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Show Peary and North Pole -r Story of His Trip Indicates Clearly Why the Pole Has Never Been Discovered. t i "Commander l'cary's detailed account of his conquest of the farthest north, published In t tic New York Herald, makes It plain enough why the l'ole has remained a viigin lorlicVs all thru the centuries of its slene,-' says Collier's It used to be thought that even If theic were no laiuextendlng all tho way to tho Pole, at least there wquld be found abridge of solid ice, so that covering the distance, would be merely a matter of patience, Vndur ancc and careful preparation. Hut Peary has piovcd that even In winter there are wide stretches of open yater Impassable for sledges, while the Ice Melds are in constant motion Required Daring. In every lespect this expedition repicsent the high-water mark of skill, daring and fortune. The Kuoie-vclt Kuoie-vclt was taken three hundred miles north of Greejy's base, Cape Sabine. She was locked In the Ico for tho winter win-ter on September 5, 1!M,1, and for live months, the explorers had not a glimpse of the sun. Peary's cured whale meat turned bad, poisoning Ills logs, and several tons of It had to bo thrown away, leaving the dogs and Kik linos to live on the country thiough an Artie winter. The mild weather that ruined the ice crops of the United States and Canada seemed to have extended ex-tended all the way to the Pole, for there never was a tlme.wh'en Peary did not see long leads of opennvater, and on Christmas night his ship was threatendd by a complete break-up of the Ice. Ilis final Dash. In February the sledge parties went northward along tne shore of Grant Land, and cut loose from shore at Point Moss at the beginning of March for the dash across the Polar Sea He, with several supporting parties, made his way due noith to latitudes.) de-giccs de-giccs 12 minutes, wlieie he was delayed delay-ed by a storm that raged without ceasing for six days, and drove him seventy miles to the eastward. . When the wind lulled Peary found-'liatj he' had been completely cut'otf from communication com-munication with his supporting'par-tlcs, supporting'par-tlcs, and the only chance left for lilut, to accomplish anything was to dash forwaid at top speed with the least possible load of supplies, and keep on among the treachcious Hoes and the yawning leads of open water until he had barely provisions enough to bring him back If luck held. He abandoned cveiything he could possibly do without, with-out, and plunged due northwaid once more, making thirty miles the lirst day nil'1 overtaking an advance party the second day. Pushing on with seven men and six teams, each drawing draw-ing less than'rialf a load, ho came to a region of Inoreased ice activity, the eastward drift becoming more rapid as he went farther north. Tho pace told on the dogs, and as one after another an-other collapsed It was fed to the survivors. sur-vivors. At last, on April 21, with open channels all around, with sway-Ing sway-Ing Hoes drifting eastward faster than the dogs could travel north, and with barely food enough to carry them hack to land In the most favorable conditions, It seotned foolhardy to struggle further. Peary had reached 87 degrees U minutes thirty miles be yond tho farthest point teached by any other explorer, but Mils4 record seemed a small thing to him in the face of his disappointment in his failure to Win tho supreme prize liojiad striven for. 'I thank God with as good as grace as possible for what Iliad been able to accomplish," tyo said modestly, "although "al-though It was but uu empty bauble compared with the splendid jewel for which 1 was straining my life." Stuck lip a Flag. Leaving his Hags Hying from the highest pinnacle, with a bottle Jar containing a iccord of his journey, Peary started on his return course. Hut it was soon found imposslple to retrace his steps, Storm Camp, whero the party had been held up for six days on the way north, was reached, but after that the wind and currents took command. I'or live days the party drifted eastwaid on a broken Hoe. Then It cut its way through what Peary describes as "such a hell of shattered Ice as I hope never to see again: a conglomeration of fragments In sl.u from a paving stone to the dome of the capltol." At last, on May 12, the explorers crawled ashore on the coast of Greenland, where they found hare's and musk-oxes, which kept them alive until they could make their way back to the itoosevell," |