Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-10


tJe viii 20 south, whore Weddell found
amen water. then land and build camp on
sore nrotepfcl beach. Life In Arctic re-
lions In winter, is safe on shore only;
your shin is liable to be blown away. IN
Inc Antarctic there are tempests IN which
lceberss as large as the Boston state
House are thrown Up on shore 30 feet'
II might be well to state here that the
ohtect Of DR.. Cooks expedition are: tal
10 obtain data for the stagnant Science Oh
magnetism; b) to determine gravity
measurements: (c) to explore seolobical
formatlons-there used TO be u temperate
climate In the Antarctic; (d) TO stuay nH
currents, and so on. There WIN pc ureus
Ing Of the sea, collecting Oh iosS's' ''''
Thermometer taking.
worse continued. "he is worthy leader
saeaclous and cool-headed. He under
stands thoroughly the preparation oil an
expedltlon. He Is careful. -remember ms
record with Photographic OF stanalhB
long strains without becoming US
couraged, and he is fearless 80,
"When he reaches the Antarctic he VIII
find a lower temperature thAn tnht "a
me Arctic; cold winds from the south,
bringing snow and fog, warm winds rom
the North, bringing clear weather. no
such pressure OF field ice as In he Arctci
larger lcebergs, not cut up INTO CHUNKS
and plnnacles, but rectllineor. MuEdock
OF the Dundee whaling expedition says
that he saw an iceberg down there thirty
miles long. The largest berg ever saw
was In Melville bay, West Greenland
about ore and one-qurrter mlles loAB'
| The land DR.. Cook viii find will be PROB
nbly tall cliffs OF volcanic rock, m0gtly
sncv-coyerel The peaks VIII be hlsher
than those IN the North otherwise the
land will slope more gradually re VIII
| md no yegatiOn beyond the seNehtloth
parallel. The animals VIII be ahlpuiui-
| ous-four kind Of seals, the sen lenpari'
| fourteen feet long-whules. walrus nave
been seen there. Birds will be plentiful
| the nlbntr1ss, not found In the Nofth,
the king penguin, three feet high, ana
enormously strong, and gulla.
And ROW for the outlt OF the eNpedl-
tlcn: II will be somewhat dinercnt from
Northern outflt; he cannot depend upon
living in the country; Ia the North, you
| know. there are reindeer. He VIII take
many scientific instruments and duph-
| Gates OF them. He will have sledges'
| probably oil the McCllntock pa,tern-or
| he may have them made down there by
| the members OF his party to keep their
| minds and hands busy during the winter
months. II he can. he will get Eskimo
dogs In Labrador or Greenland to draw
| the sledges: these dogs can pull more or
| less food than any other animal. for
| drink they eat snow and they sleep IN
IL. He viii have also many knives and
| Winchester rifles. and shot guns,
"rhe necessities OF the expedition VIII
| be food clothing. shelter and heat. The
| food In camp will consist chiefly oil canned
| foods, and the members Of the party
| should fare we'll, other things being equal
| But the food on siedge journeys must be
| pemmic0n. Pemmean is maximum nour-
| lshmeut IN minimum weight, and econ
| omy OF weight Is a big factor on Il sledge
journey. Temmlcan is dry and OF small
bulk; the ratlons Of It, for man and dog,
| are one pound per day. II is compound
OF raw dried beef cut very fine and
| pressed into moulds containing melted
tnlow; It Is cut into squares weighing
half o pound, There Is chocolate pemmi-
can and remmlcan with raislns In 1t.
| Another necessity Is cranberry snuce-for
tho acid. Canned goods are useless on n
| sledge Journey; they Will freeze. and fuel
~ too expensive to thnw them out. Or,
Cook tells IN amusing story OF spending
an hour and "A half, up North, thawius
out u can Of salmon. Alcohol s the only
fuel on Il slodge Journey. Each man win
have his own lamp on which TO melt
snow
"As to clothing. the best IS OF reindeer
skin, with underwear of cider duck
made in Eskimo fashion, that is, coat,
hooded, reaching Just to the tops OF the
trousers and with loose sleeves; knee
breeches. tight at the waist and loose at
the knee; reindeer stockings, with the
long, thick hair turned in; shirts Of eldei
duck, with the downy feathers turned in
This matter Of clothing Is very Import
ant; thore must be good ventilation; the
Mares Arctic expedition OF "a had scuryy
by the way. a mental, as well as physi
cal dlsoase-partly because Mares didn'l
! know a II al
ION every birthday there will be q
celebration and a feast; there viii be
special Xmas dinner. and all holiday.
Will be observed In style Scientific OBJ
servatlons will, of course be taken ai
frequently as possible during the winter
Preparations Will be In order too, FOR tn,
slelge Journey In the spring. on tho day
on which the sun comes back, the met
VIII all run up the nearest mountain o.
hIl and drink to the SUMS health. Ant
they win be looking into one another
faces after the hong, long night; and the!
VIII see them pale and thin and yellow
Then In September. Antarctic spring, DR.
Cook will so on In his sledge and maxi
n dash for the farthest South. Nothinl
ia more monotonous, nothing require
more perseverance and endurance am
genuine sand than the sledge journey
The mon will sleep on the snow In bag
OF reindeer sl;ln; and, to avoid the ter
smoked glasses with bows encased Il
chomola skin; II the steel bows were bar
against the temple they would nip tn
skin right on. The men will plod on an
on In quest OF glory, guided only by com
pass and seNtnnt. on the return to camt
the ship, which left In the fail for IN
Falkland Islands, will have returned /
pick up the whole party and bring ther
home to New York"
SO much for Antarctic exploration life.
Members OF the expedition will Sign 70
two years, although II Will cover prot
ably but one. A stanch steamer Is d,
sirahlc, although Dr. Cock doesn't ca
poct to be caught in the Ice. Money
needed, and here, OF all places, II
chance for some rich man to put an SO
OO-as DR.. Cook WITHSTAND have n
name written In glory across some VA,
Antarctic continent Then VIII the nan
OF such a philosophical person he rea
by every school child throughout III
world. This country, the United State
Is to-day ahead OF all other countries
merit OF arctic exploration; and we ha,
reached farthest North OF all time.
And now you have read the story ,
what the Cook Antarctic expeditto
should be and DO. A little more than
year from today, II all goes well. ID
Cook and his noble hands will be far ar
away south In the other land OF ii
midnight sun''-so00 miles from tho nea
est human soul, There man may lea,
his coat and watch anywhere with /
fear OF having them stolen; IN that con
try there Will l,a un h,,rf-t. -.