Show II J1 IU mM p 0 DISCOVERY NORTH POLE RELATED BY ROBERT E PEARY Intrepid Explorers Story of the Bold Dash by Which He Reached the Earths ApexDr Cooks Claim Flatly Denied J Notice to Publishers f The following account by Commander Command-er Robert E Peary of his successful voyage to the north pole was Issued on September 10 by the New York Times Company at the request of Commander Peary and for his protection protec-tion as a book only copyrighted and exposed for sale before any part of It was reproduced by any newspaper In the United States or Europe In order to obtain the full protection of the copyright laws The reproduction of this account In any form without permission Is forbidden The penalties penal-ties for violation of this form of copyright copy-right Include Imprisonment for any person aiding or abetting such violation viola-tion This article Is copyrighted In Great Britain by the London Times Copyright 1909 by the New York Times Company This narrative Is also copyrighted as a newspaper article arti-cle by the New York Times Company REPORT OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH POLE by Robert E Peary Commander U S N Copyright Copy-right 1909 by the New York Times Company DENIES COOK REACHED POLE Battle Ilcrbot Labrador via Murcont tireless Capo Ray N F Sept 10Do not trouble about Cooks story or attempt at-tempt to explain any discrepancies In his Btatcments The affair will settle Itself He has not been at the polo on April 21 1903 or at any other time He has sfrnply hl1n < led the public a gold brick These statements arc made advisedly and I have proof of them When ho matte n full statement of his journey over his signature to some geographical society or other reputable body If that dl statement contains the claim that he nas reached the pole I shall be In a position posi-tion to furnish material that may prpvo distinctly Interesting < lIng for the pub Jlc ROBERT E PEARY Battle Harbor Labrador via Marco ni wireless Cape Ray N F Sept 9 Tho steamer Roosevelt bearing the north polar expedition of the Peary I Arctic club parted company with the Erik and steamed out of Etah ford late In the afternoon of August 18 1908 setting the usual course for Cape Sabine Sa-bine The weather was dirty with fresh southerly winds Wo had onboard on-board 22 Eskimo < men 17 women and 10 children 226 dogs and some forty odd walrus We encountered the Ice n short distance dis-tance from the mouth of the harbor but It was not closely packed and was negotiated by the Roosevelt without serious difficulty FIND MUCH WATER As we neared Cape Sabine tho weather IA weath-er cleared somewhat and we passed by rt Three Voort Island and Cape Sabine easily making out with the naked eye J the house at Hayes harbor occupied by me In the winter of 190102 From Cape Sabine north there was no much water that we thought of setting 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 tb Cape Albert and from there scattered Ico 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 n little further north and stopped again for aome hours Then we again worked westward and northward till we reached a series of lakes coming to a stop a few miles south of the Wind wards winter quarters at Cape Dur vllle From here after some delay wo slowly worked a way northeastward through fog and broken Ice of medium thickness through one night and the forenoon of the next day only emerging emerg-ing Into open water and clear weather off Cape Fraser STRIKE ICE AND FOG From this point we had a clear run through tho middle of Robeson channel uninterrupted by either Ico or fog to Lady Franklin jmy Here we encountered encoun-tered both Ice nnd fog and while working along In search of a practicable L 1 practi-cable opening were forced across tot to-t the Greenland coast at Thank God Harbor The fog lifted there and enabled us to make out our whereabouts and wo steamed north through a series of lends past Cape Iupton and thence southward south-ward toward Cape Union A few miles off that cape wo wero stopped by impracticable Im-practicable Ice and we drifted back south to Cape Union where we stopped again SHIP FORCED AGROUND We lay for some time In a lake of water and then to prevent being drifted drift-ed south again took refuge under then the-n north shore of Lincoln bay In nearly r the Identical place where wo had our unplcasnntexperlences three years before be-fore Here we remained for sovorea days during a period of constant and at times violent northeasterly winds Twice we were forced aground by tho heavy Ice we had our port quarter quar-ter rail broken and a hole stovo In the bulwarks and twice we pushed out Inn In-n attempt to get north hut wore forced back each time to our prccarl ous shelter rJ HEAVY RUNNING ICE r Finally on September 2 we squeezed tit Around