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onsidered favorably and referred to an In
Polar conference held in Ham
,urg, in October. 1879. France, Holland,
Germany, Austria, -sia, Sweden, Norway
md Denmark, were the Powers represented
It this congress. The matter was exhaust
vely discussed. and the conclusion arrived at
vas that the best possible results to science
would he likely to be achieved by eXp!ora
ion round the Pole, and that the most practi-
:al way of accomplishing this task would be
by the establishment of Polar stations. n
permanent Polar commission was then form
ed, consisting of delegates TO the conference.
AMI DIR. Neumaver was chosen president. A
second meeting was held at Berne in The fol-
lowing August. and the number of nations
represented received an addition. Italy send
ing delegate. 1t was decided that eight
stations at least should be provided for, and
Russia, Denmark, Norway and Austria deiin-
itely announced that they were prepared to
immediately do their part. The oiher Powers
tailed to make any practical proposition. and
The lack of interest shown by civilized nations
i'll an undertaking of such vast importance
seemed astOnshingly deplOrable. The presi-
dent resigned in sorrow and disappointment,
and it appeared that nothing was To be done
but TO postpone for an indefinite time The exc
cutiOn of the project. la March, 1881, Lieut..
Weyprecht died and thus the commission lost
one of its most energetic supporters. Matters,
as will be seen, presented an unfavoraoie
outlook. and delays and difficulties seemed to
crop up continually. The executive COM
mittee, by vigorous action worthy OF tho
highest praise, prevented the matter from
dropping through. infused new life into the
project, and by personal interviews and un-
Meai .: i"E colIespoh1&Suee & % a..asu ~ ..eh III, ios
ecutive committee were Prof Wild. of st.
Petersburg, who succeeded DIR. Neumayer as
president; Captain Hofimeyer, of Copenha-
nc, ,.orn,o";'. H. ii,;,eS ststes rnvarn.
,sn, omtaroi ,,;,h s,,;r;. ;n+a TO- n.'rt. and
pledged itself to establish two OF the necessa-
a.snt NJ S,o,.ti. .,n;t,.,t.1 ". ha,snma
omn,,nt ~ tou,o rTtha ,ost nr a S,a.d;sh stot;nn
anS IN Mov Isa, prof Viii 49, snsh1ea ="
anI iu ~. nlay. ieS., '. nu was ,ha, .ii ~
,i,a si,.t, o,;o .,,,a 'n"' al
''e e's"' S'a''onS "ere See''eu'
COMPL ETfNG THE ARRANGEMENTS.
o,
IN July, lSs!, ihird ana hnai meeling was
ranHements; II was .leclded that Tue ,s,1, 1Dser,
various ~ All inc circunpoir stations ea sno".u ~
De Desuh ny soon hiteI 1ususC i. ioo-, 90
possipie, anu tnat .neY snola De eouInueu :. 1..e
announcer al TINS meetlng thal rrance, LnE.
iahu anu Germany Moaiu alsS .ahe PaIl ~
the work. The stations were nnaiiy resolved
upon rs sfol!ows:-Ihe United States IN Lazy
rranEiin pay, IN smtns sounu auu a's0 ~
foinL baIroW; denmark NJ Ssodtnso, yer
mtny IN Cumberland sound, on the wesl sue
~ DAVIS STRAIT; England at foit kea, In tne
mr.., u S,ue a nhs ,a ,no,I az ,hs
Lena and at Molier's Bay. Nova Zembla;
Holland at Dickson's Havn: Norway at
Sn,tzhercam. Anstria at Ian Maven Island.
famons for II, foo and ice. The Finnish Land.
lao confined q meteoroloqical station at
So1,nkv Via. a branch station was also estab-
lished in Labrador. France selected sta
| tion near Cane Horn. and Germany also ven
tnred into The Antarctic region, nv sending a
narty TO one of the islands Of south Georgia;
In 81 degrees south latitude and about eleven
| hundred miles TO the eastward of Cane Horn.
These southern stations were to perform the
same work in the way of scientific observa-
to tom note t earefIiy ali the phenomena. in order
| that thew might be able to compare their re-
suits with those of the Arctic Stations. The
gentlemen in charge of the observatories at
Melbourne and Cape Town were also IN
| structed to make series Of observations IN
connection with the researches OF the frencn
and German expeditions. 1t Will thus oe
seen that fifteen expeditions were arranged
for to carry out the plans OF the International
Polar Commission. Arrangements We're also
made for the taking of magnetic and meteoro-
logical observations at number OF perma-
nent observatories on the 1st and 18th Of each e.
month; the same work was also PROVIDED ior
on many ships Of war belonging to various
vessels were also enlisted in the cause Of
science.
THE aREELY coLoNY-AN AMERICAN Po-
! ,,.-,o>, ,sn.,,,s ,supn ~ ,.nx
: LAX STATION helApLlshEn IN LA"i
FRANKLIN BAY
In .1une. 1891. nren.ra,,ons having been
made for the r Snjtei States Arctic colony, the
following named oficers and enlisted men
| were fastened to ,utv as the exneditionary
force to Isdv Frsnkiin Bay:-
FIrst iienfsnant A. w Greely. Fifth cav
alry. acting sisnsi officer aud assistant.
Second ijenfensnt frederick Il. Bislipg.
bnry' Eleventh infantry. aciinS s,enal officer
Sscnnd G.iantan.nt lanes n / lockwood
Twsntv.t third infsmirv' acting signal officer
sergeant Edward isrsel. Signal Corps
e tJnited States Army. '' ''e'"'
Sergeant WinfeId 8. Jewell. Signal Corps
!, TrniteS States rmv -
Ssrssant Georos w R;co Sigma, Corns
--sHIss see1. Ssso - ,.s.oo' S,eA", 80
+. Sergeant David z. haiston, Signai corps
United states Army. ,.
Y sergeant Hampden 5. dardiher, oiSna
= Corps, United States Army.
. Sergeant William H. Cross, General ser
/. vice, United States Army.
d Sergeant David L. Brainard, Company L
IS Second cavalry.
e Sergeant David Linn, Company Z, Secon'
it cavalry. fe1, y
= CorPorai Daniei =. etarr, company