The evening times., 1897-04-06
PEARY'S NEW POLAR PLAN.
The ExIIlpral.s Latest Scheme to
ReaGff fhe Coveted Coal.

The ExIilpfalss Latest scheme t.
Reaeif me Coveted Goal.
! New York; April s. Lieut.. Robert E
Peary, tho distinguished Arctic explorer
has confirihed the news that he had beer
detached fIQm duty at the Brooklyn navy
yard and ordered to duty at the Mare
Island navy yard, at Vallejo, Cal. He
will leave Brooklyn on April 20 and viii
| report at his new station on April &c.
This change OF station, Lieut., Peary says,
| will net interfere with the carrying out
of his plan forreaehing the North Pole. The
details OF this plan he submitted to tie
American Geographical Society at its last
annual meeting.
| "All that is needed said he, when seen
| at his Brooklyn home, lis financial sup
| port l am waiting for some person Or
| persons of wealth sufficiently interested
in Arctic exploration to advance money
enough to enable me to undertake the
work in the manner in which it ought to
be undertaken.
TO reach the North Pole a colony Of
Eskimos shouldbe established at some Eoint
not farther than $50 miles from the pole
The money Is needed to maintain this
colony until the goal is reached. The
trouble with all past efforts to reach tie
pole has heen that the expeditions had nc
proper base from which to work.
Now the pole may not be reached for
some time after the colony is established.
Trial after trial may result unsuecessfully,
but there will come time when the con
ditions at last will be favorable, and then
we must be SO situated that we can prompt
ly avail ourselves of them.
THAT'S why nloaey will be needed The
colony must be maintained until the time
arrives when the pole can be reached. 1t
is my Intention to take with me only a
scientific man and surgeon. They and
myself will be the only white men in the
colony. Mrs. Peary will not accompany me.
The colony will be too far north for her
TO live there.
The Eskimos will be perfectly content 10
live in the colony. 1t will be in their own
land. There viii be no discomfort, as there
might be + there were a number Of white
men in the colony. The Eskmos will be pro-
vided with sufficient dogs and sleds to
prosecute their work. They can handle
them as no other people in the world can
"Since submitted my plan 10 the Ameri
can Geographical Society | have not re-
ceive1 any offer of a contribution suffi-
cient TO carry out the work properly, but |
still have strong hopes that the money
will be forthcoming"
Lieut.. Peary's estimate of the cost is
$l5o,0o0 His plan is simple and is re-
garded' as feasible by such eminent au-
thorities as President DAILY, of the Amer
ican Geographical Society; Explorer Nam
Son A sfa fad
his pro jecct is as follows:
To deposit the Sl5O,000 in trust com
pany, purchase ship, give her mini
mum crew, load her with concentrated
provisions, take aboard several picked
families OF faithful Eskimos, with their
tents, canoes, dogs, etc, force way
through Robson Channel TO Sherard Os- |
borne r jord or farthur land Eskinos and |
stores, and tiien send the ship back
As soon as the freezing OF the ice in the |
great lords of the northwest Coast would |
permit sledge travel the work of advancing |
supplies northeastward along the coast |
would be begun, taking comparativ ely short |
stages and light loads So that the trips |
could he quickly made As soon as the |
supplies had been adv anced the first stage |
the party itself would move forward, leav-
ing a cache behind
Then the second stage Of advance would |
be taken up Early spring sho1ld find |
the party and the bulk of supplies located |
at the northern terminus of the North
Greenland Archipelago, with caches be
hind it at each prominent headland. From |
this point, when the proper time came,
with picked dogs, the Iightest possible
equipment, and two of the best EskimOs
the dash for the pole would be tempted,
with strong probabilities, the lieutenant
thinks, of its successful termination The
fund would he sufficient to insure the |
of the work of exploration for
-en years, if necessary Each succeeding
the ship would attempt to estab-
ish communication with the party's base,
succeeding probably every other year at
first, then, with increasing experience
each year, and keep up its supply Of food, |
dogs and Eskimos until the objects of the
expedition were accomplished
Nothing, in Lieut. Peary's opinion, is to
be gained by numbers; in fact, numbers
ire a distinct danger, and the frightful
OF previous years are di-
-ectly traceable to this cause. The two
nen party is an ideal one. Nansen and
himself have both proved this.
Lieut.. Peary said that he had had no
with Nansen in regard to
he Iattcr's visit TO this country, but added
hat he would certainly meet the cele-
1rated explorer upon his arrival here.