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Borup Valuable in Many Ways.

Borup not only made the record as to
the distance travelled during the jour-
ney, but to his assistance and his expert
knowledge of photography is due what
I believe to be the unequaled series of
photographs taken by the expedition.
Henson in the field and Percy as
steward were the same as ever, inva1-
liable in their respective lines.
Chief Engineer Wardwell, also Of
the last expedition, aided by his as
sistant, Scott, kept the machinery up
to high state of efficiency and has
given the Roosevelt the force and pow
err which enabled it to negotiate appar-
emily impracticable ice.
Mr.. Gushue, the mate, who was In
charge of the Roosevelt during the abb
sence of Capt. Bartlett and myself, and
Boatswain Murphy, who was put in
charge of the station at Etah for the
relief of Cook, were both trustworthy
and reliable men, and I count myself
fortunate in having had them in my
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Shocked by Marvin's Death.

We reached Hecla in one march and
the Roosevelt in another. When we
got to the Roosevelt I was staggered by
the news of the fatal mishap to Marvin.
He had either been less cautious or less
fortunate than the rest of US, and his
death emphasized the risk to which we
all had been subjected, for there was not
one of us but had been in the sledge at
some time during the journey.
The big lead. cheated of its prey three
years before, had at last gained its hu-
man victim.
The rest can be told quickly. Mcmillan
and Borup had started for the Green
land coast to deposit caches for me. Be-
fore I arrived a flying Eskimo courier
from me overlook them with instructions
that the caches were no longer needed
and they were to concentrate their ener-
gies on the ideal observations, etc, at
Cape Morris X. Jesup and north from
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-09-17
Pole Reached at Last.

had now made my five marches, and
was in time for a hasty noon observation
through temporary break in the clouds,
which indicated our position as 1857. 1
hours later:
The pole at last. The prize of three
centuries, my dream and goal for 20
years. mine at last. 1 cannot bring my
self to realize 1t.
1t all seems so simple and common
place. AS Bartlett said when turning
back, when speaking Of his being in
these exclusive regions, which no mortal
has ever penetrated before: 1T is just
like every day."
OF course 1 had my sensations that
made sleep impossible for hours, despite
my utter fatigue-the sensations of life
time; but I have no room for them here.
The first 80 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,
depositing my records, studying the hori-
ION with my telescope for possible land.
and searching for a practicable place to
make sounding.
Ten hours after our arrival the clouds
cleared before a light breeze from our
left and from that time until our depar-
ture in the afternoon of April Z the
weather was cloudless and fiawless. Z.
lie minimum temperature curing the
80 hours was 80 below, the maximum II.
We had reached the goal, but the re-
turn was still before us. 1t was essential
that we reach the land before the next
spring tide, and we must strain every
nerve to do this.
I had brief talk with my men. From
now on 1t was to be big travel, little
sleep and hustle every minute.
We would try, I told them, to double
march on the return-that is, to start
and cover one of our northward
marches, make tea and eat our luncheon
In the igloos, then cover another march,
eat and sleep a few hours, and repeat
this daily.
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Find Much Water.

AS we neared Cape Sabine the wealth
er cleared somewhat and we passed 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 1901-02.
From Cape Sabine north there was
30 much water that we thought of set
ting the lug sail before the southerly
wind, but a little later appearance Of
Ice to the northward stopped this.
There was clean open water to Cape
Albert, and from there scattered ice
to a point about abreast of Victoria
Head, thick weather and dense ice
bringing US some ten or fifteen miles
away.
From here we drifted south somewhat
and then got aslant to the northward
out of the current. We worked a little
further north and stopped again for
some hours. Then we again worked
westward and northward till we
reached q series of lakes. coming to a
stop a few miles south of the Wind
wards winter quarters at Cape Dur
vile.
From here, after some delay. we
slowly worked a way northeastward
through fog and broken ice of medium
thickness through one night and the
forenoon of the next day, only emery
ing into open water and clear weather
off Cane Frazer
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Sleep Finally in Safety.