Cape Union and made fast In a shallow niche In the Ice but after some hours we made another short run to Black cope and hung on to a grounded bit of Ice At last a little after midnight mid-night of September E we passed through extremely heavy running Ice Into a Btreum ot open water rounded Cape Ilawson and passed Capo Sheridan Within u quarter of un hour of tho game time we arrived three years before seven a m September 5we reached tho open water extending beyond Cape SherIdan Wo steamed up to tho end of It and It appeared practicable at first to reach Porter bay near Cap Joseph Honly S which I hud for my winter quarters but V the outlook being unsatisfactory I wen back and put the Roosevelt Into the only opcnlne In the hoe being barred I I close to the mouth of the Sheridan river riv-er a little north of our position three years prior PUT UP FOR WINTER The season was further advanced than In 1903 there was more snow on the ground and the now Ico Insldo the floe bergs was much thicker Tin work of discharging the ship was commenced at once and rushed to completion com-pletion The supplies and equipment we sledged across Ice and sea and deposited on shore A house and workshop were built of board coveted with sails and llttcd with stoves and tho ship was snug for winter In shoal water where It touched bottom at low tide Tho settlement on tho stormy shores of the Arctic ocean was christened Hub bardvllle HunUnl parties wero sent out on September Sep-tember 10 and a boar was brought In on the 12th and some deer a day or two laterPREPARE PREPARE FOR SLEDGE TRIP On September 15 the mil work of transferring trans-ferring supplies to Capo Coumbla was Inaugurated Marvin with Dr Good sail and Borup and the Eskimos took 16 sledge loads of supplies to Cape Belknap and on tho 27th the same party started whh lomls lo Porter bay The work of hunting and transporting supplies was prosecuted continuously by the members of the party and the Eskimos < Eski-mos until November 5 when tho supplies sup-plies for the spring sledge trip had been removed from winter quarters and deposited de-posited at various places from Capo Co Ian to Cape Columbia The later part of September the movement move-ment of the Ice subjected the ship to a pressure which listed I to port some eight or ten degrees and It did not recover re-cover till tho following spring On October 1 I went on a hunt with two Eskimos across the field and Pass bay and l the peninsula made the circuit of Clemants Murkhari Inlet find returned to the ship In seven days with 15 musk oxen a hoar and a deer Later In October I repeated the trip obtaining five musk oxen and hunting parties secured some 40 deer SUPPLIES MOVED TO BASE In the February moon Bartlett went to Capo Hecla Qoodsall moed some more supplies from Hecla to Cape Colan and Jorup went to Markham Inlet on a huntIng hunt-Ing trln On February 15 Bartlett left the Roosevelt with his division for Capo Columbia and Parr bay Goodsall Borup MacMlllan and Han fen followed on successive days with their provisions Marvin returned from Capo Bryant on February 1 and left for Cape Columbia on February 21 I brought up the rear on February 22 The total of all divisions leaving tho Roosevelt was seven members of the party 6 Eskimos 140 dogs and 2 sledges MAKE READY FOR DASH By February Z such of the Cape Colan depot as was needed had been brought up to Cape Columbia the dogs were rested and double rationed and harnessed and the sledges and other gear overhauled over-hauled Four months of northerly winds during the fall and winter Instead of southerly souther-ly ones as during the previous seasoned season-ed me to expect less open water than before but a great deal of rough Ice and I I was prepared to hew a road through the Jagged Ice for the first hundred miles or so then cross the big lead BARTLETT LEADS THE WAY On the lust day of February Bartlett with his pioneer division accomplished this and his division got away due north over the Ice on March 1 The rest of tho party got away on BarUetts trail and I followed an hour later The party now comprised seven members mem-bers of the expedition 1 Eskimos 133 dogs and 19 sledges One Eskimo < and seven dogs had gone to pieces A strong easterly wind drifting snow and temperature In tho minus marked our departure from tho camp at Cape Columbia which I had christened Crane City Rough Ice In the first march damaged several sledges and smashed two beyond repair the teams going buck to Columbia for other sledges In reserve there PASS BRITISH RECORD We camped ten miles from Crane City The easterly wind and low temperature continued In tho second march we passed the British record made by Markham Mark-ham In May 1S7C 8220 and were stopped by open water which had been formed by wind after Bartlett passed In this march