A TWICE CONQUERED POLE. ATTAINED BY PEARY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 606, 8 September 1909, Page 7

A TWICE CONQUERED POLE. ATTAINED BY PEARY.

VETERAN EXPLORER ARRIVES IN APPOINTED TIME. v ", AMERICA'S DOUBLE CLAIM. Commander R. E. Peary, of the United j States Navy, announces that he reached tliS Norti Pole and planted there the ' Stars and Stripes on April 9, 1909, nearly a year after the date, (April 21, 1908) on which Dr. F. A. Cook; -of- the United States, claims to have reached the Pole in company with two Eskimos. The messages so far received from Commander Peary and members of his party make no mention of their, having seen any'sign of previous explorer, or of the records which Dr. Cook says he deposited in a sealed tuhe on tho'drifting icei of the North Pole. ■ *■ • , Evidently the Peary party knew nothing' of Dr. Cook's claim. Sir George Nares suggests 'that Dr. Cook',knew of Peary's claim. Dr. Copk says Peary must have 'taken a differ' ent route. ( The dates of the two expeditions as disclosed so far by the brief particularsMailable are: _ ' , i v Cook. rcary. * Departure from North Greenland Foby. 19, 1003 Atioust 17,'1908, Reached North ' Pole, and planted ,■ ' "Starßand Stripes" '. ~... April 21, 1908. ' April 6, 1909 ' Arrived back in Greontand April 15, 1909. Allaust —, 1909. ' ' "i i '

"NAILED TrlE STARS AND! STRIPES.": ";Vi; ■ v THE STKAjiER'SAFB. }^;£-'% (By: Telcirapn.-.Frcss. Aiuoclallon.—Oorjrlirbt.l ■■.■ ■' (Rec. September .7, 0.5 y;;;/: M ; ~■■'..'..' : •/•"' ;:', London,:September,7;j :,; '.' Renter's Agency;ha's.'Tcceived;;a Helegfam' •horn Commander Robert: Edwin' Peary, sent .fronv. Indian. -.Harbour, .■'Labrador,'. North America,'- stating'that ho.•'•has':, "nailed- the. Star's.and Stripos.:tO:tho:.^orth : l'<jle.!' i ':-■ ■■;,■:' )l,Tho Governor of Newfbun3iand'has. •a .similar '■' telegram containing.. Commander'. Peary's .congratulations oh- tfao' achievement, because the captain ■'.and'/.tlio .:crow,pf ; his,; 'steamer,-: tho Roosoveltj';-"were:; : ;NovfoM-; landers;?'', ...;'■■„ ' ''- ; -. 1 ;;,,;/: ,-''"';■:.::'•./'.. ;; > '." Noiy'York,September a;;,is , ; -' Mr.'Herbert'. Briclgman, • Secretary: of; the; Peary. Arctic Club .'of had,- received a message.in Peary's.iode.stating Pole'-was Tcaohed, '''aridy..,'ftat;,jthp;: steamer.Roosevelt,is safe.:;'.; ;;(i : v,:',"':■' ;:. The "New-York Times'? states that' Com';.: mahder: : Peary telegraphs.'.from'lndian -.Harbour,; via' Cape Ray: ;-■.. % -: I '' ■>< : >' ; ;o' '■■'■?: '; :;:-;'f'Reached'■ thisvPble,oh,-"A|i|i:ll'-5,',",H09.-i-;■;' jv Expect'toarrive: at Chateau.!; Bay; on', v ■■':'."''Septombe'r 7. ; bf'wiro'fory' •.■ me .there,.and 'to. expriiU trans-':,; 1 ; J mission' of .a.:blg 'story.;? ;■>:':. -, :,:^ : '..]■ •'•".;'' ! :: : Mr, Donald M'Millan, ithe. Ecbiogist-Vril- ; ' .>yprccster.'Academy .of Massaehusetfa,,,wh' ere 'ho is/Instructor, '''f . :■!■ ;...'. <S: "The top '. 'Greetings' to ;

.V Message''to/-Mrs t .Commander.Pfcary.telegraphed to ifrom; Indian.; i.vtx'&ijXA ■ ":> "Have made •good •■ at■'-, last.'. ';> \ 1: Have: tho old- Pole 1 .. Am well. -; ;•■": '. ): -C ■'• .. : lK>ve. : ; ■■; Will -.wire.; again; from, :y ; ,.:; ' /.'...:: Chateau,'.'':. ;■•-.'■■,■; •', ■■■■] .-''■::. : .' ':.:.'; iy. To this ;Mrs. ; :Peary;telographed; to; her; husY ;biuid: tho; following: reply: ;';->': :;v ■■*:,\r : "AH; woli,-Bert '• '■: Love'-.-''God";'.. .-'/ '••: : "\:"| bless -you.. .Hurry, home'"':'-:// ;■ ' ,'' ■'■'■ - ; Unresorvqdiy Accoptod. • . ■ ; v . :' ? :V'.r^'.\Londpni'.S'opfemDor ; 7.'.L',-. 'mander, Peary's, messages.;'■;;>:', ? ; j : ■' .' "Tho Times"','recalls-.that .Peary' stated, before .he:left last year'pn'ihis.'present ;trip: .!'lf. ! I- reach -the Pole. during-.',:the coming; winter, my friends .wilt:hear' of ,my : triumph between : August'.lo and' Septeinbei. 15.";';, COOK SAYS PEARY TOOK- ANOTHER;; ~' .;.''•■■ ;'.V:. .;i;:"i.-.'ROUTE.:: : ''.V:-/'■ ' : ;::-.;.;.

