The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-22
ARCTIC EXPLORATl0
The Latest Schemes for
the North Pole.
Ships. Balloons and Dor-sI.d.
ployed in the Enorts a., f
That Profoundost q,
Mysteries.

Find something odimmt .,
pislucut g= 20 Doe deemed ..-
and Immediately YOU ,.s..-
there are plenty Of daring .r.-s.
- risk life and limb IN au .,.
prove that il t. not imposs-.
more than two hundred years
Boston Transcript, the north IL
been she Mecca of forlorr-r,-
lures. Disasters upon dis.s...
not dismaycd the scientific rrr
and June next DIR. Frithy, a. y.
an intrepid Norwegian cvuI1,.-
has -lr-.ady won his spurs .p ir..
10y iis daring juuII.cy a-r1-- ..,-....
VIII start from Europe in q small
built expressly for the purpa-. D.
constructed as 10 be able % ,i.
the nippings of the ice foes ,vF,..
the Jcanncttc % the bottom. w.
sci win loo provisioned Tor Fr.
and viii carry strong small 1a.,.
doxa etc, FOR use in ease uf ae.t....
the ship. hansen believe that .---
cN.st in thai region that have ag,-.
tendency as far - the Ion. -trf. b,
Siberian rivers. where hcexr.....
. q nort hcrly current which win 4
him north 10 within the vicinity ..
pole. He bases his opinion II s-
crly current or currents on tb.f-...
certain articles left ou the yyr-,.. T.
Jcannette in the opposite psr- n i
polar sea driftcd IN three wear. >, \
coast Of Greenland. So he wfUt. .
ship 10 the place where the J.---
went down. and allow IL 10 drift,
the ice nocs until The northern rr-.
are reached. In this way hc v-.
nave to stem currents or resist t..r-
but win allow them % carry hint.
destination. Northern current.
thinks. must DC formed by the 49,
ing Of the Siberian rivers into tfs1
sea.
Another scheme % reuch Them
poLS is that Of two enthusiast. ban
Frencbinen, who propusa o. 6-.a
the pole in a specially CONSTR.
balloon. This air ship wiII %. .,--.
constructed Of two thicln,--.- of O..
silk. and VIII have small int
balloon. the object Of which Is O. i
vide that the larger euvclop .aa.
ways bc inflated. -Four sub.
balloons and sixteen very -rua" .
looms viii be attached 81 the .arr-
both 10 afford auxiliary gas 81.
scientific use in dctormiuiur tl. "a
ton of air currents ~ the pole 2
big balloon viii have capa,-.
forty-6ve thousand cuLic feet ui i.
gen gas and r. estimated % da
carrying capacity Of more than &
thousand pounds. The car ison
construction and looks like o 81
house. II Ii 10 be made OF wicker
ed with thin plates of steel and
water-tight- The equipment v.
besides the Eve men and q mum
dogs, provisions for eighty ga-
sleigh. an unsinkablc canoe. s.!s-
instruments. etc. According 90
gramIae they viii leave Spitlanh-
in the summer u 1892. Some-im. q
a wind is found blowing directly
the pole. They expect 20 be ia 81.
ten days and 70 land in Alaska 0r T
ern Asia. The sche@Hc is not 30
by the French aronautical soci.t.s
4 plan Of polar research that +,
10 be Of more practical value than
Of the aforementioned eEpeI
which arc only 20 satisfy -
curiosity, Is the scheme developed.
tralia for the exploration OF liz
arctic region. Since the celchra--s
pedition Of Sir james Ross in l,-
the Ercbus and Terror. no attcm-
been made 10 investigate this nj
However. in the fau OF the prcscI.
an expedition viii set ont undo
command Of Baron Nordgn-l,j0Il
Of the most experienced polar To
ers living. to explore the AItaretg
trict. and hopes are entertained ina
tralia that new fisheries Tor whl
seals, cod, etc, viii be luslld that 81
prove OF intrinsic value % the c9.og
Incidentally Baron Nordeass5sh z
determine whether the Antarctic cF
neut is really a continest or an az
pelago; ascertain tie nature o.
fossil plants. animals, etc. i w
seem that this Antarctic region at,.
much broader and better field ir
ploration than the Arctic. Eas
etrated to close on - eighty de1
south.