we negotiated the lead and reached Bartletts third camp Borup had gone back from here but missed his way owing to the faulting of the trail by the movement of Uio Ice Marvin came back also for more fuel and alcohol Tlio wind continued forming form-Ing open water all about us At the end of the fourth march wo came upon Bnrtlutt who had been stopped by a wide lake of open water We remained here from March 4 to March 11 GETS GLIMPSE OF SUN At noon of March 5 the sun red and shaped like a football by exccssed ro llectlon just raised Itself above the horizon hori-zon for a few minutes and then disappeared disap-peared again I was the first time I had seen It since October 1 I now began to feel a 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 la dispensable for us Wo concluded that they had either lost the trail or were Imprisoned on an island Is-land by open water probably the latter Fortunately on March 1 the lead was practicable and leaving a note for Marvin Mar-vin and Borup to push on after us by forced marches we proceeded northward The sounding of the lead gave 110 fathoms During this march we crossed the eightyfourth parallel and traversed a 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 MarIn came and Informed mo he was on the march In tho rear Tho temperature temper-ature was ED below zero The following morning March 1C I sent Hansen with his division north to pioneer pio-neer a trail for five marches and Dr Goodsell according to the program started start-ed back to Cape Columbia MMILLAN TURNS BACK At night Marvin and Borup canto spinning spin-ning In with their men and dogs steamIng steam-Ing In the bitter air like a squadron of battleships Their arrival relieved mo of all anxiety as to our oil supply In the morning I discovered that Mac Mlllans foot was badly frost bitten The mishap had occurred two or throe lays Iiufoni but MacMlllan had said I Ihloi about I In the hope that It would come out all right A glance at the Injury showed mo that the only thing was to send him bark to Cape Columbia at once The arrival of Marvin and Borup enabled mo to spare suniclent men and dogs to go back with him On leaving the camp tie expedition comprised lo men 12 sledges and lr dogs The next march was satisfactory as ro sands distance and tho character of tho going In the latter part thera wero pronounced movements In the Ice both visible and audible Some lends were crossed In one of which Borup and his tram took a bath and wu were dually stopped by nn Impracticable Im-practicable lead opening In front of us We camped In a temperature of 50 degrees de-grees below At the end of two short marches we cam upon Hansen and his party In camp mending their sledges Ve devoted de-voted the remainder of the day to overhauling over-hauling and mending sledges and breaking break-ing up our damaged ones for material MAKE FORCED MARCHES The next morning I put Marvin In tho lend to pioneer tho trail with Instructions Instruc-tions to make two forced marches to bring up our average which had been cut down by tho last iwo short ones Marvin carried out his Instructions Implicitly Im-plicitly A considerable amount of young Ice assisted In this At tho end of the tenth march latitude S323 Ilorup turned back In command of the second supporting party having traveled trav-eled a distance equivalent to Nnnscns distance from this far to his farthest north I was sorry to lose this young Yale runner with his enthusiasm and pluck Ho had led his heavy sledge over the lloes In a wily that commanded every ones admiration and would have made his fathers eyes glisten CHANGES HIS PLAN From this point the expedition comprise com-prise 20 men 10 sledges ali 70 dogs I was necessary for Marvin to tako a sledge from here and I put Bartlett and his division In advance to pioneer ho tri The continual daylight enabled me to make a moderation here that brought my advance and main parties closer together and reduced the likelihood of their bens be-ns separated by open leads After Bartlett left camp with Hendor son ali their division Marvin and I remained re-mained with our division 20 hours longer long-er and then followed When we reached lartletts camp he broke out and went on and we turned In By this arrangement arrange-ment tho advance party was traveling while the main party was asleep and vice versa and I was In touch with my advance party every 24 hours MOVES EXPEDITIOUSLY I had no reason to complain of the going for the next two marches though for n less cxnerlenccd narty less adapt able sledges or less perfect equipment It would have been an Impossibility At our position at the end of the second sec-ond march Marvin obtained a satisfactory satisfac-tory sight for latitude In clear weather which placed us at 543 The result agreed satisfactorily with the lead