Never shall 1 forget that sleep at Cape
Columbia. 1t was sleep, sleep, then turn
over and sleep again. We slept glorious
ly, with never a thought of the morrow
or having to walk and, too, with no
thought that there was to be never a
night more of binding headache
Cold water to a parched throat is MOTH
ing compared with sleep to a numbed.
fatigued brain and body
Two days we spent here in sleeping and
drying our clothes. Then for the ship
Our dogs, like ourselves, had not been
hungry when we arrived but simply life
less with fatigue. They were different
animals now, and the better ones among
them swept on with tightly curled tails
and uplifted heads and their hind legs
treading the snow with pistonlike regu.
10 ;f
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A Queer Malady.

Sprigg went to noted physician to
ask advice as to his health. In POM
pous tones he addressed the doctor:
"I-ah- have come to-ah-ask
you-ah-what what is-ah = the
doosid mattaw with me-ah!"
said the physician, gravely.
"Oh-ah-anything else-ah?"
Eyes; your lungs are affected. too"
"Anything-ah-else
"Yes; your manners are also at
fected."
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Double Speed on Return.

As a matter of fact, we nearly did
this. covering regularly on our return
journey five outward marches in three
return marches.
Just as long as we could hold the
trail we could double our speed, and
we need waste no time in building
new igloos every day, so that the time
we gained on the return lessened the
chances of a gale destroying the track.
Just above the eighty para1-
lei was a region some fifty miles wide
which caused me considerable uneasi-
ness. Twelve hours of strong easterly,
westerly, or northerly wind would
make this region an open sea.
In the afternoon of the 7th we start
ed on our return. having double fed
the dogs, repaired the sledges for the
last time. and discarded all our spare
clothing to Tighten the loads
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Put Up for Winter.

The season was further advanced than
In 1905; there was more snow on the
ground and the new Ice inside the foe
bergs was much thicker.
The work Of discharging the ship was
commenced at once and rushed to COM
pletion. The supplies and equipment we
sledged across ice and sea and deposited
on shore. A house and workshop were
built Of board. covered with sails, and
fitted with stoves. and the ship was
snug for winter In shoal water. where it
touched bottom at low tide.
The settlement on the stormy shores of
the Arctic ocean was christened Hub
bardville.
Hunting parties were sent out on Sep
tember 10 and q bear was brought in on
the 18th and some deer a day or two
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Strike Ice and Foo.

From this point we had clear run
through the middle Of Robson channel
uninterrupted by either ice or fog. to
Lady Franklin bay. Here we encoun-
tered both ice and fog, and while
working along in search Of a practi-
cable opening were forced across to
the Greenland coast at Thank God
Harbor.
The fog lifted there and enabled us
to make out our whereabouts and we
steamed north through a series of leads
past Cape Lupton, and thence south
ward toward Cape Union. few miles
of that cape we were stopped by i'm
practicable ice. and we drifted back
south to Cape Union, where we stopped
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-09-17
MESSAGE Sent to World.

On September 8 we arrived at Indian
Harbor, whence the message, STARS and
stripes nailed to north pole" was sent
vibrating southwark through the crisp
Labrador air.
The elimination Of long experience. a
thorough knowledge Of the conditions Of
the problem gained in the last expedition
these, together with a new type of
sledge which reduced the work of both
dogs and driver, and a new type of camp
cooler which added to the comfort and
increased the hours of sleep of the
members of the party, combined to make
the present expedition an agreeable i'm
provement upon the last in respect to the
rapidity and effectiveness of it's work and
the lessened discomfort and strain upon
the members of the party.
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The work Of hunting and transporting
supplies was prosecuted continuously by
the members of the party and the Eski-
mos until November 5. when the sup
plies for the spring sledge trip had been
removed from winter quarters and de-
posted at various places from Cape CO.
Ian to Cape Columbia.
The latter part of September the move
ment of the ice subjected the ship to a
pressure which listed 1t to port some
eight or ten degrees, and it did not re-
cover till the following spring.
On October l I went on hunt with two
Eskimos across the field and Pass bay
and the peninsula, made the circuit of
Clemants Markham inlet, and returned
to the ship in seven days with Is musk
oxen a bear and a deer.
Later in October 1 repeated the trip,
obtaining five musk oxen, and hunting
parties secured some 40 deer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-09-17
Peary Denies Cook Claim.

