The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-25
TWO POLAR EXPEDITIONS.
One Sailed From New York and the
Other From Denmark
Next Day.
Outline of the Plans OF the Com
manders of Both Expe-
ditions.
Personnel of Lieut.. Peary's ~Company-Es-
pecially Selected for the Task
Both Are small Parties.

In addition to the Greenland exploring
expedition of Lieut.. Peary, the sailing of
which from New York was noted in our last
issue, says the Scientific American, another
expedition left Denmark the day following
for the specific exploration of the east coast
OF Greenland, between sixty-six degrees and
seventy-seven degrees north latitude. The
latter expedition 10 under the auspices of
the Danish government, and is commanded
by Lieut.. Ryder, who intends to connect
the surveys of Sooresby and the Koldewey
expedition ON the north with the discover
les of Capt. Holm on the south, completely
outlining the east coast from Cape Fare
we'll, its southern extremity. to Cape Bis
marck in the north. Considerable difficulty
is anticipated in reaching the coast where
Lieut.. RYDER expects to land, from the
great ice fields almost constantly pressing
against it. The party will consist of only
five or six men, and it is designed to devote
the fall season to the study of
glacial phenomena, and the Investigation
of neighboring tiords with their glaciers
When the sledginG period begins next
spring, the explorer will start with sledges
and boats to ascertain the outlines of the
coast and study the edge of the inland ice.
awaiting the arrival of H steamer to take
him home about the latter part of next
summer. If the vessel docs not reach
kyder and his men, the party are prepared
to spend the second winter in Greenland
retreating in the spring of 1893 to Cans
Farewell and the Danish settlements of tho
west coast.
Lieut.. Peary. in a communication pub-
v.1-1 49,. he -"
ditional interesting details touching bis
plans for reaching the extreme north and
of Greenland. After erecting a hopse an
Whale sound, near their landing, recon
noisances will be attempted across thu Grant
tongue of inland ice covering Prudhoe land
to the southern angle of Humboldt
Glacier, where an advance depot for the
main sledge journey will DO established.
In the spring the advance will be under
taken from humboldt Glacier to tho head
OF Petermsn Fiord, where a second depot
OF supplies will be established, and from
which point an advance party of two or
three Will push on with sledges, the Others
returning to Whale Sound. From the head
OF Pete man Flo d tine route will be to the
mead OF Grand Osborne Ford, thence to
the head of Dc Long Ford, and themes to
the northern terminus, from which il ia in
tended to return by the same route 10
whale Sound and await Transportation
home.
Lieut.; Peary says of his expedition, "TLe
whole theory of the project rests upon ths
now we'll established fact that the intorior
OF south and middle Greenland Is covered
with an Uninterrupted loo cap, and the
more than probability Tin nv opin.
lon( mat IN north Greenland tie
are the same, and tho leo car
nearly, II not quite, coestenaiyn with Xxx
land. My personal impression is TINT tho
northern terminus of Greenland ia not
north OF the eighty-fve deg. parallel of lat
itude' and that the inner ice cap il prsoti-