reckoning reck-oning of Marvin Bartlett and myself Up to this time the slight altitude of the sun had made It not worth whIle to waste time In observations tme On the next two marches the going improved Im-proved and we covered goad distances In one of these marches a lead delayed us a few hours We finally ferried across the Ice cakes MAKES RECORD RUN The next day Bartlett let himself out evidently for a record and reeled off 20 miles ICe Marvin obtained another satisfactory sight on latitude which gave the position as SG3S or beyond the farthest farth-est north of Nansen and Abruzzl and showed that we had covered 6 mlnues of latitude In three marches In these three marches we had passed the Norwegian record of 6614 by Nan sen and tho Italian record of bti34 by Cagnl From this point Marvin turned back In command of the third supporting party My last words to him were Do careful care-ful of the leads my boy The party from this point comprised nine men seven sledges and CO dogs The condlIons at this camp and the apparently ap-parently unbroken expanse of fairly level I Ice In every direction reminded me of Cagnls description of his farthest north DANGER IS ENCOUNTERED But I was not deceived by the apparently appar-ently favorable outlook for available conditions never continue for any distance dis-tance or any length of time In the arc Vc regions Tin next march was over good going go-Ing but for the first time since leaving land we experienced that condition frequent fre-quent over these Ico fields of a hazy atmosphere at-mosphere In which the light Is equal every where AH relief Is destroyed and It Is Impossible to see for any distance We were obliged In this march to make a detour around an open lead In the next march we encountered the heaviest and deepest snow of the journey through a thick smothering mantle lying In the depressions of heavy rubble Ice Temporarily Discouraged I came upon Bartlett and his party fagged out and temporarily discouraged by road the heartracklng work of making I knew what was the matter with them They were simply spoiled by the good going on the previous marches 1 rallied them a bit lightened their sledges and sent them on encouraged again During the next march we traveled through a thick haze drifting ocr the Ice before a biting air from the northeast north-east At the end of the march we came upon the captain camped beside a wide open load with a dense black water sky northwest north and northeast The next march was also a long one I was BartlettH last hit He let himself him-self out over a series of large old hoes loes steadily Increasing In diameter and covered with hard snow WIND HELPS OUT During the last few miles I walked beside him or in advance Ilq was solemn sol-emn and anxious To go further hut the i program was for him to gO back from hero In command of the fourth supporting sup-porting party and there wore no supplies sup-plies for an Increase In the main party In this march wo encountered a high wind for the first time since the three days after we left Capo Columbia I was dead In our faces hitter and insistent In-sistent but I had no reason to complain com-plain It was bettor than an easterly or southerly wind either of which would have set us adrift In open water wa-ter while this was closing up every load behind This furnished another advantage of my supporting parties True by HO doing I was pressing to the south the Ice over which we traveled and so robbing rob-bing tage us of a hundred miles of advan EIGHTYFOUR IS PASSED Wo concluded we were on or near the eightyeighth parallel unless the north wind had lost us aovrral miles The day wind blew all night and all next dayAt At this camp In the morning Bart lett started to sulk five or six miles to the north to make iiuro of reaching the eightyeighth parallel While he was go no I selected the 40 bent dogs In the outfit and had them doubled I plckud out live of tho best sledges nnd assigned them expressly to the captains party I broke up tho seventh sev-enth for material with which to repair the others and sot Eskimos at thin work JVirilett returned In titan to tako a satisfactory observation for latitude In clone weather ali obtained for our po sition 87 48 and that showed that tho continued north wind had robbed UN of 1 number of rnllc of hardearned distance Burtlett took the observation them ns had Marvin live camps buck partly to save my yes but lartfuly to give nn Independent record and determination determina-tion of our advance The observations completed and two copies made ono for him nnd the other for mo Bartlett started on tile hack trail In command of my fourth supporting sup-porting party with two Eskimos ono sledge nnd 18 dogs BARTLETT DID GOOD WORK Whim ho left I felt for a moment pangs of regret as he disappeared In the distance