;PEARY;.ANp^cbok;'ANJiVTHEiR ; ROUTES. ', .'THE '"MAD" ; TgAT.:B , ' ;, ; ;v :: :); ;%■;?: : ■'[:■' ) : , : Commander ■'Eo l Wt;.'.tidiHn ; 'p'iarVi'>oaiie'd' : by ! 'Greely.'/the.most,persistent'and sufe'c'essful:of , American. A'rotie .explortl'i.V-sent His final word ", Trom" Etah,: North-. Greriiikiid, :bh'.August "17j : 190.3. "He theh ! rep.iJi'tca:thiit-:ho-hid: killed, i walrus, pf Eskimo. -.; dogs, and.: l that:'.tho'iißoossvolt'~,fv l as.'steaihihg r .norih'v.that according. . ;w : Greeljr—tt:.wiftter.'-witH:'hls-shlp:in , the,north' '• coast of ElksmeroVHutl,:,:lii ■ about'/82dcg.. ; io' limimites ,N. ( : and%.-'fti.f<irttifiß'te,.'Well-directed .'Sle'dP! Jbliriieh'to. reti'cli thoiNdrth'-Polt'iri'.tho spring, of ,1909i drv;lMo,.-i Ahiis • beating his : - owri 'I'AVthest, North .rccbtdvof.B7,: degfees ifimiuutes' N,iiii the same 1 bcenii.-.':lt: is., interesting-here ' to'.repeat: Dr. Cobk's'ipron'ased' rbuto as':statcd .by'.iGriely ...:■■ Cook':"expeetod., to "start-north, iii !jhuuary,.looß,Kovor- ! 'a , V.iie'if: route:/ -Crossing' EUeslnore :Ijand, : :Cobk'v'.pltll\rica;to. fbllow.ib ' . tvestern- shore^b'tirbiVd'.'Gi-eolj' .'Fiord j 'l'd: tho: hito ■■' ■landUo tho.uorfli-wMt';ssdu : ;by;'Peary.";w . -'v'^'"'" : ■ "•': . ■lion as pavin'gUbo'ivajffbf'thtj.iiUcccss'ot' -the .next• biie'i has- : alr«tidyw boeti;dbaltV*ith■ iii da- ■ tail In;colmpction:'MVh/'Pr.-'i-Cobk's effort.'.: At' the,.risk l .of ; :'reltcr'ttbbU; , -:.it\msy : i .bo.:said '. thai ■Peary claimed vthafc'.'his.-'1906 expoditib'uVliad ' .'simplified thb Polo 50 per ' cent.," aiid liad'abbentuatc.UHhejf'act : 'that : inan ' ,and tho'Eskimo .Übg.ii'b ; .thß".bhly;.twb" mechaU: isms icdpablb'of^.niefetiii7-'hll"tlie-.various,con- : ; '•tingelloios:! ; pf':'•^flduf[ | Arct^i!^^v6rfc,^ahd , '^ , thdt' the, American : rbuto;-,to.;th>':"Pole,''.' ; 'and'' :; .thu : methods and.iquipiticiit: Used'-"re'iiialiv the 'hiost • practicable.- for,- attaining:::that bbject.",!'.' Peary •says that: had'.'.Uie v '#lnt6r"-'of-.' 1965." to: lSOf! been. :a'..normal: s;nsbu;;ih,.tllb.-'Arctioj.rcgiohSi.'ijand-•ntjti' as it : w4sj.:a-pat'ticulal ; ly.;bpeu'ibno I '-''tliero l •is. not: a membbr., of- 191)1)'expedition'*', who 1 doubts that' it would have':attained'*the, Polo";.' and he.beliovcsithat'Kid.-'hb.'ki'bWn boforb'.leaVr ,ihg, the'land,'w;hat- learned'ofthe'conditions ta.:tlie', i hotthwa.tdi",h« could.havb . iso modlfibd.ihis.ro.utb'iiid'ari'außements tnat,he .-."could have jreachcd'.-the-Polb^iu.'apitq-'of -the :open' : scnsonii'j'.- i.U'teitb'•■'oplu'ioiis :■ C'binifiaiidor • Peary ■ has .how,-jitsti|edj;_by; his 'success.:,:;o;.:, ' ; ; 'f.;-r' v '-. %' ■■'" The.'/Ma!ichc^.tCr,.C(iijirtiiati;''-'ln'summihg lip : thfe''work of: Cbl)iirihHd<jf,;'Peary , s. ! 1905'exjledi.tiori.' emphasise') the .floldy.':th'at,hvas;caused:' by [ 'meeting ■With„a-"lehd"';or : ,.bhaniibr. of -water..Eecent cab)cgrains'ili'iV ; L i '!hfornicd.' : us:thrit:'Dr.- ■ iCobk provided'far.-tHisihyv.tikin^ r a';-cbllapJible •: 'boat.,- - This ■.sauib..' I 'lbddVj'..figutes,ii4-'. the'ihter- - view. - with: Peafy. jfty'iil.' uelbty; l '.'l'lie '.'Manchester,: Guardian"' bs)'sir? I ,^v.J'V- I .',■■:*:■:..-::■" '-'*'" '', .- ■ "During (the,■ tfiiit«f -1900-6 ■ .Mrj■ •'. Peary. :...with.' liis) cre>t-'i,aiidf.'t lib. ; ,KdXllh dsi; wlioiii • he" hattbr i bußht'vifr'Sm\''',<3|ri^ ' health.'-'- i.Thb. scuryy. I '.tlitit"'. almost ..destroyed' : Admiral' ; Narcs's,-;c±pcditioh'in.thb'Alert:.did' ; not trouble; Jlrl.ptarj'.i.thanlis/.tb the 'progress ' of tnoubrn scieueol'ai:d.-to.:'th6: supplies of gomo^ " '■fp'uhd', i.li;.GrantVl;aiiUi' I! ':'i'he",-first "piecevbf,!ill-: , luck,;was".the' loss, df:.