Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-06

OF Peery and hansen, have already start
ed From Washington are to go those Of
Weiiman and his own, and the fifth of them
Is That OF jackson. who hopes to reach
the pole by way of Franz Josef Land His
OBJECT. he said. is not to reach the pole or
to go very far north. but to explore Elles-
mere Land. to establish q refuge station
Tor whalers. and to look for four human
beings who were lost on this bleak coast
about Two years ago. He explained the
geography of the region, and showed how
vast field there Is for explorations This
land. he said. seems TO be the easiest of
all the unknown arctic REGIONS for explora-
ton. and his project is about the cheapest
mat has ever been put forth in late days.
me danger Is reduced to the minimum as
well as the cost. for the point where the
permanent base is to be located is passed
by eight or ten ships each summer, those
OF the Scotch and Newfoundland lines Of
wnalers. There is a sad need for a refuge
station there. for there is no point In the
vicinity where the whalers can go In case
they are wrecked except to the small DAN
lsh settlements across the bay in Green
land or the scattered Eskimo groups in the
lamentations Of the coast Of sle west shore
Work to He Done in Ellesmere Land.
There is good deal of work to be done
In Ellesmere Land. said Mr.. Stein, for the
region is first to be mapped with care. and
then the west coast is to be explored The
natives report that the soil there is sandy
and the shores low. which conditions
are similar to those Of certain parts
OF Alaska, where the summer brings
really luxuriant vegetation. and where
the reindeer and the musk OK flourish.
should these reports prove true there is no
reason why there should not be flowers and
vegetation and fauna in Ellesmere Land.
Therefore, there might be carried on in
this region the same experiments that
DrSheldon jackson is conducting in Alaska
Tor the relntroduction Of reindeer into the
country for the benefit of the natives.
There Is also reason to believe that there
are valuable mining facts TO be cleaned
from careful examination of the soil of
the land. under the ice. and for this pur-
pose there will be two biologists ard
There are meteorological observations
to be taken and tides to be stud
led. and strange race of tattooed Eskmos
to be found. people that have been report
ed vaguely to Peary and others by the Eski-
mos Of the east coast
Problems of Heat and Food.
The problem of keeping warm he added
has been studied and IT is thought. has
been solved, by the construction of a house
lined with magnesium, as the boilers of en-
gines are lined, to prevent the radiation
and loss Of the heat generated by the fires
There will be food supplies sufficient for
two years. according to the schedules of
the Greedy party, besides which il is antici-
pated there will be large additions to the
iarder from the chase. Walrus meat is
not tempting. added Mr.. Stein, with a
grimace. but IL is nourishing, and arctic
appetites are not apt to be sQueamish.
He spoke OF the two Swedes, for whom
and their companions, he is to search. They
are named Alfred Bjorling and Evald Kali
stenius, both barely out of their teens but
hardy young men. with indomitable cour-
age. He gave IL as his belief that they are
still alive: for they have rifles and ammuni-
ton. and The natives Of the region are
kindly.
The talk was followed by a score of lam
tern slides thrown upon a large screen H.
Illustrating the scenery, animals and mode of
life in these regions. Many of the illustra-
lions were taken from photographs taken
by members of the Greedy party.