hut It wan only momentary momen-tary My I work was mill ahead not inCite In-Cite rear Unrtlrtt had done good work and had been u great help to mo Circumstances had thrust the brunt of the pioneering upon him Instead of dividing It among several as I had planned He had reason to take pride In the fact that ho had bettered the Italian record by a degree and a quarter ali had l covered I distance iqual to the entire distance at the Italian expedition expedi-tion from Franz Josefs land to Cagnls farthest north I had given Bnrtlett this position and post of honor in command of my fourth and last supporting party and for two reasons first because of his magnificent handling of the Roosevelt second because ho had cheerfully stood between mo and many trifling annoyances annoy-ances on the expeditions Then there was n third reason I seemed to mo appropriate In view of the magnificent British record of arctic arc-tic work covering three centuries that I should bo n British subject who could boast that next to an American ho had teen nearest the polo LAST STRUGGLE AT HAND With tho dlsappciitnncc of Bartlett 1 turned lo tho problem before me This was that for which 1 hud worked for 32 years for which I had lived tho simple life for which I had conserved all my energy on the upward trip for which I had trained myself as for a race crushIng crush-Ing down every worry about success In spite of my years I felt In trim fit for the demands of the coming days and eager to be on the trail As for my party my equipment and my supplies 1 was In shape beyond my most sangulna dreams of curliest drllms eurilst years My party might bo regarded as an deal which had now come to realization as loyal and responsive to my will as ho lingers of my rlcht hand PARTY IDEAL FOR EFFORT Four of them possess the technique of dogs sledges Ice and cold as their heritage heri-tage Two of them hansen and Ootam were my companions to the farthest point three years before Two others Kglnwuk arid Slgloo wero In Clarks division which had such a narrow escape at that time and now were willing to go anywhere any-where with my Immediate party and willing to risk themselves again In any supporting party The tlftli was a young man who had never served before In any expedition but who was If possible even more willing and eager than the others for the princely gifts a boat a rifle a shotgun shot-gun ammunition knives etc which I had promised to each of them who reached the pole with me for he knew that these riches would enable him to wrest from n stubborn father time girl whose Image filled his hot young heart HAD CONFIDENCE IN HIM All had blind onfldence so long ns I was with them and gave no thought for the morrow sure that whatever happened hap-pened I should inmohow get them back to land But I dealt with tho party equally I recognized that all Its Impetus Im-petus centered In me and that whatever pace I set It would make good I anyone any-one played out I would stop for a short time I had no fault to find with the conditions condi-tions My dogs were the best the pick of 122 with which we left Columbia Almost Al-most all were powerful males hard us nails In good flesh but without nais lesh a superfluous super-fluous ounce and what was better yet they were all In good spirits My sledges now that the repairs were completed were In good condition My supplies were ample for 40 days and with the reserve represented by the dogs themselves could be made to last CO HIS PROGRAM PLANNED PP Pacing back and forth In th Ice of the pressure ridge where the Igloos wero built while my men got their loads ready for the next marches I settled on my program I decided I should strain every nerve to make five marches of 15 miles each crowding these marches In such a way ns to bring us to the end of the fifth long enough before noon to permit per-mit the Immediate taking of an observation observa-tion for latitude Weather und lends permitting I believed be-lieved I could do this I my proposed I distances were cut down by any chance I had two means In reserve for making up the deficit FirstTo make the last march a forced one stopping to make tea and rest the dogs hut not to sleep SecondAt the end of the fifth march to mnko a forced march with a light sledge a double team of dogs and OIHI or two of the party leaving tho rest In camp SEES DANGER IN GALE Underlying nil these calculations was a recognition of the ever present neighborhood neighbor-hood of open leads and Impassable water and tho knowledge that a 24hour gala would knock all my plans Into a cocked hut and even put us In Imminent peril At a little after midnight of April 1 after a few hours of sound sleep I lilt the trail leaving the others to breakup break-up camp and follow As I climbed the pressure ridge back of our Igloos I not another