&bbUt'6oi dog's"through- ' poisoning. ,;.■■ This.r'wbolfeßet] I ;. tho.'sledge-parties to. a very sbrib')l';e?tehti,:':t-The,iiia I rch.-be|aii , i . lato..'.ln :J^bruary,Vl9oiJ. r -;i;:llr.;yPe!ar'y's :plhn■;■ seemed.toibe wbrklngr'well.,-': The-parties easily ,' 'reached hbrth*ldtltudo; arid fine' weather.' prevailed: • -Here,;.hbWeV'ei'.X they' were-stopped by a. wide 'lead—tho' cliaiinel ;! .iiiade by ; the-tidb between: :tho laiidc-'lcoytlild.:tho.,oehtraP'Polar. ' pack,-which;had*stbfiped..Mr." Pcdry four.years' earlier; 'VHavibg?iibVbba'ts,,they..Verbiforced to ;. -.wait.for I;hd ,'lead' : ; to : :<SlOse; up.'.;.v. ?.;'•.•": ,"■ I iFatal/-Loss"-'of' ; f lfne;Jfj r i9(lfe;. ; ,V ■ ■'&'■■.?'?}<■■

- ''ENOUGHHONOURFOR TWA" r ';!'■ 1 v NARES SUGGESTS; COOK KNEW 01? : ' .:,:;;? :;:;. . ; : ;■'.:. J ,:'i}|i';'tßec/;September ; 7;.lo.3s p.m.) ! ,'??!■!'"i:V-" i" '.'V- . Lpn(ipn,. ! Sept€mb6r7.;;.- ! ■.-■''"When.•' 'Dr.','.Cook .was. informed of \Coni- i madder-Peary's' success,;, hei .said:..', "Com-' j mander Peary, must have 'reached \ the.-Pol© ; by. .quite : another''route than-mine." . ,Dr; ! Cook: added :.;"There: is enough ■ honour; for; ■: two."''. :';..'.■'.. .'■':-./.,.' -r';■■:'.••!"■'■■.' -, ; . •"..':'■.■; ■ Dr.. Cook states .that in.his' Arctic oiplora-.'.; tibns•'-.. ho. saw . no ! - of, Commander ] Peary's expedition..'' v ; T ,-, ,":< ■■■'"'-'■,' :. .-Admiral, Sir George' Nares (the..British Arotio, explorer, who is sceptical as regards Dr.' Coot's! statements,-and; who infcrs.that T>r. Cook' took. Peary's .dogs';>ithout< consulting 1 him) now"/suggests,- in. view .of the coincidence. of a simultaneous discovery, .that it is.possible that.Dr.,Cook learned of Commander Peary's success, and 'was making an , effort to reach civilisation first'.with priority or claim of discovery., .. ; o ■'-..' ..■'■+ AN UNPREMEDITATED -START; V . ••■ .FOUND KtE ; : DO(3S, READY. : - : ..,-..'; ■; London, September 6. ' Dr. Cook (whose expedition has been dfr. scribed- as a secret,one,;in that, ho first an-; hovtneed from-Aimortak, Greenland, his dash. s for the Pole).:states that he had ho definite idea of-going-to the North Pole, but finding Eskimos' arid dogs ready, he started.;, '.'• ■ ;.;."' CRITICISMS OF COOK. SENDING OF RECORDS -TO AMERICAv; ..""' COULD HE' LOCATE POLE?,:,:. '■'■• ' London, September 6.. . 'Dr, Cooky who is now at Copenhagen after his return ,-from the Antarctic regions, is strongly criticised for ; sending his diary to Amcrica, presumably by the vessel; starting before-the Hans.Egede, tho-Danishssteampr which brought,the explorer to Lerwick. ,'. Critics oihphasise the fact that chief among the inducements, to accompany the documents himself ought to havo been the rejoining his : wife and receiving his countrymen's welcome.' Mr. L. C.i Bornacchi, the physicist who acr ' companied tho Discovery "Antarctic, expedi- • tion, suggested that the altitude of the swi| mentioned by Dr.'iCook niust havo been distorted by refraction,'due'to the vnryingdcn- [ si'ty of the air-caused, by tho low .tempera- • ture. .Thereforo,- it was,impossible,tliat he 1 could have,determined .'the' position of tho ■: I'olo with the certttin.tyb.o claimj. ,