Battle He-bor. Labrador (via Marconi
wireless, Cape Ray, n. FO, Sept. O.-Do
not trouble about Cooks story, or at
tempt to explain any discrepancies In his
statements. The affair will settle itself.
He has not been at the pole on April
q, 1908, or at any other time. He has
simply handed the public gold brick.
These statements are made adVlsedly,
and l have proof of them. When ne
makes a full statement of his journey
over his signature to some geographical
society, or other reputable body, If that
statement contains the claim that he has
reached the pole, 1 shall be in a posi-
ton to furnish material that may prove
distinctly interesting reading for the pub
lie. ROBERT Z. PEARf.
Battle Harbor, Labrador (via Marco
nj wireless Cape Ray, n. F.), Sept. o.
The steamer Roosevelt. bearing the
north polar expedition of the Peary
Arctic club parted company with the
Erik and steamed out of Etah ford late
In the afternoon of August is, 1908.
setting the usual course for Cape Sa-
bine. The weather was dirty, with
fresh southerly winds. We had on
board % Eskimo men, II women, and
10 children, 226 dogs. and some forty
odd walrus.
We encountered the ice short dis
lance from the mouth Of the harbor,
BUT it was not closely packed. and was
negotiated by the Roosevelt without
\eriouS dif7iau1fv
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Praise for His Aids.

AS to the personnel, I have again been
particularly fortunate. Capt Bartlett is
just Bartlett-tireless. sleepless, enthusi-
astic, whether on the bridge or in the
crows nest or at the head Of sledge
division in the field.
DR.. Goodsell, the surgeon of the expe-
dition, not only looked after it's. health
and his own speciality Of microscopes but
took his full share of the field work Of
the expedition as WELL and was always
ready for any work.
Profs. Marvin and Mcmillan have Sc
cured a mass of scientific data, having
made all the tidal and most of the field
work, and their services were invaluable
N every yyaV
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DISCOVERY OF THE POLE IS DESCRIBED BY PEARY

passed up the vertical edge OF the
glacier fringe. little west OF Cape
Columbia.
When the last sledge came up I
thought my Esl1imos had gone crazy.
They yelled and called and danced
themselves helpless. AS Ootah sat down
on his sledge he remarked, in Eskimo:
The devil is asleep or having trouble
with his wife. or we never should have
come back so easily"
A few hours later we arrived at
Crane City, under the bluffs ot Cape
Columbia, and. after putting four
pounds Of pemmican into each of the
faithful dogs to keep them quiet we
had, at last, our chance to sleep.
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Rise in Temperature Aids.

The going was even better. and there
was scarcely any snow on the hard,
granular, last summers surface of the
old foes, dotted with the sapphire ice
of the previou, summers lakes.
A rise in temperature to Is degrees be-
low reduced the friction of the sledges
and gave the dogs the appearance of
having caught the spirits of the party.
The more sprightly ones, as they went
along with tightly curled tails, frequent
ly tossed their heads, with short, sharp
barks and yelps.
In u hours we had made 40 miles,
There was no sign Of lead in the
march
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Little Trouble in Leads.

