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Show . Oft foe Greenland. New York Sun. The party which w ill visit North Greenland Green-land next summer to bring the l'eery expedition expe-dition home w ill be sent because there Is a possibility that the explorers arc not physically physi-cally strone; enough to drag their boats over the ice and meet the othei enormous draughts upon their endurance w hich a boat journey to Cpcrnavik would demand. Lieutenant Peary did not ask for this relief party, and when he left home he certainly did not expect ex-pect it; but the many well wishers of bis enterprise en-terprise will certainly be glad that measures me to lie taken to avert any disaster to the little party while on Its homeward way. The cost of Hie relief expedition will be small, and it ii certain to reach MeCormaek bay, w here Pe.iry and bis comrades are wintering. In spite of all the dangers and delays to be met when Melville bay is full of ice, it is believed be-lieved no vessel has ever been lost there, and (hat every attempt to roich Smith sound has succeeded. |