Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-11-30
POLAR EXPLORATION.
tnill Nyel

cross the bleak waste Of yeap, and see
what wonderful progre. has been made
In the discovery OF the pole. We may
then ash ourselves. who will be the frs,
10 tack his location notice on the gnawed
and sesson-ereksd sufsee Of the pole IT.
self, and VIA, will he do with II after be
has 90 filed upon II
Iceland. presume. was discovered
atou, 500 A. d., or 1,026 years ego,
bu, the stampede to Iceland has already
been under control aad you can ge, corn.
er lot. In the mos, desirable cities Of Ice
land and wear loos risk.,y name -i,h
links in |, like = rosewood sausage, 10.
day. a, low price. Nadodr. a Morse.
gian viking. discovered Iceland. A. ID.
SEQ. ba, be did no, live 10 NEE, Lieu.
tenant Greely or any Of on, mos, esle.
braied northern tourists. Why Nsdodr
yesrned to 20 north and discover = cold
sr country than bis own. Why he should
seek TO We, his fee, and &c, iciclcs down
hi, back Ia order TO bring 10 lish, more
snow bank. and ehilblain', | cinno, At
this time. understand. Why should a
robust aud prosperous viking roam sround
In the cold trying to nose on, more frost
bitten E.quim,uI. ~kea be could rsmsin
q, home and ,ike
Bu, | leave ,hi. to the thinking mind.
lie, the thinking mind grapple With il.
IL has no charms fof me Moreover. |
hs,en't that Kind Of . mind.
Ocihu. aro,hr Norwssian gentle
man. sailed around North Cape and
crossed the Arctic circle 10 500. A. ID.
bu, he crossed /, In the night. and didn',
notice IL =, the time.
Two or three year. later Hnk the Red
took a large .row shovel aud discovered
the cas-, coast Of Greenland. Elk the
Red w.. . hoffman. and be apuri.hsd
along .bou, the Ninth century. and be-
fore the war. lie sailed around In ,hs,
county for several years. drinking bay
rum and bear. oil and having q good
time. lie vote fur under. clothes ell the
time. winter and summer. and evaded
the poll tar for = long time. Enk also
established a settlement, on the southeast
coa., Of 0r,,nl.nd In about latitude 60
degree. north. These PEOPLE remained
here for some time. ,ub.i.,ing on shrimp
salad. ,ss.mo.. f.rina and hsat..fOo,
oil bot finally they became 80 bored
9TH the quiz, life aud the backward
.piing. ,hs, they REMOVED from there 10 =
land that {. .f.iier than day. 10 use the
word. q another. They removed dur.
irg the holidays. leaving ,i,if A,le grease
aud Ill they held dear, Including their
remain.
From that dosn TO 1850. We bear o.,
read ,.ryins and disconnected account.
Of people Who have been up ,hA, way.
acquiring large rel ehilblain. made an
observation and died. Representatives
from slmo,, every quarter Of the globe
have been TO the fsr north. eaten their
little lunch Of jsiksd polar bear. and
then the polar bear k" eaten bis little
lunch Of jsiksd explorer, aud 80 the good
work wen, on. The polar bear. With
hi. wonderful r,,en,ive faculties. has
succeeded in retaining bis grra, ssert,
regarding the pole. together With the
men Who came out there 10 find out
about IL. 80 up to 1850 large nun.
Der Of namsls. explorer, wen, 10 ,hi,
celebrated watering place. 'ho, few
pemmiean. ate jsiked whale, .huddsred
couple Of timts and died !, hs.
been the history Of Arctic exploration
from the esrlis,, ages. Men have taken
their 1--we. and few do1ghnu,. ia their
hands. wandered away into the uneer-
tain ligh, Of the frozen north. made =
few obssfva,ion.--,o each other regard
ing the backward spring, - and then
cached their skeletons forever
Ia 1880 two Italians. named Lem.
took load Of sun-kissed bananas and
made voyage TO the extreme north, bu,
the historian says ,ha, the accounts are
conflicting. and a. the stories told by the
two brothers did no, agree and neither
ever told IL the same on too separate
occasions, the history q their voyage i'
no, used very much.
Years rolled on. Boys continued 70
20 10 school and see. in their Biographies,
en,ieing pictures OF men in expensive fur
clothing running sharp irOa spears aud
long. dangerous. ,tAb.knives into fero-
eious white bears. and snor,ils around
on large cake. OF cold ice and having =
good time These inspired the growing
youth to rise up and do like-ise So
every nation meath the sun has contrib
u,ed iu assor,men,s Of choice. white
skeletons and secondhand clothes 10 the
remor.ele.. nav Of the hungry AMI raw.
enous north
And .,ill the great pole continues TO
squeak GA through days ,ha, were SIX
months long. and nj Tits ,ha, made break
fss, seem slmO.t useless
In li77 Columbu. went up thA, way.
ba, did no, succeed in starving 10 death.
lie got binds eye view Of large deposit,
Of dark blue ice, 60, hungry and came
home.
During the fhsen,h aud sixteenth
centuries the northern nations OF Ea.
rope. and especially the Dutch, KEEP, the
discovery business red.ho,. bu, they did
no, re, any fragments Of the true pole.
The maritime nations Of Europe. TO.
ge,her with other foreign powers. dyna'-
ties and human beings. for some tine
had spells OF visiting the polar seas
aud negleeiiog TO come back. IL Was
the custom then. As II is now. to 20
twenty rods farther than any other man
had ever been. ca, deviled boot leg.
curl up and perish. Thousands Of the
bee, and brigh,es, minds. Of oil ages.
have yielded TO this wild desire TO live
on sperm oil. pain killer. and jsrked
wslrus. keeping little blue diary for
thirteen weeks. then feed !, to q tall
white bear with rel gums
That Is no, oil. Millions Of gallons
OF whsksy are zen, to those frozen eoun.