South of where Marvin had turned
back we came to where his party had
built several iglooS while delayed by
open leads. Still further south we
found where the captain had been held
up by an open lead and obliged to
camp.
Fortunately the movement of these
leads was simply open and shut, and it
took considerable water motion to fault
the trail seriously.
While the captain, Marvin, and as I
found later, Borup. had been delayed
by open leads. we seemed to bear a
charm and with no single lead were we
delayed more than couple of hours
Sometimes the ice was fast and firm
enough to carry us across; sometimes
a short detour, sometimes a brief halt
for the lead to close, sometimes an i'm
provised ferry on an ice cake. kept the
trail without difficulty down to the
tenth outward march
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Gets Glimpse of Sun.

At noon of March the sun, red and
shaped like a football by excessed re-
Election, just raised itself above the hori-
ION for a few minutes and then disap-
peared again. 1t was the first time had
seen it since October /.
1 now began to feel q good deal of
anxiety because there were no signs
of Marvin and Borup. who should have
been there for two days. Besides, they
had the alcohol and oil, which were in
dispensable for us.
We concluded that they had either lost
the trail or were imprisoned on an is
land by open water, probably the latter
Fortunately. on March IL the lead was
practicable and, leaving a note for Mar
vim and Borup to push on after us by
forced marches, we proceeded northward.
The sounding of the lead gave ITO
fathoms.
During this march we crossed the
eighty-fourth parallel and traversed q
succession of just frozen leads, from a
few hundred yards to a mile in width.
This march was really simple
On the fourteenth we got free of the
leads and came on decent going. While
we were making camp a courier from
Marvin came and informed me he was
on the march in the rear. The temper
allure was So below zero.
The following morning, March Is, sent
Hansen with his division north to pio-
neer trail for five marches, and DR..
Goodsell, according to the program, start
ed back to Cape Columbia.
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THE TROUBLE.

Don't take it so hard" said the
sympathetic friend; remember that
though your daughter is married you
have not lost her."
81 know it," sobbed the brides moth
err That's the trouble. Julia and
her husband have already picked out
the best room in the house for theirs"
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Sea 1900 Fathoms Deep.

Five miles from the pole a narrow
crack filled with recent ice, through
which we were able to work a hole
with pickax, enabled me to make
sounding. All my WIRE 1900 fathoms,
was sent down. but there was no bot
tom.
In pulling up the wire parted few
fathoms from the surface and lead and
wire went to the bottom. Off went reel
and handle, Tightening the sledges still
further. We had no more use for them
now.
Three marches brought us back to
the igloos where the captain turned
back. The last march was in the wild
sweep of northerly gale, with drift
ing snow and the ice rocking under as
we dashed over it.
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Prepare for SIedue Trip.

On September Is the FULL work of trans
ferring supplies to Cape Columbia was
inaugurated. Marvin with DR.. Good
sail and Borup and the Eskimos. took 16
sledge loads of supplies to Cape Belknap
and on the 9th the same party started
with loads to Porter bay
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Members of Crew Lauded.

firemen were a distinct Improvement
over those of our last expedition Every
one of them was willing and anxious
to be of service in every possible way.
Connors, who was promoted to be
bos'n in the absence of Murphy, proved
to be practically effective.
Barnes. seaman, and Wiseman and
Joyce, firemen, not only assisted Mar
vim and Mcmillan in their tidal and
meteorological observations on the
Roosevelt, but Wiseman and Barnes
went into the field with them on their
trips to Cape Columbia, and Condor
and Cody covered 1000 miles hunting
and sledging supplies,
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Fine Morning for Start.
Few Handbags Are Faced.

few hours sleep and we were on
the trail again. AS the going was now
practically horizontal, we were un-
hampered and could travel as long as
we pleased and sleep as little as we
wished.
The weather was fine and the going
like that of the previous day, except
at the beginning, when pickaxes were
required. This and a brief stop at an
other lead cut down our distance. But
we had made 20 miles in ten hours and
were half way to the eighty-ninth
parallel.
The ice was grinding audibly in every
direction, but no motion was visible.
Evidently it was settling back into
equilibrium and probably sagging due
northward with it's release from the
wind DreSSnro
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First Handicap on Return.

