The Daily Alaska Empire

43-Year-Old Records of Peary Found in Arctic by Expedition Supplying Weather Stations

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.—(AP)—A United States expedition to the Arctic last summer found records left there about 43 years ago by Cmdr. Robert E. Peary, discoverer of the North Pole.

This was disclosed today by Government officials who said the records were found, but indicated it was on Cape Sheridan, about 450 miles from the North Pole.

Peary made several trips to the Arctic, finally reaching the pole in 1909. Presumably, the papers found by the Navy-Coast Guard expedition were left by Peary on a trip in 1905 and 1906.

The content of the Peary records was not disclosed. Evidently, he had left them to show he had been in the area.

The expeditionary ships, a navy icebreaker, a Coast Guard icebreaker and a navy cargo ship, have returned to Boston.

The main purpose of the task force was to supply four weather stations in the area and to scout sites for additional stations to be established next year.

The expedition was led by Navy Capt. George J. Dufek. He commanded the navy icebreaker, Edisto. The other vessels were the Coast Guard icebreaker East Wind and the navy cargo ship Wyandot.

Canadian naval officers went along since the weather stations were jointly set up by Canada and the United States.

Helicopters carried aboard the three ships are reported to have helped spot the Peary papers and to have helped in navigating through the ice-choked waters of the Arctic.