' ."The loss-, cif .'timo;i?as;;.fiitttl.: ■ Afterr a", week Mr/ Peary '.was* able;"to -ci'bis' and ; north-', ward. But.hoiwas njthlii.-delKyeri'tqr, daj\V by iij violent storiiiVlr fld.'ddtattcea.'bhcQ.-mbre'vibr', about ten days; and;blj'-Aptll.2l-,.. 100Q, reached latitude B?deg.-•• tiaiiii>-r;the'»hiElicst'lon- record. 1 HereJ however!'lis.;WaS'. l cotoft'eHed"to ; 'tnrn'bnbki' Ho' xras'Aout' -.of^froiiif. his^ase'liy,;,tho,"'lend,' and., the' unexpected;. dmais.Md.caused .• his; pro; visions to, run loil'.'-,£' He!.'.regained' the...ships after .a very •lo.ug ■ a4i'd i '. : arduous , "inarch, ,;b'a(f. starved, v If ■h6;.fCbu^d,'h'avi - takeh;boats with him.-to cross.the'■'lbiidi'i(is-'Narcs'S niori' did in 1876,' and .if ■ thei'fllte.'bffeather.: had ■ lasted.' a little longer';ithere 1 "-seeinsylib 'dbubt.'at all' that Mr. PearyVwould, have,.reached; the Polo. : His rate of travelling ''pfbvqs'.thitt'.dbgs are. ponsable. fof : Arbtibi*6rkV;.'The British Bailors Ironi'the Alert, ; who-'draiged their own sledges 'and- boats,.could'-'not. advanbe;three..:miles' a day, but Mr." Peary.-sometimes marohed. thirty miles. .Ali'e4«ally':'r6soliite, : and experienced man, if good, luck 'attends. Jurri.jivill; attain'.thei Pole some' day-by fallowing, Mr.- : Peary s. route and adopting hisvmethodS,V:. :/'.;,'"*:'V ■~ ■■■ In May 0tV.1907; thoV,!'New,\York<. Tribune," in-reporting , the .International Polar, Congress at Brussels, said ;-"Thc.:fao.t^is. disclosed that: an • 'American. ; ,was- preparlilg•. to .undertake an expedition.- to. the ' South i'Pgle. in- ,1910 upon plans worked'but by' iUeuteiunt, Peary..,. The latter, however, is.nbtfb thkeipart m the: expedi.tioh;-'..' ■:■'■. The'-identity".bf-;the Acierioan' i who is to make'the : been revealed. The'American'. refeiTe'd/to.must be, Of; course, Dr.'Cook.V.-; : .\\!'s. '':.#::'.' '•-••..-'.; .•;',•;■..-.

'■.^ ; v,' • l ':PEAßv•■j^tEfty!EWEp^ : : \;; , ;;;.;■ ; ;.$& VERSES DEPARTURE;".' .i 'Prior to his departure .in' the'-Eobsevelt t on thu 1906 expeditlpn~his,\^te:'of .leaving, New York'' was July,.'■loosrrCqtnmander Peary rave the New York corrpsMhdent of ; the "Standard some 'interestinjr'detoud- concerning his plans lor the expedition- which !j haa' now. -with success.' 'Thb'.oxiilWer;held.that..the,old. theories-'of atf; open,'sea; aty the Polo .itself are nonsense: ..His experience had convinced:him must rely there .(the; Pole) -ultimately .that -.the Eskimos' ari'd: : their; dogs Are the chief instru-; mcntsiof success^^;v;^ ; ■'l V- -. ■'* '."TnereV'a. chair;"; siild;.Commander..Peary.; "you'won't'find any;Other.?plac« .to'.sit except on the 'floor." ..The'; Arctiotexpl6re"r'6:room, m a New York; hbtel,' 'was ! -filled-;'■ with .tables' covered y papers. - The floor'was strewn i 'witH- , . : walrUS:tUsl£6i.-- -\ . |. : "I nieiin this .timo,";he sbidin his resolute tone, "when'pstartvfrdm' ; the, northern-6hor6' Lot Grant Ldridriri the'sledglngipart of the'ex- [ peditioii,-"• to'set. my.'course.- to. the,north-west-ward; in -order' to' counteract, thi'. easterly drift of-the it j,;aii"d''n6t.", to hend. directly, for the Polo due noHh'.':,v.fcshall;bear, <is.it.were, to windward,-,'nnd /trustitb the, drifting ioo pack', to'help■uieVe"ast*£ar<iß';tb ! th.o Pole." : '■; ■' A Nonsensical ;Thebry^'C'i.:f4 : ;• T; "You haven't. n l nyi.doubt:'o{.'t)ie -ice'. 1 , field stretching right across ,'thV Polar'region P:- Tliero is iiO : opeh sea likclptobe .found.at.thb Polo itself,' or. any;, land P .'-.■■ ■■£■' CU '.'■ • '!>;;.;,.'.'..-,;'. ■■. "No; the old thebrics"of tli.at;'sort arc nbsn-. luto nonsense./. I':mny.' cqiiiq viicross again ■open lends of water) channels' luh'do'betwcon the ox;' tromc Arctic ,i<!6.~field;hhtl\the broken drifting ice packs grinding..alouji: tile 'shores, of, Grant Land and sovon' days'. 11lost iii"March -halted'ns : till; We could cjjoss, on new, thin ice; |which I called, the '■Hudson'-'oh,accquntiof. its'itrqng. flow setting eastwnids—and together .with' the :s'ercn days lost'in'agreat,'storm'whon-travelling was the.r.hlliWird, ',\vbich, .upset my calv

