Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-08-18
A PAIR OF TROUSERS.
4 GARMENT THAT DRlFrEp AROUND
THE NORTH POLE.

Lost Pair ef neither Csvsrsns. nsssns-
snG ~ . sailor Has Mapped Out ssr
Daring Expisrers . nesss Threagh shs
nGsst Northern Seas
The history OF pair Of trousers that
have been around the north pole, accord
Ing to scientists theories, enlivensd the
subject OF the arctic problem. a. handled
by Professor Angelo Heilprin before a
large gathering Of Geographical club
members at the Century clubs hall. The
garments. II seems. were tho property Of
y sailor who accompanied nm expedition
p the north by way Of Behring sea. How
tbs apparel got into the current pre-
sumed to set in some distance above the
fTigid line did not appear. but Professor
Heilprin described the way In which II
travelled day after day, as geographers
believe, far to the impenetrabls north.
swept around the pole, crossed Il psr-
haps, until II entered the northern ocean
boundary Of Greenland and came down
its snow lined coast into the compare
lively beaten track that made its discov-
cry easy.
The professor illustrated his remarks
with n map Of Greenland thrown ON a
canvas from q stereopticon. one OF tho
first correct geographical representa-
tious OF that icy land perhaps ever made.
With long cane he traced the progress
Of the sailors trousers from point to
point. triumphantly establishing in the
opinion Of many learned men the theory
Of current sweeping in circular path
through the arctic regions.
Professor Heilprin went on to tell OF
an expedition that will start from Nor
way, and followed rs far as possible in
the wake Of the sailors neither garments.
the idea being that the waters win carry
the ship almost without guidance clear
TO and around the north pole. The YES
sci Ia to be built with q view to an efFec-
tual resistance of the crushing effects Of
great ice masses. Another expedition
will set out with the same objective
point In view, but by q different route
The way pointed ont by Parry in 1899,
by way Of the northeastern coast Of
Spitzbergen, will be traversed, and Pro-
fessor Heilprin was inclined to think
that Parrys views of the proper way TO
get TO the north pole We're sound.
The chief result OF Peary's work
from geographical standpoint---the lee
turer declared, was the final settlement
OF Greenland's northern boundary. The
territory has at last been proven to be
an island. Its most northern expanse.
moreover. Is not covered with ice and
snow. Politically II is no mans land
from q short distance above the seventy
third parallel clear TO its topmost line.
A race OF arctic highlanders inhabits
this independent region, and these peo-
pie are believed to he the most northern
tribe in point of location ON the earth's
surface and also the least numerous
2sS souls In all. They are a most honest
and attractive people.
Professor Heilprin defended the NORTH
pole expeditions from the attack made
upon them by those who declare they
are OF no practical utility. Not only
had they the romantic interest attaching
TO attempts to attain the mysteriously
evanescent, but their benefits TO science
and general knowledge have been con-
siderable. The peary expedition had
not for its object the reaching OF the
north pole. but the establishment of
Greenland's northern boundary. lts re-
suits, In the language Of an eminent
man OF science, dwarfed all other expe-
ditions of the kind.
With reference TO Greenland,s interior
the theory has existed, based upon the |
deductions of Swedish explorer, that |
an oasis existed there. This oasis was
declared to be entirely free from snow
and ice, and to form what might be O |
habitable spot, with perhaps the charac-
teristics Of advanced human life. This
theory, however, was but Alexander Won
Humboldt's theory restated, based upon
observations of the attitudes Of noun
tains. This theory, 50 far as the island
OF Greenland is concerned, Ia now found
to be fallacious upon demonstration that
cannot be Questioned.
The experiences OF whaling vessels.
which during the last century pene-
trated far to the north beyond the known
limits Of the Arctic regions and found
an open sea with very little trace Of ice.
were considered by Professor Heilprin.
He considered the accounts quite accu-
rate. contrary to the belief Of many 9TH |
ers, and thought that climate conditions |
may have changed In the frozen regions |
during the last 100 years.
The professor was inclined 10 think |
the discovery OF the north pole but o
comparatively few years sff.-Philadel-