Article November 1, 1900 Issue

The North Pole Hunt

How it would be Known when Reached.

Boston Herald

Peary's ship, the Windward, should by this time, unless some untoward accident has happened, have reached the explorer's winter quarters at Etah. Peary himself, again if no accident has happened, should have returned to Etah from his last attempt to gain the goal of his ambitions, the North Pole.

If he has returned to that little cabin, perched on the barren rocks of Etah, the gallant explorer has found a joyful and unexpected surprise awaiting him, for he had no knowledge that his wife and child were again to join him in the frozen North. The Windward, with Mrs. Peary and her little daughter Marie, and carrying a crew of thirteen, sailed from St. John's, Newfoundland, on July 20. The ship's destination was Etah, an inlet in Smith's Sound, well up the coast of Greenland, and here it was expected that Peary would be found, or if he had not returned from his dash for the pole, here he was to leave instructions for the ship's future movements. The crew of the Windward has signed articles for thirty months and the ship is provisioned for the same period, for should Peary not succeed in reaching the pole he will make still another attempt next spring, unless he decides to change his plans.

There are questions continually heard upon every hand which clamor to be answered every time an Arctic expedition is fitted out, every time a bold explorer sets forth to question the mysterious sphinx of the North. These questions are: "What is the use of Arctic exploration, anyway? What is the use of finding the pole?"

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