oulations,"caused. us-to consume our;margin of i provisions and eat our,dogs. Otherwise, every t man of our party was convinced wo conld 1 have reached, the goal. But when,; on :April t 21,-1900, I found that the reckoning f 6min; north latitude, and that I had at last J beaten tlid record for 'Nearest the.'Pole,' t had t to decido Iho prize, though it seemed'wit,hin 1 griisp, was; still out. of reach.,.Tho 'sledgo,Was. J rieni'lv empty, tlie'.fow rdmnmihg.dogs mero ( skelefans.'artd Iliad to remembor the drifting t ice and unknown quantity.of jtho big.lead be-, 8 tweonus'.nnd the -nearest ;land. " ■}::'..;:; ;■< • '"Yo'ii bad-used- all your, poramicon .'<;,; ;.•,-■;,. .i ' "Whv, 'wd- were, living,altogether, on-.dpg. 1 From ■ time to time: tho. weakest was killed, and ( divided-in- mere"ration's..between the -J usand'thorother. poor :aniinnls;'.-:- r.-.-' ... .•, "Noiiobf you have suffered permanently, from ~ your previous, hardships?."..,:.'. .' )■"•,'.'" '.•'/Wo all ■camo' : back w men. , physically.'' We didn't; Ipso,:a. ~:.-: • Eskimo ',;V r J:''..; i ;"•' ' There avV-207.Eskim6s/according to Mr: liarYin's .cerisiis.V . I'.Bhall "pjck; thern Up" as the Roosevelt .passes'-on' her,'way, to-Smith Sound and Robeson '..Channel, ;'along .the .west,: ooast: of Grcenlnnd,;whiob'hns : come:.to be known-as the American route;'.; Their' wives and children go'with, theni; ahd-nato"tlie : darlc night:,wiriter months near'tho musk-ox grdunds m camps; along the northernmost shores: - ; /rho women' are. indispensable for makin'g, clothes.from the'..furs: we get by' hunting'.'and :-:■ for; refiUiUg',.. the aledges." : .'--'-.V'-: : ' :V •• ' '■'V,-'- --\,',- "How lohgiwAl' ydu;.-allow-,for.;.thS-.;Medge; journeyf"-,.-;;. •'- V" .^:'.''":;,'''.'>'"■ ■ 1 .' 1 ;- ■. "Tho round : trip' of'.looo.:;miles. :from/, the. shores of Grand Land Pole tad; backto the coast .adrossi'th'o;'Folar.-'icd"field:,inust, cdmo within<fhe,twelve-'or'.tlii.rtee'n-weeks : from February, to.: June.'.; Precisely,'; the,- jpu'rney ; . mu6t bo made- iii'. the' interval.-between , the' re; ' turn of dayllßhti.about Febru-, ary, and' tho -breaking-tip df,;the..ice;in. June.. It cannot "but,"be.!a'-snatch'^cxpedition.,.;,:'':^ What;.lt CostsA;..:.; '?'{ : So* : fr '< '; ':' ' ■, : 'is the ,Amcr'ican*GbVernment. : In'this ,' new expedition?"'; I '.-'_,!'■■ '\f !'■_'. v-U' ! ■' '■>.. ■~■:%) "Not boyond granting;me; fresli: leave of ab-, senco ■ for three. <From -toy; first dmbnrfe, . ing in Arctid work;,in;fact; J hayp.inever^had'. any,: Government .v pecuniary .assistance; and, I ' apart..from; the ihfluenc'e.'.and vgrants of.'.vnn-: oUs;igcdgrnphical-.■ and 'scientific .societies in Philadelphia and' Now Ydrlc, .and .thei.funds-' raised-by personal :fi'iendf,.l have,had' to :<le-\ pehd.onmy own'slendet;resqurccß;./.The gener-, oiis help of'Mf;. l{orris„ Jcsup,.,ahd..the^fetit, V 'frlen'ds joining him" ,in tlid Pcavy! Atctic-Clvft^ ; has'given me the: necessary, support'sindo 1698.;, I enabling.'hVc to 'carry -.out';:' the..' •plan':l :.had.formed for.-an dxtended'^hemopfl'Aretip.ex-: ; ploration, hav'ihg:.for its 'maiK fT>urposo'the,,at- ; taiuident of tho 'North.'Pplo.'-;'It", has'jnvdlved 1; an- outlay .on;the■; part; of; Mrs;■; Pehry;«nd.;mj> '■' :-solf of somd ,75,000. dollars" .-;;,-;^.;:-: ; - -"Then yoii, aro second or ; ! ,tkird' atteiapL;if wed:be,,should;ilext. spring s- [■ 'plans! iniscarry.?!^.<'-;/::;;-.,.;.- ; y<^.;-f;:;^- ; ;:-.;; -"If, I reaolu the, Polo-, next-year-T shall..bo 1 back-in sixteen,.months..,'.Otherwise I'.shall ; have sufficient suppli|§s"to keep Arctic; '. Circle''for -;the- two - seasons,..following. r *'.' ;';

