Show V ww all M 11 ff F U I 1 X 41 M fa 91 11 N M V M I 1 I 1 I 1 ff YIN 11 1 1 FOL M at 1 I 1 peary hopes to reach I 1 his goal antarctic expedition I 1 I 1 new york july 13 when commander ma robert B peary boards his steamer roosevelt at sydney cape breton this week and starts on his expedition in search of oe the north polo pole an international race to the uttermost ends of the earth will tie be on peary hopes to carry the stars star and stripes stolpe to the north polo pole while a british antarctic expedition commanded ly by lieutenant BIr ernest riest H shackleton to trying to place the union jack of the britten empire at ninety degrees south although the british expedition has aas a year advantage in point C of time peary hopes to win thib the race lieutenant shackleton and party left london on july 30 1907 on board tho the nimrod originally a newfoundland sealing scaling vessel of tons but which had veen been re fitted as a steam harkon harken tine shackleton Is an officer of the british navy and before leaving ion london king edward bestowed upon nhim him the victorian order he was a member of the british antarctic expedition of 1902 03 under captain scott and ana with ills his commander and another member ber of the party accomplished a sledge journey with walh dogs to a point 82 degrees 17 minutes south latitude during which they were absent from their ship the discovery nine ninety ty th three tee days and covered a distance of miles peary reached a point 87 degrees six ix minutes north on april 21 1906 1106 the Nim rods crew all told numbered thirty two men including several scientists but the landing party was to consist of hut but twelve men the barkentine sailed early in january from new zealand and returned in march having baving left the shackleton part fy y encamped at the foot pf af mount erebus the party took with them materials for a wooden building with doubled doors and windows to be lined linea with felt and several inches of granulated cork Provis provisions lons and supplies fora for a long stay were landed the kinf rod brought back to new zealand a tale of dissension in the party which resulted in the resignation 1 of Cap captain cappalli england the Nim rods skipper and the ship therefore will return to the little band early in 1910 without ahlm shackleton took with him a specially spec lally built raptor motor sledge which he hoped to use in his polar dash and a number of siberian ponies la in addition to td a pack of dogs peary will use only eskimos a and dogs the boxes containing hla hip supplies up aboard the roosevelt were so designed as to make possible the construction instruction st of a house out of th em at cape sheridan the structure will be I 1 about 20 by CO 60 feet and when built will be covered with the roosevelt mainsail and that in turn covered with snow peary plans to make ills dash for the pole from his base of supplies in february of next year and hopes to return to the united states some time in october before leaving tandon london lieutenant shackleton was presented by queen alexandra with a british flag to carry with him on his southern dash about the same time tho Daugh daughters of the american revolution lution gave Cordi nander peary pear a beautiful peace flag made of silk and consisting of the and stripes surrounded by br a broad field of white to carry barry with him to the north pole on tho the day the roosevelt left new york william 0 mcdowell the founder of the society of tha abe daughters of tho the american revolution banded peary a letter from emly emily R ritchie mclean president general ol of the ab society I 1 in which she said may marvelous disc discovery oTery awful you and a safe return to the proud and welcoming embrace of your country we trust that the flag wo we have bave presented to you may be your shield and buckler against all disaster and may ibe be tho the glory and the lustre of the patriotic triumph we expect you to achieve tho the flag occupies a pr prominent bromine omine t place on the wall of peares cabin on the roosevelt peary also took with him blin the flag which lie ho carried fart farthest liest north in 1906 a delta kappa alumni flag a princeton banner and several smaller emblems I 1 |