The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-08

may not happen. VIII you not take some
apparatus 70 refill your balloon, II neces-
sary?"
'sAIy dear sir, three persons could never
ill balloon OF 500 cubic meters. Cubic
meters please note, not cubic feet, as
some one writes about IL. How would It
be possible for US to NIL such a balloon?'
viii you then, take no precaution for
returning. in case you are stranded some
where in the arctic regions?'
Yes. we shall take sIedges."
And who will draw the sledges? VIII
your balloon accommodate dogs to draw
the sledges?"
NO. we shall draw the sledges our
selves. 1t is better 10 draw our luggage
on sledges, than try TO carry il on our
backs. is il not? If the balloon came 10
grief-we should leave it. and make our
way home as best we could
How much luggage will your balloon
carry?"
1T has lifting power of 5000 kilo-
grams. We shall take all we want
sledges, bots, tents, provisions and our
selves
do you conduct the expedition on tenn
perance principles, like Nansen?"
NO; why should we? We shall take
all We want. both to eat and drink As
TO food, 1 am not yet sure what we will
take. / ask here in London what is best.
But Mr.. Ekholm. my companion, will cal
culate just what we should have. Then
/ will say to him, Wei, my friend, you
know what we want. leave it to you 10
decide l will not trouble about matters
which others perfectly know. 1 calcu-
late we shall have two and a half kilo-
grams of food per day. That is enough
for three persons, is il not?"
DO you expect to be able to shoot
any fresh food on your way? I suppose
you VIII come down on the ice from time
to timer
shoot? No. we shall go straight with
out stopping, or if we do stop we shall
have other things to do than shoot We
shan have plenty of scientific observa-
lions to make on the way"
And when do you expect to reach the
north pole?"
'Ah! the north pole, That does not In
terest me very much. The whole region
interests me. 1t is as if you were gosng TO
Brazil and you said that to cross the line
was the sole object and interest of your
Journey. There is nothing peculiar about
the north pole any more than there Is
about the equator, unless it be that no
one has yet been there. / shall start from
Spitzbergen next July, and l ought to
pass the pole in less than a week"
Pass the pole! Are you then coming
back?'
mo; why should 1 come back? 1 mean
to go straight across. Then l shall have
something TO say about the whole Arctic
regions. But now, alas! 1 must go out to
: dinner. viii you come in the cab with
me? Then we can talk a little more. am
so busy during my stay in London that
regret l cannot give you more time
As we went along in the cab asked DR..
Andree whether he was not afraid of his
balloon suffering from snow by the way
Snow? Well, my balloon would carry
snow to the extent of thirty Kilograms
No !, -f-.FF
is only six or seven Kilograms per square
meter at the outside Besides, the snow
would melt and evaporate."
''Of course, you have fully realized the
dangers you will run?'
mo. don't see that there will be any
dangers at all. l have every confidence in
the success of my enterprise, and am sure
that before long l shall find any amount of
imitators. do not care a snap of the fin
gers what my critics say, for l have got
the money, and nothing can prevent me
starting now. There is no doubt whatever
about it,