V.ThestcnWr'Roosevelt '.has :nqiv';ngur.ed.4ij. i two of l'cniT's'expeditibnsTtheprcsi'nt.onouind ;' that oi ISoG.Ohthe.latter trip ; ,sbo, .ptbyed ; .a powerful ico-,bteakbr,'.»;nnd mddo.-liqr .--rtay.j-m - ispiteiorunflivbUfable.weathor, to, tho appointed . .deitinatio.ti.'':^;';';^':^''^':.'- '-' Oa'ptainrßobt. ..A.. Bottlett. cdtamandedjthq'Roosevelt'..on;each; bbdasibh.h'; The.;'preseiitrjs : Captain'- Bartlett'sv-fourthV Arctic r expedition..' .• Still; vburiglu. thd'thii-lic's.-'be has-been- farther ,' 'Fbnr-'uflcle'sfiihthe; elder ■ gtadrahoh-iofjßartv - '.letts'ivon/Afbtib'laurels, i two, being .--nssociate.d with Peary's eavli,er: expeditions). .<; NcWfounaV ; ■land■ üba'sra-|tiolfiarUiep-:iainiljf: ! ofJailors;-nayi*-, ■ ga'tots', or fishermen; ,i,U fellsfo; tuw'.Otie "citjtjio yoiihgiM' njen 1 to.lead Peary's advancod'Medijlng;, ■pai-ty ■Dv6l-' ; the'4cen'pldj,.in ! .commartd':of:;;ci(!ht ■; Eslcinios,' establishing,the caches; for;;tlib;-relays: ] .behind, tlibfii':''■?-. ,j.--V:: .'.-''.v!''.'--'' < -'"' V-i-- (;/: '>it','i' : - '- '-.: Ward well,: ,tli6, engineer, ■ was', also.'.ivitfl , Hie • Roosevelt, on- its';lßo6,.ti-ip..-:.-Hb" ; comes from theMaine ,ships ; lifd at Bucltspor.t,-where;the-Koose- ' volt was:l!i\Hichoil.i;- Miif [iliy, Penry-.a: old'bpnt'■;, .'swain„.d Newfoundlander, like; the captain and,, j ;'■ rest; of :- tho''crow,' • -witlivorie or ■■ two' -.oxedptions, ] (wh'o>'ilire. Englishmen).;' again 'embarkWcjliist, • .vear, f: .- : arid'':'Mv;"-Edss -;Q. ; ;- Marvin, '.''A;.- native Eluiii*;-'Neiv. York-.State; Cbriiell'igradna'teij'ai,. stalwart'., athlete, , rio\y. t - twentj^ninfr;'. years ,'. bid; , dgaiii: : hcted'. ', ki' Commandei 1 vPearya..; assistant, and secretary,d£,tho"expeditipb.'■;-??. . Other of Peary's.'assistnnts oro-Donald.M-Mil-.-lan, -formerly ; of ; ,Bowdoin, College; ■ and .George; Bovup; of the Sheffield Sciontifid School.'. Mr.' .M'Milliui will niiiko;a ■s'tudy.:;*jf. .tho v geology,,' iraology,''ornithology,, and espcoially. the-ipthy-ology.-of;theiArctio Circle.' ..ZV-^i^-'^}. • ■ ''I expect to' ffioke 'a'-. cdllection. of. the, nsh. 'of Grant' Land': to.' bring back": with 'she "..-. ho eaidl'; spedies;of.fl-cs]i;iVdter',tro«t; Vouhdin iiako ! Hn7en. quite linkndwrt'to'scjehce;I shall . launched in:l9os.a,t..Bucksv port,'. :;S|io ihas "009 : horse-power'• ' ship >' h'ersolf witfc' sides from. '■■ twertty-four •-.. to ; • thirty-ihclids thick, is 184 ft; over,all by,3sft.-. • beam,-, and of -M\: draught, almost, of .the some; isize as : the English Aritarctio ship.,tho;'Discoy- : ery,- V i...'Pcsei'ibing/.aUeratio,ns''p'ridr : to, the. 'pre-; ■;s'eht'.tripi ;n v .wnter "said;'■;. - : (;rt,';.; ■; 0: >~>,' .' f Newohk'; planking'had'rbplactid'the. timbers 'wdhl by. the ciiiishlhgW the icefloes.'-,; rho.'^cap- 1 taiiiv would;-have' preferred'';green-heart- as- oh oven'diardieV'-wqod....The.stout cross-uedms-and; bulkheadS'dbw'ilMn, the'•hold -shdiyed, ■ Hits'., ilil?' !nloitse i strength hull.'-'ln'jthe-lovopavt', tho'sailors 'iust cngiigdd -wete- flttttig'.up;; their-;, i berths in a cabin;on',.the. ; deckv'-whed--Hensoni ■ Cdiiiiiiander ;;Pdary'B,'.faithful'- negro;;-ultqiiddnt;;-whom-.eighteen years.-of'ldyal-.sei'yice,-,and,aid; ■ in.'many perils 'make; ah'.indißporiaribte -.ndjUrictv was-bverhaiilihg,'tJie. : cabins of ythe; captain, and ,'fhe eicTore'r' in- the stern; of .tho';■ .vessel:"V,'/,. , : -,f. 1: -Th'd *';Eodseveltii'iilodolled-;.bri\.l.hd:r Scotch wliarer.typ'eJ/'diid'is-fbrtifiedHvith': treble jfroiiies.' • plaffin^ ; S;;)--'^

