St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-03

small people whom they call the Frilkites.
The Frilkites We are told, roam about the
polar region in Summer time seeking whom
and what they may 'de49ur, and when the
long Arctic night comes they return to their
hole along with the native animals and birds
to the interior 81 the earth, Which, by the way,
is said to be warm and comfortable But
perhaps you have heard Of sSims' Hole" as
it has been described. II the region of the
pole is inhabited we d0 not yet know it, but
there may be people there, and if so they are
probably a tribe of Eskimo, Tor traces of the
Eskimo have been foundas far north as the
S1st parallel. 'f' 'Sli" "0l'"
The interest aroused in the frozen North
was first a commercial one, inspired by
desire to reach the wealth Of the Orient by
short cut through the Arctic seas. So for
several centuries there were numerous futile
attempts to discover either Northwest or a
Northeast passage. Since Mcclure, in 1854.
forced the Northwest passage from Boring
Sea to Baff1n's Bay, and since Nordenskjold
in 1878 pushed the vlgor through ice and
snow, from Northern Norway to the Pacific
Ocean, ''the golden dreams of greedy mer-
chants havedisappeared, 'and Uncomfortable
interest in the North has become scientific
problem, involved in the regions surrounding
the North Pole.
The loss of the Franklin expedition half
q century ago led to nearly dozen eX-
petitions in search Of the missing explor-
ers, and since the excitem ant of these has
passed and the. fate of the Franklin party
been definitely determined, the spirit of ad-
venture has subsidized and modern northern
voyagers are prompted only by the desire to
secure scientific data and enrich the fund of
human knowledge. The first expeditions
that can properly be regarded as wholly the
outcome of this purpose were those COM
manded by Mares and Greedy, the former
sailing from England 1876, the other from the
United States in 1878. The result of these
expeditions produced bitter controversies,
for Mares who set out for a three years voy-
age, with perfect1equipment,r returned in one
year with his ,partykerippted by scurvy; and
Greey's party was eaihhost wiped out by
starvation, and the 50 ryivors were rescued
from~the verge of the grave. Later eXpedi-
tons have not failedoto profit by these sad
experiences, and9the success of Peary's party
in 1S91-92s seem to2liave stirred new and
much so, that at present no less than a
dozen expeditions are attacking or expect to
attack the unknown .bere:sl regions. The
two of them from which We may expect the
greatest results, are 1.-The American under
Lieutenant Peary,t and the Norwegian under
Nansen, who set out last summer and will
attack the polar mysteries from opposite
directions. There is a strong probability
that one or both of these will succeed in
reaching the pole. Peary's primary object is
to complete the map of Greenland, and sur
vey the islands north of that country; but if
favorable, conditions prevail, he is certain to
make bold attempt to reach the northern
axis of the eaFth.;e sih 40 oas=i
The third expedition, which may be termed
a newspaper expedition, is led by Walter
Wellman, a we'll known " American Jour
nalist, who started ine March to find the
pole, by way OF spftzbergen. a Wellman has
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