New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-21
EXPLORERS MOVING.
RIVAL SEARCHES FOR THE POLE.
pEARY's TRANsGREENLAND AND COAST oo"
yEYs-GILDERs SCIENTIFIC CoRPs-NAN'
SENS DRIFTING voYAGE-JACKsoN
WILL TRY FRANZ JOSEF LAND.

Pole and capture it-boh ends Of It, the magheuc Gnu
and the geographical end. This the commune =, "a |
each expedition has declared he VIII no. even
takes all this summer and the next too or oe III ''
attemp as many OF their predecessors nave uo". :"
,,o vorous expeditions OF the last 400 years. Inc
Arctic regions have been the theatre OF the most heroic
exploits and daring adventures INA, 'ie "o',u n''
ever seen as cold and desoate as 'heS "'c' W. "o
matter how disastrous and unsuccessful some are Ut
what are the horrible experiences OF Others 'here are
,ors others to appear ready and willing TO take up
the broken threads the equator and the Nor
Pole and to attempt to fasten them together aeai'
I,eutenont Robert E. Peary. Of the Civil Engineer i
Corps OF the Navy: Colonel W. II. Glider. OF TINS CITY
Dr Nansen the Norwegian, and +. Il. JACKSON 'he !
English enthusiast have each enjoyed all the Arc'ic
oxneriences excepting death by starvation or cold bnt
II has served 10 ince them, as 1t has many DINERS
who have had a taste OF the perils and hardships Oh
the frozen zone, 10 new encounters. The love OF au
venture the advancement OF scihce the impulses OF
humanity have been the bookstores Which have or""I
the daring explorers to the Arctic The undiscovered
mart OF the Arctic region Is limited and many weary |
sledge Journeys have been made near to the geoerp
cal North Pole. The allurements and RESERVATIONS
which create and keep up an ndescribaDie longing o
adventure include dangerous nippngs OF the s,ronse
and best furnished ships while warping In the iaiSe
leads through the ice; OF per1lous journeys oNef
glaciers through ravines and over mountains oNei
great ice hummOcks, ice foes and assures OF reqe
the scaling of the rough dizzy crests OF the bergs
q
mannheim and the swallow OF limejuice the frozen
seal or walrs blubber-but Of this frighens the
leaders and their associates in the expeditions which
have been planned go
Lieutenant Peary, whose name IS idenuned WIN
trsnscrcenand as well as coastline Arctic eXpioia-
,,on Is ,be first 10 start in the direction Of the Pole
this year. He went st. Johns. \. F.. lew uaAs
ago to complete arrangements on the vessei "io" -
10 take him and his party 10 Mccormick Bay an arm
runnnc of from Hutchinson Sound In general hor'n-
ft,An 1nO
north where will be established the winter quarters
ond ba 90 Of supplies as upon his expedition OF 1o9lo2
His present expedition will cover at least TWO years,
md the party will include the following =: Lieutenant
Peary DR.. +. A. Cook graduate OF the college, OIL
PHYSICIANS and Surgeons and who was surgeon OF the
Pearv expedion OF 1912; Eivard Astrup. nor
xepon skilled In the OF the ski as the peculiar
spowshoes Of Norway are called and VINO was WIN
Peary's recent expedition Mathew Hensen an acu'e'
Intelligent young coorcd Phladelphian, who was win
Peary on his trip across Nicaragua ana acconpaheu
him II his Arctic expedition: Samuel EntriKch.
teacher in the Manual school at Aiken, 3 w. ana 'r'
Dovson the manager Of Peary's lecture tour. While
IN Colorado recently Peary obtained large NUMBER OF
prairie wolf skins for clothing and few DurroS. Is
the intention to utilize the latter to transport supplies
from the foothills of the mountains 10 the inland Ice
and upon reaching places where there are deep SHOWS
or glaciers snowshoes will be put upon the feet OF the
burros for Ice service. Peary Is OF the OPINION ha'
the burros will easily survive the winter III he Por
REGIONS and should they die much service can De
,aned from them as long they do live AND shoud
they die before they get accustomed TO Arcuc de'
II is possible that their meat couiu pe s'o''" ~
cache for emergency.