:;]3XE£ijIE^CES^ ' Robert Edwin' Peary, is.it bom loader'at- great: andMiiiti-ied'euterprises.'.'He has;the) faculty ; of.f filUiie'.Uhe..men■ under- : measiu : e-of'niie^oivh^ypluok.va'nd,persoyel-auce," •aiid -. lrispn-ihg'VW. .'financial supporter'srjwtthnil enthusiasm ;rfhich!.httsmado>them:,ready-: to; furnish, him fortll,: ; timi:nfter..timb;-for,.those' .expeditions .wbicKto'.many seemed ; lil;o'forlorit. hopes.': 'It was : recognised some tinie-.'ngp "• that, if ..familiarity withVthb, conditions of-4-' problem were ''the,chief :.factor.:iu its. solution,: APciiry,-, with his utirivdlled experience, wris' the"maii:to. find' the Polo.,' :: . Ho; claibifed; that' his:!ost!,utternpt'- simplified' iiie.'attainment of the: Pole 50 por.,cent.,-but.tho'-readei-s of :.his: : -bo6k; '.Nearest, the•P6le,'^-k^iew■':'that>even,',thell. , the problem: was.;rtry;|itat..frbm:;simplo, ~;;;'..^pr-: f <ii'-, .A'i'.QrilJc'aKMpj^ •.SonUyUne'bii'thoV mail's:-.Bplendid .faith;in' himself—a'laitbifoliqdbdvupon'past.cxpe'r'iericU'; special .t'rdihihg,; find 'nqcurato/knowledge of; the •' means- with' which-: he.-.'.w-orks— from "his' stdtenieht thbt once arid once'only'in all.'his Arctic e'areerdid.he feel doubtful as ■to j the outcome. % That '-.was. whon-hojed .his; party;, in'l9o6, across.thoV"Big'l,ead;".Avhioh he -ibi named the (: "Styx." !•'; They.-' hid tested 'the;' ico; ; and knew;that-.it■wobld not support.:,tbcra 'ah', instant.: withptit-• snoweltoes."... Once 1 Started! ;it v would-have bee'tt;,dc'ath'rto'st6p, oi' : eYeh-to,Vni'y the gliding, movement by'lifting a foot ice.•' '■'After'.they'.had' .'crossed,:.tho.'frail;ice-" bridge separated'• inv.thi: middle.;... They.'.vrjre: ohly ■jas^MA'-tiMb: : -- ; ?i'''•''■'.':';>.i;'V'.-■;:■ ■'''. ; '.''*v...','''•/'•; .'■!,;■ . OnCresiilt'of- the, .Peary. expeditibns;.up to 1906' was-,that, the value .of..Eskihl6: : .help.;w-as ooncliisively.proved. combined,-; ir,:a'. 'unique.',hiahher,:\the .best,resources■.of cjvilisaV 'tiorl -with tho.innatb-skill-and. hardihood; of. ■the mist!northerly,'tribe in-Zexistehce.;.!:':'■.!.- ;

His Training ;',,.> ■':' ■ ■W^'^.-M^: '■■ -Commander 1 Peary is; not. a'''young-.inan..', He was'.born in: Pennsylvania ,56 yedrs,ago,,.biit;.in; ■all essentials he Is' youngeY.-. than'some lywho only dato-bnck.to' the: 'seventies,: and. although the Peary-Club''called- this last attack..upon the Polo^al-flnnr;effort,, those.ivhoiknow,tho freat' explorer >wcre>nbti''at,'tiU sure;that--ho ad abandoned the; resblutibn whieh >ho formed Bome'"'yearß''iigo to the attempt •'.again and' yet, again ...Until..success jshould; (irown^his. Bowdoin College, "bivil' engineering, ; arid.;, the United' States' Navy. gave 'him/, the;, training ivhich prepared .'himV fortius: life-w.orkV "In 1884 and IBBs*he : was assistant-engineer 'of: the Nicaragua Ship : Canal■ under'■.Government''orders,' and'he was engineer in; Charge of the surveys for the. sarab'canar,iii.lßß7;>ohd'.lßßß. He invented rolling-lock gates' f or>nhals.'.-..., NorthWard/HoV/'':^; u ';■:.;; X^< '"H'.V?? ■'.His ■ first ■notable:. Arctic journey '.was, made in 18St>, ■ when he in. Grcenlarid, :nnd travelled,loo :miles on the;interior ice.' lii .Tutie, 1891> as 'cliiefiof tho Arctic .expedition', of the Academy 1 of Natural''Sciences of Phila.,delphia. he sailed-'froinNew York iii the Kite," and made his headquarters at M'Cofmick Bay, on tab north-west coast of Greenland. Ho made sledge excursions along 'Whole'lslapd, slnglefield Gulf, and 'Humboldt, Glacier;;,traversed Sio ioejfiOm':M'Cotmiek, N Bay..'to -.tho

