The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-04

"A Da5hto the Pole O.
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BY Herbert o Ward.

BY Herbert o. Ward.

attain tho highest altitude reached by
mortal foot.
1t was the combination OF snnssal ideal
ny with the mechanical ingenuity that
made Prof. Wilder the most dranatio tjo-
urs IN modern invention.
Inc two boys ladn't much to offer to the
expedition. On the contrary, though they
knew II not, they we're the sources Of tho
asrpsant's chief an1ieties. Did they have
= consuming desire to discover the north
role? They could have turned their super
bundant but, at times. ill.rGgulated on
thuslasm, az we'll up tho plains Of Thibet
or the mountains Of the moon. This was
III their eyes 4 gigantic adventure-the big
gest lark Of the century. And that general
and undirectsd love OF sport was not the
right kidnapping to qualify them for this
trip.
This il awfully exciting, but after oil
70 rather take a ateamer. a nav en-
CINE, or . broncho," said Jack to Royal.
Royal nodded.
These were manly fellows. but we emit
force ,heroism upon. them. In this h1rri-
shrisk 70 30 let down.
ROYAL. in return. II feel az ii a change OF
balance would tip the machine over. ana
then whore would We bs?'
In the bouillon,' said Jack. in easy
9AAAks Wall = huAh6 OIL ulb mead. #FE
They say there i no hunting At the
north pole" observed Royal with . sigh.
IT suppose we'll have to lecture about ID
when We get back"
'If w. DO get back answered Jack
Hardy, with . shake Of his head, ''yoa see
II this thing breaks down we're up the
stump. Az far as a downright specuIa-
tion goes, ia rather invest my securities
IL Oklahoma corner lots. Bnt you never
can tell. II this thing goes through I
shall get up q syndicate to tu d the pole
into . summer resort. The trip might pay
me that way"
oh, did YOU speak?' asked the leader
abssnt-mindedlv; turning toward the tutor.
Yes. sir. Have You decided on your
sourse?"
I'VE will take the direct line up Fox
channel. You'll have to take :snnp shots
eve y five minutes. / wish to make d re-
liable survey Of that chain Of islands,
vhieh ! believe extends to the pole.'
Thu sergeant relapsed again into reyerie.
few hours, he was to pass with tho CELEBRITY
of . cloud above channel and islanda made
memorable by che glorious names of Franz
lin, Ross, Mcclure, McClintock. Kane,
Parry, De Haven. Hayss and Hall, and
whose bodies will remain with their
until the universal awakingo of the dead, and
the nnroiling of the scroll that records
heroic deeds.
"What il this racket I've heard about an
open polar sea?" Jack Hardy popped out
the question SO suddenly after half an
intense .oogitation that it caused a
genuine sensation. "a man must be a born
he continued, TO think the water
can't freeze Ut fifty degrees below zeroy'
People have thought that warm currents
are generated at the pole itself. which are
frozen az soon az they reach the 86th lati-
replied the sergeant, quietly.
Did not Kane think he saw the opening
Of q vast polar sea from Cape Independence.
u latitude 81 degrees. 20 minutes?n asked
The tutor, modestly.
Eyes; SO did Morton in 1854, but he forgot
that even from a height of 480 feet he could
not possibly see more than twenty five
miles. and that the atmospheric effect is
polar sea in a wonderful mirage. Water
skies are delnsive."
demanded Jack. I'D like to get a
little information on the aubject."
II hope you'll get it by experience. What
do you sayY" asked the sergeant, turning
with a %fatherly motion toward the tutor.
.of course. have no experience, and
only theory answered Mr.. Ball, timidly,
you MAJ laugh at theory and deify
experience. If there is a polynia. or open
polar sea, perpetualIy unobstructed by ice,
fhsn it cannot be explained on r volcano
for u thousand spluttering vol
amos would not suffice to keep thousands
1f square miles of water from f~resziug in
! temperature far below freezing. Thera-
fore it can only be due to the gulf stream
IS it flows northward through it's broad
east Of Stitzbergen and through
Davis strait. If the frigiu polar waters are
displaced by this warm current
! tom the tropics there might be such a sea.
1ut hers ADMIN fhHrA rnTEt ha n ofoolv nr+@
AS there is an inflow. Explorations
nave proved that there is not. Whatever
he temperature of the polar ssa fifty feet
below the surface, it must be COW
red by successive layers of palso-
'ryptlc ice. lnesmuoh, according to Capt.
vi to produce a thaw after a hard. winter,
lntll 1T has attained an altitude of thirty
it is doubtful whether tho ice at
he pole ever melts above the eighty-tifth
1t is a meteorological impossible
that there should be IN open polar sea-
AS tho yonng man finished, Royal looked
Up from the5i3 Atkinson cooker, where,
;ccordirg to tho cook book, he ought to
ave produced by thistimo a tapioca pud-
r.
''Pethaps tho pole looks like this CON
ounded mess" he said rnefully. .Gteat
jumps Of white, s~tarch-like islands foated
II = Clark sea of ~despnir.p
NeSoI mluu tuo looks now, SAID the
sraeant chooringly, season it and pat it
Il the oyen. The cooker will make that all
light. / have Mr.. Atkinson's word for it,"
Royal frightened u. He colored the
llsh with black pepper ana then sprinkled
t with salt, and put it in with a sigh of re-
,ef. He felt as If he had discovered n con-
1T seems to me we are Stacking up a lit
suggested Jnck Hnrdy.'' ''By hoky
'oky! | SEQ land below!'
"How is it?" shouted the sergeant to the
i'll the engine room.
Come in here answered Prof. Wilder
nth n mysterious gesture. II wish to CON
ult with you alone. Shut the door!''
Neither of the BOYS thought anything of
his They were both on their
noes trying to look through the thick
glass window in the floor of the car,