Show POLAR expedition thim THE latest polar expedition was that of ribert E Peary Pear which sailed on the steamer kite from brooklyn on the ath of june last year the novelty of the case was the presence of juie abe lieutenant Is who constituted be of the party she being toe the first white woman to undertake the perils and hardships of the A brotie latitudes besides her there were a full crew and the members of the north greenland exploring Kip expedition edition of the academy of science these were all landed on the east cast shore of mccormick la bay only some miles from the pole it being latitude 77 dog des and 45 min on july 27 following the lieutenant and ills his par embarked disembarked dis at this point and built themselves a house to live in ia as a sort of nucleus for further movements and the kite bearing its crew and the he academy party returned home leaving the explorers with sixteen mouths months provisions and seven tons of eoal besides plenty of kerosene and alcohol there are generally two phases to an arctic expedition and this one was no exception to the rule they consist of the expedition proper followed within a more or less limited time by a relief expedition the latter phase of the peary exploit is to leave philadelphia on saturday next on the steamship mirand 11 for st johns john s N F from which point the kite will sail on july 22 bound for the paint where the lieutenant was asis left an item of general interest concern ing the party cames arom from philadelphia in a dispatch dated the and published in the new Y rk world of the following day it says that a man giving the name of BS S S br adt had reached that city from new york a day or so before claiming to have recently arrived on the steamship grenada which had just finished a trip to greenland brandt said that ninety days ago the ship was icebound in the arctic regions and while there smoke was disca discovered vered some distance away the captain of the grenada with one of his bis officers hedged sledged to the point and upon returning aid it was inhabited by peary and his bis party of explorers all were well mrs peary had left for denmark three months before on a whaling vessel the naval pay officer says brandt seemingly told a straightforward story and was thoroughly conversant with geography we suppose these dashes for the will go on in the future as they have in the past and in the absence of some presently u known agency of C science or nature or providence will result similarly the objective point will not be reached and some if not all of those who undertake the task will fall by the way and be seen no more wh mortal eyes |