To make them more comfortable, Lieutenant Peary had allowed them to
pitch a tent for themselves on the deck, and here the family was
established, in company with their four favorite dogs, from whom they
could not bear to be parted. These dogs are very useful in the polar
regions. They can draw sledges over the ice, and are used by the natives
much as the people of warmer climates use horses.
Lieutenant Peary also brought back with him some relics of the
unfortunate Greely expedition which went to the Arctic regions in 1881,
to establish an observation station for our Government. Owing to the
non-arrival of expected supplies, the Greely party suffered the most
terrible hardships, and was eventually rescued at Cape Sabine in Grinnel
Land in 1883, after eighteen of the party had perished from cold and
hunger.
Greely established the station, and, after his rescue, was raised to the
rank of general, and was given a special government appointment for his
services.
When Lieutenant Peary arrived in New York, he was asked whether he
thought that Andree had been able to reach the Pole in his balloon.
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