Igloos there disappeared completely
and the entire region was unrecogniz-
able. Where on the outward journey
had been narrow cracks. there were
now broad leads. one of them over five
miles in width. caught over with young
ice.
Here again fortune favored us, and
no pronounced movement of the ice
having taken place since the captain
passed, we had his trail to follow. We
picked up the old trail again north of
the seventh igloos. followed it beyond
the fifth. and at the big lead lost it
finally.
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Going Improves on Way.

Again there was a few hours sleep
and we hit the trail before midnight.
The weather and going were even bet
ter. The surface, except as interrupted
by infrequent ridges, was as level as
the glacial fringe from Hecla to Colum-
bia, and harder.
We marched something over ten
hours. the dogs being often on the trot,
and made 20 miles. Near the end Of
the march we rushed across lead 100
yards wide, which buckled under our
sledges and finally broke as the last
sledge left it.
We stopped in sight Of the eighty
ninth parallel in q temperature of 40
degrees below. Again . scant sleep
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Eiuhty-F0ur Is Passed.

We concluded we were on or near
the eighty eighth parallel unless the
north wind had lost us several miles.
The wind blew all night and all next
day.
At this camp. in the morning, Bart
lett started to walk five or six miles to
the north to make sure Of reaching the
eighty-eighth parallel While he was
gone selected the 20 best dogs in the
outfit and had them doubled.
I picked out Ave of the best sledges
and assigned them expressly to the
captains party. I broke up the sew
enth for material with which to repair
the others and set Eskimos at this
work.
Bartlett returned in time to take a
satisfactory observation for latitude in
clear weather, and obtained for our DO
sition S7.4S. and that showed that the
continued north wind had robbed us
of number of miles of hard-earned
distance.
Bartlett took the observation there.
as had Marvin ave camps back. PANTY
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Make Forced Marches.

The next morning put Marvin in the
lead to pioneer the trail. with instruc-
tons to make two forced marches to
bring up our average which had been
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Pass British Record.

We camped ten miles from Crane City.
The easterly wind and low temperature
continued. In the second march we
passed the British record made by Mark
ham in May, 1876 .20-and were stopped
by open water, which had been formed
by 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.
Marvin came back also for more fuel
and alcohol The wind continued, form
ing open water all about us. At the end
of the fourth march we came upon
Bartlett. who had been stopped by
wide lake Of open water. We remained
hare from March 4 to March IL
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Heavy Running Ice.

Finally on September 2 we squeezed
around Cape Union and made fast in a
shallow niche in the ice, but after some
hours we made another short run to
Black cape and hung on to a grounded
bit of ice. At last, little after mid
night of September 5, we passed through
extremely heavy running ice into a
stream of open water. rounded Cape
Rawson and passed Cape Sheridan.
Within a quarter of an hour of the
same time we arrived three years before
seven a. m, September 5-we reached
the open water extending beyond Cape
Sheridan.
We steamed up to the end of 1t and 1t
appeared practicable at first to reach
Porter bay, near Cape Joseph Henly.
which had for my winter quarters, but
the outlook being unsatisfactory, I went
back and put the Roosevelt into the
only opening in the foe, being barred
close to the mouth of the Sheridan riv-
er a little north of our position three
voora prior
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Supplies Left for Eskimos.

AS for my faithful Eskimos, I have
left them with ample supplies of dark,
rich walrus meat and blubber for their
winter with currants, sugar, biscuits,
guns, rifles, ammunition. knives hatch
cts, traps, etc.
For the splendid four who stood be-
side me at the pole boat and tent
each to requite them for their energy
and the hardship and toll they under
went to help their friend Peary to the
north pole.
years Of experience. the magnificent
strength of the Roosevelt, the splen-
did energy and enthusiasm of my party,
the loyal faithfulness of my Eskimos
could have gone for naught but for
the faithful necessaries of war fur
nished SO Loyalty by the members and
friends Of the Peary Arctic club