hole In my belt the third since I started Every < mn and dog of us was lean and flat lat bellied as a board and as hard CONDITIONS ALL FAVORABLE I was a fine morning The wind of the last two days had subsided and the going was the best and most equable of any I had had yet The floes were large and old and clear and were surrounded sur-rounded by pressure ridges some of which were almost stupendous The biggest of them however were easily negotiated either through some crevice or up some huge brink I seta set-a good pace for about ten hours Twentyfive miles took me well be vond tho eightyeighth parallel I Vhllo I was building my Igloos a I OIIB load forward by the east and oulhwest of ua at a distance of a few miles TRAVEL WAS EASY A few hours sleep and we were on the trail again Aa the going was now practicality horizontal wo were unhampered un-hampered and could travel as long us we pleased and sleep as little as we wished wishho Thu weather was line and the going like that of the previous day except at the beginning when pickaxes were required This and 1 brief stop at another an-other load cut down our distance But wo had made 20 miles In ten hours and were half way to the eightyninth parallel paralel The Ice was grindingaudibly In every direction but no motion wan visible Evidently I was settling hark Into equilibrium and probably sagging due northward with Us release from tho wind prmailrn SURFACE ALMOST LEVEL Again there was n few hours sleep and wo hit the trull before midnight rue weather and going worn oven bettor bet-tor The surface except as Interrupted I by Infrequent ridges was ns level ns the glacial fringe from Ilenla to Colum bin and harder Wo marched Komethlng over ten hours the dogs being often on the trot and made 20 mils Near tho end of the march we rushed across a lend 100 yards with which buckled under our sledges antI finally broke ua tho last sledge left I Vo Ktoppeil In night of the eighty ninth parallel In n temporaturu of 40 degrees below Again a scant sleep alI we wore on our way onco more and across tho eightyninth parallel This march duplicated the previous ono as to weather and going Thu last few hours It wax on young Ice and occasionally oc-casionally tho dogs Were galloping Wo made twentylive miles or more the nlr tho sky and the bitter wind burning the face till I cracked I was like the great Interior Ice gap of Greenland Kven the natives complained com-plained of the bitter air 1 was as keen an frozen steel Jt A little longer sleep than tho previous previ-ous ono had to bo taken hero as we wuro all In need of It Then on again Up to this time with each successive march our fear of an Impassable lead had Increased At every Inequality of the Icu I found myself huitying breathlessly breath-lessly Con aId fearing that It marked a lead and when I arrived at the summit would catch my breath with relief only to find myself hurrying on In tho same way at tho next one But on this march by come strange shift of feeling this fear full from me completely The weather was thick but It gave mo no uneasiness Before I turned In I took an observation observa-tion which Indicated our position ns 8 degrees 2 minutes A rise In temperature to 15 degrees below be-low reduced the friction of the sledges and gave the dogs tho appearance oC having caught tho spirits of the party The more sprightly ones as they went along with tightly curled tails frequently frequent-ly tossed their heads with short sharp barks und yelps In 12 hours wo had made 40 miles There was no sign of a lead In the marchARRIVAL ARRIVAL AT THE POLE I had now Indo my fIve marches anti was In time fur n hasty noon observation through I temporary bieak In tho clouds which Indicated our position us SOS 1 quote an entry from my journal some hours later t The polo at last The prlzo of three centuries my dream and goal for 2 years mine at last I cannot bring myself my-self to realize it l all seems so simple and commonplace common-place As Bartlett said when turning back when speaking of his being In these exclusive regions which no mortal lids over penetrated before I Is just like every day Of course I had my sensations that made sleep Impossible for hours despite my utter fatigue tho sensations of 1 lifetime life-time but I huva no room for them here The first 30 hours at tho polo were spent In taking observations In going some ten miles beyond our camp and some eight miles to tho right of It In taking photographs planting my flags depositing my records studying the horizon hori-zon with my telescope for possible land and searching for a practicable place to make I sounding PLAN FOR RETURN TRIP Ten hours after our arrival tho clouds cleared before a light breeze from our left and from that time until our departure depar-ture In the afternoon of April 7 the