north-oast.' angle of" ' o Greonla'ndi" at, Inde- ~ V '.:'■'' pßndonco Bay 'discovered and named ....';.'; v;; Molvillo Land; and Hoilprin Island, lying., . :';'.;'; beyond Greenland; and proved Greenland to in-.', 1 ;;!. nil island. The' Geographical Societies of Eng-; : ; Idrid and Scotland, as well as that of America, .'.,■•!;;.'/ '■ % awarded hint .medals- on Wn return in, 1892.,.■'';;•;.;-'.. Ho.sailed.again in .July, 1893,/.m the' Falcon,/'. ; j; 'V ■',: intending to survey -the north-easterii. coast 0f.;.. ~,.:;! Greenland, and if possible:to.pueh';on (owarda,:, ;- : ':'.'K\: (he Pole. • On this voyage, lie, uiade'athbrough: - : J study.of.the little tribe of Arctic' Highlander*;-':. ' :'.,.' and' discovered'-tho ifaiiious ,-lijjii" Mountain,.', r'■■.■'; ,-. which. Boss. h*ad - heard, of in, 1818,-i and' which;, .' '■ !.-.;•: ;'.;■. proved to'bo three meteorites; ■ one !of theni-r-;.' , •',,-. ';.-;;; tho'lnrgost known t6;.«ist—weighing'9o tons.; V../ But? ho, did not reach the Polo,-that. time. - ■>; ;;.-,:■'.>:-; Thai Most Northerly ..Land, j -;.'.:-'.:'.;-'v. -:■:■: r ; .'-.His': fourth T attempt was : niatW ■ under'. the-',' .'..■' - '; auspices of- tho Peary Arctic Club,, of. Now. ■„,'''' ,-.,-, York. ,-Starting- in 1898, ,ho ihado-'his..winter;, -,: ,-(i quarters' at „Etah, and established daches of: ;; supplies as far-as Fort-Conger.''- In tho Bprlrig'- ..■.;-\;:X bf_M9oo. he set out from' Fort Conger,, and-.-.- .-.-.. J traced', the .'.northern limit ,of.',- the : Greenland:;.- ■-.;; Archipelago',, and named tho northern caj>e,v ./ ,■'•■■'■: whicluwas' supposed to' bc'-'tho most northerly I '■ '■'■! -"■■'■ -] land: in;.the world (B3deg.: SOnlin.' N.), Capo .:!'.-''■'•;.',? Morris IC. Jessiip, after tho president of tho;, .: i .':;,; Peary Arctic' Club. He returned in 1902.: ~' . <;.-*.';,j :■ The'expedition of 1905-1900, in tho s.s.Rooscv ;.■'-.?■ velt/. was. notable for, tho attainment; of • tb« . S'-' ' ■'■, record, latitude, of. 87dog. Ouiin. on -April 21,, -.:' -,- ;;: WOO.'-:;.;''-.■:"..:■ ; ■,-:■::' ;,"-:■';-„-'..- .::..■%■ ?v^ : 'i ■V- -:■■"?:-■' /■,::■>'■ ■$ :.■•/. MRS. :PEAHY in the ARCTIC .;...■. : THE-MOST'NORTHERLf'BORN WHITE/ i^v'v ,' :- ; -.: i . ? ."■-'..■ CHILD..-.;." v-. •.'::':. -. ; ; ■Commander. Peary's wifo is 'ijortby of him.- ■■•■ j-':'•.'>.;;;;'. , Twice Ehq.has accompanied .him oil his" Polar:, i- ',;,'; ' expeditions. as',fat;as his winter quarters; and;'.'>■'.,*.':. ;".. twicd she.hns.gow'. far north to meet him when .- ' ','■:: returning.;-, She was tho first -white woman', to ;-'-'j."";-;'•': ■whiter, with; an. Arctic» expedition, and their ..-'-. .-'A. .','-v :' Utile:' daughter -Marie 1 was-the; most ■ -'. ; : : , , s boru- \rliito child; in.the world.; :-. '■'; -,' -.■,'-.■ ~'■ •'-. v. ■ :.' : ; '^^-^^'THE^ \ ,V;-. Prior. to leaving. Nciy York,. Captain .Bartlctt,:-,-'"', f ;";■.;: of tho Hopse'velt,.'stated:— .- ; .''. -..'■■: ' .-;.' : .':. ,;.';. ; "Wo are to;leave, tho ship' only .wker'o' we '•'■ aro-forced to. leave :her-rprobably the! uortt:.' C'; ; ; :;;- !'• .toast',, of ':;Graiit.,.,' Land, -r -The Eskimos'. nnc ,: ;.V,-;V7\-'' , 'Bledges;witl''tako,Us from there to tho'^Pdle;:;;.';:{i'i?-;- I '- ~ '; f'siti- stores well - fixed just 1 now.'' 'Wo' ,•';■•:;.' -,' ;. hai'e;oil board i 19,000 pounds, of flour, , 12,000-.'.vii,''; !;:.;■ • ; of <biscuit, ! -tfloo of codfish',. 200 ;eascs of-.- beans,;.; -..:: ''.:••;':- ';' 200 .oascs, of tomatoes, 100 cases 'of brown bread, \'-':': : \'>, ;v};, .-. .2500 gallons -'of .oil, and:'2o>ca.ses ;6f. whisky.'.: ' : :- -*,/ : ; .j AVd";don't,; heed-: many .delicacies'in .tho cold;; ;;■'' '~. v :' [ regions; .'substantial. warming-'food is'best for ',; :■ : 1 .' 'health'and",comfort. .','■:■;.-. :' -'"■";■'['- .'- '"' ,;i(" •' V "Out - wat|r,' will como , from: the ■ loebargs, .]%:_ ;, 1; ,'■; j .pumped, by,bur v '-ship's pumps nhd/hosej.inh - v .'"t;,-;;, the, tank o,n.•'the ; .deck/ . The water ■ from tlir;•:;.;■"£\.. :■:-: icebergs;..ist.freih, ;ooniing',from ..thei-.' glacia..-,!!,!; \ .:': ; stroainsjJho'hvatet qucstipii: never.,troubles '<U;'-.-;h.>-;',-,':': ■ Arotii'explorer.";;-.';;/: : ;, ■'...'■; ','< '.:-... ";.- ".:','-,•'•'; \^',v..^'-: