The New York herald., 1871-12-31
THE ARCTIC 'KEGIONE

New Ger~san Pinss for renr' RxulHnNon--Ts
Greenland n Couiiment-Wl,aI Captain
KoIdewey suaasNs-Nhcn tho Expedition
should start.
FRANKFoRT- -oN-TUE- MAIN Dec. S, 1871.
Messrs. Wcyprccit and Oberlcutenant Payer
intend 10 continue their explorations. between
spltzbergen. and Nova zelnbla next year. The
President OF the Bremen Sociotr for German Polar
Exploration also publishes a. plan OF Captain Kol-
dewey, OF tho first amt second German expeditions,
for q new voyage or exploration to East Greenland.
True, we hear that Captain Koldewcy. who Is at
present engaged In connection, with Professor Dove
in Berlin in wOrRing out the meteorological
results OF the lasc expedition. and hos
found secure place for his Services, ut
the German Naval Observatory in Hamburg, would
Dc prevented from participating. in an expedition
next year. Besiics, tho funds for such expedition
ale wanting aud WILL not be- readily procured But
thesa ~ doubt that public interest In Polar ex.
poration has Deen awakened IN Germany by the
late expedition; ana new Qorcign) expeditions are
preparing Hhe Swedisp or ara Already route (the
Americanl But. what Is or Vital interest to Ger
manY-not md0ed In the interest OF science, but OF
patiolism-is the fact that the Eaglish are preparr
ing to take advantage OF the German explorations
In East Grecniand III the coming year. This has
DeeI pretty positively expressed by the recent all
dress OF the Presld nj Of the Geographical Society
In regard TO the continuation OF Polar explora.
tlons Captain Koluewey, welI as DR.. Boergpn and
results atalnei, nave eSpresssd themselves the
I0l.0Nll, eISct:--kDld9wey REFERS DrSt OF Ill, 10
and 1sric 10 sovo tlc r5Ia probs1s T5 kS
wey the '.Poar luesuon" IS less the accidental
REACHING OF a luatnenaticai point than the clear
recognition OF the relations and natural laws pre-
valling In the Arctic regions. GermanJ mas already
w0n Il POSITIVE basis in EAST Greenland Tor lurther
explorations, and gathered experiences which
not be, perhaps. so vaniabX applied TO other Arctc
eXpedltlo.S. Though tn discoveries OF tue last
EXPEDITION highly Interesting scientlic questions
have arisen, 10 the solving oi Wilicn Gorm&ny'B
honor IS at stake, For still! other reasons
EasG Greeiilald Is q desirable point FOR new Ger
man expedition. In wow 0f the Polar expeditions
prepaai ilg or already sent ont tiussian, swedish
and Amerlcanl, there Is the prospect Oh ganing
simultaneous mctc .rological observations IN tue
mast various positions OF the territoric5 surround
Ing the pole. koliewey CONTINUES
'Desiraoe as IL may De 10 furtiler explore the In
terror (0I East Greenlandl and to pursue the outer
coast 6ey0nu the seventy degree tho neocs-
sary mealrs and preparations extensive two
vesses, a large crow sleas, dogs, &c., would be
necessary that under uCcscnt circumstances 1t
would hardly be possible to tnlnk Of thus for some
years. II Is, consequently, necessary TO restrict
attention to the solving OF the questlon--Rameiy,
posea merely larger and smaller islands, connected
by masses OF Ice, or between which watcr c0nnec-
ton with the western side exists. We mean tnat,.
after reacnng the coast In OF the greaL horsia-
the Kaiser Franz Eor for cxanple-tltlj must be
folowed up 10 the outfroW OF large glacier, and
from this point II Will De necessary To explore the
coasts north south, according to circumstances,
leaving bay unexorcd, III order TO b0 sure. .Lnat
no further opening exists. There would Ire con-
necled win tins coastal voyage, OF course an ex-
ANIMATION of the and-its mountain formations, It's
glaciers, It's yegetaLon, It's animal Kingdom, anu
suitable points mountain asccnis and glacier explO-
rations would be undertaken. II would be desira~
bic To spend the winter III these regions, not only
1or reasons specified, DutaS bclfTg aosOueiy neco5
sry, since without II the pcriou OF navigation In
late summer cannot he completely taken advantage
OF tat the very latest the end Of August must began
the labor OF gctting out or tue Ice girtle thai
begins TO bind uD the COAST, besides which
1t IL the artnin, as we have seen In our last voy.
ago, which IL the most suitable time or exploring
the interior OF the land. suitable steamer such
the Gcrmanla, with an outfit Tor two years, wOuld
enaDle us 10 accomplish the above pan.h kol.
dc wey advises thai the snip take with II astrono
mer, lor surveying The land and for studying ter
rcstrlai phenomena; a physician, fo1 sanitary care
Alpine climber and a preparation for the GEOLOGICAL
coIections. The whole crew would number twenty
persons The time OF departure would oe the mid.
die or end OF June. The expedition must seek TO
reach the Greenland coast between lnc 73u and 18th
degree. where experience has taught tnat breaks IN
tue packcc are most easily found. and then, Ii
possible, penetrate at once into one OF the lords.
ihe most suitable place tor wlntering would pe IN
one OF these norsis, the selection. as well as the
time Tor return, beng left 10 the Judgment or the
captain. siuce the ship the Germania Is ON hand,
and all the Instruments aud u part OF Ibc wiuler
outnt, ko!dewey estimates the cost At 2s7t0 thers.