Peary's party expects to get away on the seahns
steamer Falcon, from St. Johns, about the moaie vi
lime and will take the same route as In 1897 IN 'he
kite going BIZ way Of Bafins Bay, into Smiths sound
thence TO Mccormick Bay. 1t is probable that stop
viii, be made at Gcdhavn or Upernavk for dogs 'or
sedeine Peary will the Arctic clothing sleep
ing bags sledges, etc. ready TO take from ST. johns
TO avoid delays Arriving at Mccormick Bay, he VIII
erect huts for lis party and cache his provisions. lie
will probably spend most Of the winter there, ana as
muskox are found In that region In great Groves ana
the meat is satisfactory and its palaableness Is soon
acquired the supplies taken from here need not De
materially drawn upon. 1t Is not likely that feary
will make extensive dog-sledge journeys during the
winter months because Of the tendency OF Greenland
DOES 10 develop rabies in that season. AS packhorses
have been successfully used In Alaska. and ponies shod
with rough snowshoes used in parts OF Norway,
he believes that suppementng his dog teams with the
burros will prove a successful experiment.
The purpose OF Peary's expedition Is not to find the
Pole and send It 10 the Worlds Fair place 1t top
of the proposed new City Hall. but is TO determine the
extent and nature OF the northern archipelago. which
Peary found lie north Of the mainland; also to sur
yey the wholly unknown coast between independence
Bay and Cape Bismarck the most northern point on
the east coast far is known. Cape Bismarck lies
In anout the same latitude Cape York, on the west
coast and Independence Bay Is about 200 miles north
west OF Cape Bismarck and 40 miles south OF the
point reached by Lieutenant LOCKWOOD OF the Greedy
marty In 1882, and the norhernmost point that the
American or any other flag has been flown As soon
after Peary's arrival at Mccormick Bay possible,
and when the ice will permit he Will send men out on
the inland 10 carry and cache provisions far to
the northeast as they travel before the winter
night puts an end to field work II this project is
successfully carried out Peary will be greatly facili
tated In the important work OF next spring on the
northern coast OF Greenland. as he will have base
of supplies further north TO draw FROM lie Will also
detail OF the members just as soon as the house
Is erected to 60 out for reindeer and other game.
Then his surveying men will start for independence
Bay and then 10 work down to Cape Bismarck, com
pleting the survey they go along. 1t Is Peary S
expectation carry out this survey and complete the
outlining OF entire northern and northeastern coasts
OF Greenland, and when the coast between Inde-
pendence Bay and Cape Bismarck Is surveyed the
marty will strike across the ce-cap for the winter
camp at Mccormick Bay reaching there before spring
After Lieutenant Peary has started his detail OF
surveyors from Independence Bay 10 Cape Bismarck
he will set out with couple OF others 10 and beyond
the point he reached more than year ago. He Will
probably attempt TO haul his sedges around The
archipelago starting along its eastern shores and work
ing 10 the NORTH west and south until he reaches The
point the western coast gained Dy the "reeiy
party The sledge journeys along the archipelago VII
probably be made through the channels between th'
islands. One OF the chief objects Is completely u
map out the archipelago were the Islands mapped
out by the expeditions In search OF the Sir John
Franklin party. Peary intends TO do everything II
his power to fix and determine how far these de
tached pieces OF land extend toward the Pole. ana 1
The foe ice north OF the furthes land he reaches Offer
feir sledging conditions 1t Is probable that he VII
leave his land base for journey across the sea Ii
toward or TO the Pole. Lieutenant Pcary has raised
the money for this expedition by his lectures, and i
Is possible that when he is left at Mccormick Bay III
may not be heard from again until the fall of 1895
Another expedition which promises 10 Yield import
ant scientific and practical results Is that TO be com
posed OF trained observers under the leadership o.
Colonel W. Oh. Glider. They 10 determine The
present abiding place OF the magnetic North Pole
When Colonel Glider with Lieutenant schwatki
In 1870 their magnetic observations seemed 10 SHOW
that the north magnetic pole had moved more than
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