The Springfield herald., 1909-09-17

BY ROBERT E. PEARY. U. S. N.
Copyright. 1909. by the New York
Times Company and printed in this
paper by special arrangement.)
Battle Harbor, Labrador (Via Mar
conf Wireless. Cape Ray, N. F., Sep
tember 9.-The steamer Roosevelt.
bearing the North polar expedition Of
the Peary Arctic Club, parted COM
pany with the Erik and steamed out
Of Etah ford late in the afternoon of
August 18. 1908, sailing the usual
course for Cape Sabine. The weather
was dirty, with fresh southerly winds.
| We had on board twenty-five Eskimo
| men, seventeen women and ten chill
dren. 226 dogs and some forty odd
walrus. We encountered the ice a
short distance from the mouth of the
harbor. but 1t was not closely packed.
and was negotiated by the Roosevelt
without serious difficulty.
| AS we neared Cape Sabine the
wenther cleared somewhat. and we
PASSED close by Three WORT island
and Cape Sabine. easily making oUt
with the naked eye the house at
Hayes Harbor, occupied by me in the
winter of 19O1-02
From Cape Saline north there was
30 much water that we thought of
setting the lug sail before the south
crly winds, but a little later appear.
ance of ice to the northward stopped
this. There was clear. open water to
Cape Albert, and from there scattered
Ice to a point about abreast of Vic
toria head out of the thick weather
and dense ice. bringing us some zen
or fifteen miles away.
From here we drifted south some
what, and then got a slant to the
northward out of the currents. We
worked a little farther north, and
stopped again for some hours. Then
we again worked westward and north
ward till we reached series OF lakes.
coming to a stop a few miles south
OF the Windwards winter quarters at
Cape Durville. From here, after some
delay, we slowly worked way north
eastward through fog and broken Ice
of medium thickness, through one
night and the forenoon of the next
day. only emerging into the open wa
ter and clear weather off Cape Fraser.
Finally. on September 2, we
squeezed around Cape Union and
made fast In shallow niche in the
ice. but after some hours we made
hung on to a grounded bit OF ice. At
last. little after midnight of Septem-
ber 8. we passed through extremely
heavy running ice into stream of
water. rounded Cape Rawson and
passed Cape Sheridan. Within quar-
ter of an hour OF the same time we
arrived there before-7 a. M, Septem-
ber 5-we reached open water extend
ing beyond Cape Sheridan.
Snug in Winter Quarters; Ship
Aground.
We steamed up to the end of 1t. and
1t appeared practicable at first to
reach Porter bay, near Cape Joseph
Henloy, which l had for my winter
quarters.
Spent Time Huntins; Moving Supplies
The latter part of September the
movement of the ice subjected the
ship to pressure which, listed her
to port some or 10 degrees, and she
did not recover until the following
spring. On October / l went on a
hunt with two Eskimos across the
field and Cass Parr bay and the penin-
sula, made the circuit of Clemants
Markham inlet and returned to the
ship in seven days with fifteen musk
oxen. a bear end deer. Later in Oc-
tober l repeated the trip. obtaining
five musk oxen, and hunting parties
secured some forty deer.
Make Start for the North on March l..
By February 27 such of the Cape
Colan depot as was needed had been
brought up to Cape Columbia, the dogs
were rested, double rationed and har-
messed and the sledges and other gear
overhauled.
We camped ten miles from Crane
City. The easterly wind and low tenn
perature continued. In the second
march we passed the British record
made by Markham in May lS76-S2
degrees 20 minutes, and were stopped
by open water which had been formed
by the wind after Bartlett passed. In
this march we negotiated the lead, and
reached Bartlett's third camp. Borup
had gone back from here. but missed
| his way, owing to the faulting OF the
trail by the movement of the ice.
Cross Many Newly Frozen Leads.
Marven came back also for more
| fuel and alcohol. The wind continued
| forming oDen water all about US. AT
| the end of the fourth march we came
upon Bartlett, who had been stopped
| by a wide lake of open water. We re-
NAMED here from March to March
| II. At noon of March 5 the sun, red