Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-16
ARCTIC EXPLORER
PEARY IS H0NORED
Foreign Scientific Organizations
Load DiScoverer of North
Pole with Decorations

MO American, perhaps, ever returned
~ to his native shores, after a tour
~ abroad. loaded with so many
honors bestowed by scientific societies
as Commander Robert e. Peary. When
he landed in New York June II he
brought with him six gold medals and
one silver medal-the highest honors
of the most distinguished foreign sci
entific bodies-and the silver model OF
q ship presented to him by the Royal
Scottish Geographical society.
Commander Pearys visit to foreign
cities was the occasion of series OF
wildly demonstrative ovations. In him
the authorities in law, science and III
erature of foreign nations recognized
American pluck, persistence and sue
cessful achievement and accepted the
verdict of the National Geographlcal
society of his own county, which passed
upon his proofs and awarded him
medal on November 3, 1909
During his trip abroad Peary told the
story of his quest twice in London ana
Berlin and once in Rome, Vienna,
Budapest Brussels, Antwerp, Ed1n-
burgh, Glasgow, Cardiff, Bristol ana
Manchester While in Edinburgh Peary
was presented by the Royal Scottlsh
Geographical society with an exqu1s-
itely chased silver ship. The model,
used in the latter part of the sixteenth
century, stands two feet high ana
weighs 100 ounces. 1t is three masteu
and under full sail. Gold medals, hall
ing him as the discoverer of the Nortn
Pole, were presented to him by the
Hungarian Geographical society," tne
Royal Italian Geographical society, the
Royal Geographical society of Ant
werp, the Imperial German Geograph-
ical society of Berlin, the Royal Brit
ish Geographical society, the Royal
Belgian Geographical society and the
Austrian Geographical society, which
gave him the Won Hauer medal It's
highest award.
LONDON RECEPTION
Commander Peary received his most
enthusiastic ovation in Prince Albert
hall, London, when he delivered a lee
ture under the auspices Of the Royal
Georraphical society. On the platform
were more than 100 of Great Britain's
most distinguished men, In welcoming
him. MaJor Leonard Darwin, president
of the society, said:
az stand here tonight as representa-
tive of the Royal Geographical society
and armed with the full authority OF
its council to welcome you, Commander
Peary. as the first and only human be-
ING who has ever led a party of his
fellow creatures to a pole or the
earth"
vote of thanks to Commander
Peary was proposed by Sir George
Mares and seconded by Sir Lewis
Beaumont.
Peary in Rome were King Victor EN-
manuel OF Italy, the duke OF the
Abruzzi. the Marquis di San Giullano'
minister of foreign affairs, and the
Marquis Capelli.
"In contrast to the action OF Euro
mean nations the country of his birth
and Ife-long allegiance, for whose
glory he has walked for years hand IN
hand with death, whose flag he un-
furled at the top of the earth, seems
niggardly in paying honor to Peary.
Scientific bodies, rulers, municipalities
of foreign lands have united in crown
ing Peary with the laurels that are his
due AS the final conqueror or the
fastnesses of the north; as the ex-
plorer who in his own person, by dint
OF toll, tenacity, fearlessness and IN
Vincible purpose, has won against odds
which for three hundred years have
Vanuuished brave and distinguished
explorers as the man who has again
proved mans power to conquer the
hostile forces of nature, these great
European bodies have felt that In
honoring Peary they have honored
themselves. The highest authorities In
the world have bestowed on him the
greatest gifts in their power"
DASH TO POLE
In the July number of Hampton's
Magazine Peary for the first time be
gins to present his proofs. These Will
be continued in the August number.
These proofs consist of minutely de-
tailed descriptions of scientific obserV-
ations made by Peary and other MEM
bers of his party and detailed day
by-day account of his progress, sys-
tenn of marches, organization and sup
plies Without mentioning the name
of DR.. Cook, Peary makes 1t plain in
his narrative that without his extern
sive supplies, supporting parties and
system of marching it would be inn
possible for a single white man to
make his way over the perilous polar
ice and overcome almost insuperable
obstacles to the pole.
The installment of Commander
Peary's story in the July Hampton's
takes him and his party up to 81 de-
grees IL minutes, which was beyond
his previous farthest north. Up to
March %, because of the slight alti-
tude of the sun, no observations had
been taken. On that day Peary Or
dered the Eskimos to build a wind
shelter, behind which Marvin took a
meridian altitude. The result of these
first observations, Peary says, gave
their position .as approximately S5 de-
grees AZ minutes north latitude.
Peary's plan was to have Marvin take
all observations up to the point where
he turned back, and Bartlett take
them from that point to his farthest
north This was done In order TO save
the explorers eyes and to have inde-
pendent observations with which to
check the route.