New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-18
r1Jr COyOTEST or THE NORTH.

Current events give striking evidence OF the
,.ost range of human interest and human enter
nrisc Only Yesterday, it seems the world was
watching eagerly for news from Ep'a'o'',i
,fr;c, and then thronging to honor the gal
LIANT explorer who had penetrated tho'e VIII
dcrnc,.cs and brought to light their long
hidden secrets To-day all eyes turn toward
, little sealing snip which is on her way miner
from Newfoundland, presently to return n'rth-
ward. herring devoted patty of adventures
for a two years soourn in the Afttic 0dhaia'
Nor is this latter interest i'll founded. cur
ney - the polar regions. iolmIdahle a> IL
danger, and dffcutic, may be, Is no more Il
mere experiment. The work Of past eXpcdi-
,;ors b,. not been in vain. The explorer ol
tn-d,y knows mare Of &C. an currents ana
Arctic climate and the conditions hccdful i'f
life and work in those regions than his prtd'-
cc.sor, knew. And with this a'cimula'c'
knowledge it is only reasonable to expect from
mi, latest adventure some substantial gam upon
all that have gone before.
The Falcon it i, ANNOUNCED, sailed from ~
John, on Thursday last, and may therefore pc
cyncctcd in these waters during the present
,,,cl,. and before the month i ended VIII b.
-, bor way back 10 the Moth. The ship j.
,vou fitted for the work before her. and VIII
ca,ry every possible equipment for the com
fort of the crew and for the ilcI"Atioh "a
scientific observation. But her part in the cA-
nedition i, T. be brief one merely tha' ID
-, carrier 10 the scene of Labor. About month
hence she will reach Whale sound. at the upper
end Of B1fin Bay, in the comparatively ~"
LATITUDE Of 71.4j There Lieutenant rear
and twelve companions will land and c>tibh'h
tboir HEADQUARTERS. and the ship VIII return L.
-. Johns. with order, 10 meet the explorer
,cain AZ Whale sound two years hence, ana
bring them home.
Thus lief; alone on that de>oa'c coast. tn
thirteen adycniurcrs will make no desperate
dash for the Pole. but will begin nj once tn
practical work Of survey and exploration oil Inc
Greenland coast. There i 4 gap III the map
Of the west cat which they VIII cndcayoI -
ill. There are the limits of the AirhitrlAS"
10 be determined IL we'll H. other boundaries.
There are glacier, - be explored ana studied
There a!c jl,>cr,a.i,n - be- made, imagine Ic.
tidal and meteorological, AMI much other work
,f .iui'o character. II j. with such tasks n
,be.. that the explorers will primarily busy
themselves. with but little regard ~ 10 whether
,hcv "Lcat the record" Of pushing toward tho
Pole or not. Their general movcm NJ III thc'
TASKS will. however. be- norihward from Prud-
hoe Land and Lieutenant PcaH himself IL
innate, that. If conditions prove favorable,
may make an attempt t. reach the f"le bU'
however thi, ma, b.. the programme alr'ai
outlined gives promise of some important addi-
tons to the world, stock Of knowledge ol "o''
dc>ola,e regions, And while such adventures
command the interest Of all tn world without
regard T. race or nationality. it W" be an
especial pleasure for Americans L. know tha'
the vanguard of exploration marches anna
Arctic SHOWS u il did amid Equatorial Junsl'>.
under the folds Of the S'als and stripes.