risk to which we had all been
objected, for there was not one of us
nj had been in the sledge at some
me during the journey.
THE big lead cheated Of its prey
iree years before. had at last gained
S human victim
With the task over, Peary lost lit
p time in boarding the Roosevelt
ID startifg home He landed the Es-
mos at their homes and cleared for
ape York On Sept he arrived ~
dian Harbor, whence the message,
stars and Stripes nailed TO North
be-" was sent