weather wan cloudless and flawless The minimum temperature during the 30 hours was 33 below the maximum 12 We had reached the goal but the return re-turn was still before us It was essential that we reach the land before the next spring tide and we must strain every nerve to do this I I had a brief talk with my men from I now on It was to be a big travel little I sleep and a hustle every minute Wo 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 l then cover another march eat and sleep a few hours and repeat this dally SPEED NEARLY DOUBLED 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 wo could hold the trail we could double our speed and we need waste no time In huilillnir new Igloos every day so that the time we gained on the return lessened the ijhnnces of a gale destroying tho track Just above the elghtysovcnth parallel paral-lel was a region some fifty miles wide which caused me considerable uneasiness uneasi-ness Twelve hours of strong easterly westerly or northerly wind would make this region an open sea In the afternoon of the 7th nCernoon we started start-ed on our return having double fed the dogs repaired the sledges for the last time and discarded all our spare clothing to lighten the loads TRIES TO SOUND SEA Five miles from the pole a narrow crack filled with recent Ice through which we were able to work a hole with a pickax enabled mo to make a sounding All my wire IBOO fathoms was sent down but there was no bottom bot-tom In pulling up the wire parted a few fathoms from the surface and lead and wire went to the bottom Off went reel and handle lightening the sledges still stli further We had no more use for them nowThree Three marches brought us back to the Igloos where the captain turned back The lust march was In tho wild sweep of a northerly gale with driftIng drift-Ing snow und the Ice rocking under as we dashed over It NOT DELAYED BY LEADS South of where Marvin hud turned back wo 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 I took considerable water motion to fault the trail seriously While the captain Marvin and as I found later Ilorup had been delayed by open leads we seemed to bear a charm and with no single lead wero we delayed more than a couple of hours Sometimes tho Ice was fast und firrr enough to carry us across uometlmei a short detour sometimes a brief hal for the lead to close sometimes an improvised im-provised ferry on an Ice cake kept the trail without difficulty down to the tenth outward march LOSE BARTLETTS TRAIL Igloos there disappeared completely and the entire region was unrecognizable unrecogniz-able Where on the outward Journey had boon narrow cracks there wen now broad lands ono at them over five miles Ice In width caught over with younG Here again fortune favored us and no pronounced movement of the let having taken place since thu captain passed we had his trail to follow Wa picked up tho old trail again north oC the seventh Igloos followed I beyond anally the fifth and at the big lead lost It J J I From hero wo followed the captain rail and nn April 23 our Bledire nssid up the vertical edge of the glacier fringe a little west of Cap olumbln When tho last sledge came up t thought my Eskimos had gone crazy hey yelled and called and danced honiHolveh helpless As Ootnh sat down on his sledge ho remarked In Esklmot Tho devil Is asleep or having trouble with IH wife or we hover should hay como back no easily A few hours later we arrived at Crane City under the bluffs of Cal Columbia and after putting four inunds of pemmlcnn Into each of tho ullhful Ilogs to keep them quiet vs had at last our chance to sleep LONG SLEEP W LCOME Never hal I forget that sleep at Cape Columbia I was sleep sleep then turnover turn-over und sleep uguln Vo slept gloriously glorious-ly with never a thought of the morrow or having to walk and too with no JioiiKht that there was to bo never a night moro of blinding headache Cold water to a parched throat Is nothing nothi-ng compared with sleep to I numb fatigued brain and body Two days we spent hero In sleeping and drying our clothes Then for the IIhlp Our dogs like ourselves had not been hungry when we arrived but simply lifeless life-less with fatigue They were different animals now and the better onos among them swept on with tightly curled tall nnd Uplifted heads and their hind legs trelllnl the snow with platonllko regu 4 MARVINS FATE LEARNED Wo icuched Hecla In one march and the Roosevelt In another When f got to tho Roosevelt I was staggered by tho news ot the fatal mishap to Marvin Ho had either been less cautious or less fortunate than the rest of us nnd his death emphasized the risk to which we all had been subjected for thera was not one of us but hud been In tho sledgo nt some time during the Journey Tho big lead cheated of Its prey