Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-13
A NORTH POLE HUNT.
COZ. GLIDER. OF THE NEW YORK HERALD >
WILL MAKE THE ATTEMPT
To Pant the Stars and Stripes On the North
rieSt of the North--He Will Make a
Dash On SledgeS or Even
On Foot

NEW YORK, July 12--Col. Glider, a
Herald representative, viii start this even
| ing on an exploring expedition Of the un-
known regions to the north of the Ameri-
can continent. He first goes 10 New Lon
don, Conn, and there will take passage on
the northern whaler Era, Captain Spicer,
which will land him at point on Cumber-
land Inlet, whence he hopes by bold
dash to reach the most northern latitude
chat has yet been touched, and if possible
plant the American standard on the point
geographically known as the North Pole
| Col. Glider possesses a unique experience
to aid him in the enterprise. His journey
with Lieutenant Schwalka in search of the
relies of the Sir John franklin expedition,
is matter of history. He was also on
board the Rodgers when she was destroyed
by fire on the north coast of Siberia. After
that disaster he made his celebrated jour
ney of two thousand miles down the river
Tena to lrkutsk, the capital Of Siberia
During this great tramp he formed the no
ton of reaching the North pole on loot and
il has been with him ever since. Last
night a reporter found him making his
last
PREPARATIONS FOR THE TOYAGE.
''Yes, | am pretty near fixed for the
yoyapr" he said, "and here is Mr.. VIM.
Griniths, the only white man who is to ac-
comnany me. We don take much along
with us. We shall have Sharp's rifle,
four Winchester, two breech-lOading shot
Guns and some muZzle leaders, and PrOvl-
sions for one year. The schooner Era, after
leaving New London, will touch at three
plaaes, the last one Ofwhich will be kikcr-
ton. one the north side of Cumberland
Inlet. There | expect to remain about
a year to get party ol
natives to accompany me, as in
the time | arrive they will all be ont
hunting. But if am able to make up my
party in time, the vessel Will take me
across Bailins Bay to some point on the
southern part Of Greenland, where shall
be picked up by some Scotch whllcr next
wear from st. Johns, n. =, and carried to
Melville Bayou and TO the Carey Islands
nclr Smiths Sound. Or they may place
me ON the western coast us high up rs they
can get, which is about ~ degrees % min
utcs. If / am landed there, | can work
nv way to Fort Conger in Lady Franklin
Bay and from there make my
DASH 10 THE POLE
on the route laid down by Lieut.. Lock
wood of the Grecly expedition, who
reached Latitude - degrees o minutes, or
about 500 miles from the Pole. Lockwood
could have easily gone 100 miles further,
so Grccly states, II he had had better sleds
and good drivers. But he was directed to
return as soon as his supplies were eN-
hausted and to run no risk. shall be
hampcrcd by no instructions and l nave
eXperience of this kind of work, too, and
have full confidence of being able To reach
a much higher latitude if ! am able to
reach Fort Conger. Probably the diff
Guilty will be TO make that point, but if
| 1 could get anywhere near Cape
Sabine by vessel could
cross overland to Cape Lockwood, up
Greely Fiolrd, and then would be able 10
add to the maps the land to the immediate
northward, which is believed to exist but
has never been seen. We propose to live
principally on the fish and game we meet
with on the journey, but in case OF neceS-
sity there are many points below the
mouth of Smiths Sound where provisions
have been left by previous expeditions. /
shall take two sleds, one large one and one
small one for myself and Mr.. Griffith When
we can get no further with larger one,
we shall 90 on with smaller. When we
.fre compelled to do so, we shall abandon
that. even to the extent of being without
food for several days if necessary.
"And what do you expect to iind?'
81 shall try to reach the Pole. eX-
pect to find an open sea to some extent not
a navigable sea, however.