Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-03-05
HOW TO GET ATTHE POLE
GEORGE REMNANTS ADVICE TO
YOUNG MEN
Those Ambitious for Fame Should Become Ex
plorers-The Best Route to Take
Sledges and Dogs Instead OF
Ships-How TO Prepare for II.

Traveller George KEENAN, says no
Held to-day offers such altering in
ducements to the ambitious young man
OF courage and high resolve rs arctic
"Look at it," said he.
every man, from Franklin down.
whether he achieved success. or met
with disaster. has to-day world wide |
reputation. That answers the Cry that
arctic exploration is cruel sacrifice
OF lite and Il useless expenditure of
money. Fame. reputation is.what the
am bilious man wants, and if he loses
his life in the effort he counts it we'll
lost. The guerdon is worth the trial.
There was time l would have gone
to search for the north pole if could
have had the opportunity. Now am
too old to'attempt it. A man should
be Old enough to have had some ex-
perlence and yet young enough to
have the strength, the vigor and buoy
ancy Of youth to undertake such an
enterprise. have read and studied
The subject very thoroughly, and wrote
an article once on "Arctic Explora-
ton for the American encyclopedia.
There is no new way to reach the north
pole. If l were to start on such an
expedition the most feasible route
would be by the way OF Franz Josef
Land, which lies to the east and north
Of Iceland, almost due north of Europe.
Franz Josef Land was discovered by
the Australian expedition. and after
pushing as far as latitude 80 degrees
land was seen to stretch away 70"
miles to the north. The method which
l think would be the most successful
would be to 20 by sieges. That is, es-
tablish caches or supply stations at
OF course such supply points could not
be made on ice tlocs, because they
would shift from place to place.
This operation would take perhaps
two years." said Mr.. KEENAN,. Then
q party could wait for a suitable sea-
son and make grand rush for the
north. The supply stations would re-
lieve the party of the necessity of
carrying provisions for the entire trip,
and it would be more easily handled,
as light cavalry is moro readily manip-
ulated in a battle than infantry. The
only other land that reaches as far
north as Franz Josef Land is Green
Land. and it even is a question if that
does. Lockwood, OF the Greedy ex-
petition. puaLel farther north than
any OF his party, and although he
reached the SD degree of latitude the
shore had begun to bear away toward
the east, fact which goes to show
that the land was rounding Off into an
island
Tho most dangerous way to SO
north would be from Behring Sea az
the Jeannet,e did. There the tide
takes you to the north. and once
caught in the ice there would be nc
return. unless a ship could be BULL
like a log that could not be crushed
lE that case. If we'll provisioned. thai
might be the surest way OF reaching
the pole. The tides of Batllns Bay
trend to the south and warmer lati
tudes. DR.. Bessler Smithsonian
l'scientist. who was on the Hall expedi
ton. made some very elaborate calcu
lations on the tides OF Baffin's Bay
and he told me that he was satisfied
that the tides there came from The
west, and not the east. II this con
clusion be true it goes to prove tina
Franz Josefs Land reaches SO far t.
the north that it cuts off the flow from
the east. Such being a fact, it woul'
be possible to push to the north pole
or at least as far north Us the Ian,
extended.