three earl before had at last gained Ua human hu-man victim The rest can he told quickly McMillan and Borup had started for the Greenland Green-land coast to deposit caches for me Bo fore I arrived a flying Eskimo courier from mo overtook them with Instructions that the caches were no longer needed and they wero to concentrate their energies I ener-gies on tilt Ideal 1 observations otc at 1 Cape Morris K Jesup and north from thlrROOSEVELT ROOSEVELT STARTS BACK K These Instructions were carried out and after their return In the latter part ot May McMillan made some further tidal f observations at other points The supplies sup-plies remaining at tho varlpus caches J were brought In and on July IS the I Roosovclt left Its winter quarter and i was driven out Into time channel back of Capo Nlon I fought Its way south In the center of tho channel and passed Cape Sabine on August 8 or 29 days earlier than In 1903 and 3 days earlier than the British expedition In 1871 We picked up Whitney and his party and stores at Etnh We killed seventy nuiui walrus for my Eskimos whom I landed at their homes We met the I I Jeanie oft Saunders Island and took over It s coal and cleared from Capo York on August 26 one month earlier than In I 900 t ANNOUNCES HIS TRIUMPH September 6 we arrived at Indian Harbor whence the message Stars and stripes nulled to north pole was sent limiting southward through the crisp abrador airTime air-Time culmination of long experience I borough knowledge of the conditions of the problem gained In the last expedition those together with a now type of sledge whirl dticed the work of both logs and drl and a new typo 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 improvement Im-provement upon thE last In respect to the rapidity and effectiveness of Its work and ho lessened discomfort and strain upon the member of tho party HIS CAPABLE AIDS I As to the personnel I have again ben particularly fortunate Capt Bartlett Is lust Bnrtlett tireless sleepless enthusiastic enthusi-astic whether on the bridge or In the crows nest or at the head of a st < lo division In the field Dr Qoodsell the surgeon of the exp dition not only looked after Its health and his own specialty of microscopes but took his full share of the field work of tho expedition as well and was always ready for any work > Profs Marvin and McMillan have secured se-cured n muss of scientific data having mndo all the tidal and most of the fieldwork field-work und their services were Invaluable In every way BORUP AND OTHERS PRAISED Borup not only mado the record as to I tho distance traveled during the journey Jour-ney hut to his nslstnnce and his expert knowledge of photography IH due what I believe to be the unequaled series of photographs taken hv the expedition Ilenson In the field and Percy nsi steward were tho same na over Invnl unble In their respective lines Chief Engineer Wnrdwell also at tho last expedition aided by his assistant as-sistant Scott kept the machinery up to a high state of efficiency and has given tho Roosevelt the force and power j pow-er which enabled I to negotiate apparently appar-ently Impracticable Ice Mr Gushuo the lute who was In charge of the Roosevelt during the absence I ab-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 1 and reliable men and I count myself fortunate In having had them In my service HAD A WILLING CREW The members of the crew and the firemen were a distinct Improvement over those of our last expedition Every ono of them was willing and anxious to be of service In every possible way Connors who was promoted to he boan In tho absence of Murphy proved to be practically effective Barnes seaman and Wiseman and Joyce llremun not only assisted Marvin Mar-vin and McMillan In their tidal and meteorological observations on time Roosevelt but Wiseman and Barnes went Into the field with them on their trips to Cape Columbia and Cqndon It4 and Cody covered 1000 miles hunting and sledging supplies PRESENTS 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 hatchetS hatch-etS traps etc For the splendid four who stood beside be-side me at the pole a boat and tent each to requite them for their energy and the hardship and toll they underwent under-went to help their friend Peary to the north polo But all of thisthe dearly bought years of experience tho magnificent strength of the Roosevelt the splendid splen-did energy and enthusiasm of my party the loyal faithfulness of my Eskimo hIt could have gone for naUght but for the faithful necessaries of war furnished fur-nished so loyally by the members end frlenda of the Peary Arctic club > Thelrs assistance has enabled me to tel the last o ttio groat tarth at 1lea the story the world has > < nvr < iai to hear for 300 yea thtf nt II tho discovery c v n rth polo r1l 1 NlIY r b t I |