| Show POLE SEEKERS PEARY AND norwegians NORWEGIA NS ARE discouraged new york sept 12 A special to the new york herald from st johns N P says tho people say that aleut peary feels keenly the accident to feet and is much broken in spirit owing thereto though he plans a northern advance next season on a somewhat changed basis they will not believe that he will ever be able to carry it out because of tho frosting of hia feet and the amputation of the boea ills withdrawal to etah they attribute to an increasing dependency on the Esqui maux wh om he will endeavor to have replace him in much ot the work his increasing years will also tell upon him for arctic work the ice was of exceptional thickness during last season kano basin never opened at all and no could make latitude 81 the winters inaction proved very trying on the crew none of whom except robert bartlett will venture north again the norwegians Norwegia ns in the fram who foraged with peares hunting party in may are very depressed over their fortune especially the death of their surgeon svenson though the fram did so well in her last cruise she has failed to realize expectations in this the ice in the greenland beas Is much more difficult to navigate than in the ocean north of in the former huge bergs add to the dangers of navigation and her peculiar build proved no advantage to her in coping with them the norwegians Norwegia ns are disappointed most over their failure to outdo peary added to which la tho very meagre result of their scientific work they had not the satisfaction ot working north to the of belh arto erto unexplored regions as peary and their time and stores have been expended on work which Is really but the object for the summers cruise to her inability to get far north this season it Is believed beli evel the fram will abandon her proposed expedition tion next spring |
