The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-15
TO TIE SOUTH POLE.
nELGIas EXPEDITION - ALREADY
ON IRIS LOVELY WAY.
rsa~r afe Iesasrshfp of Capt. AGrien
Mrr~ Terrible Than Those CT the
Far Sorfh-a Captive balloon Is
Taken by the ExDeAisien.

a-6 direct exploring @1r&ss s1Cu LAYING
:se sSgasn Isle for its objective Tosnt sssat
has bees ugs1@rtsksE IA asty years sailed
f~gna ire hissor3c tegn % AntHeTp. sags
ahs chicago Tsmes-NsTat9.
-aIa axg@dsssa~1 has hsen planned. fln-
snesss er1 Tze.rzsf4 bT fhe E@fgian r%1p3e.
Ia fgslssansaz 81 = promise rnade soma
s~ar. zwn 70 Thoroughly explore tns An
arctic re~srs.
Tire E.ggsa. expedition + u charge q
Capt A4sraen d. fs-sessen s. navigator and
seaman az great exp@s4ence.
Tao sum- % - 90 francs raised hs- fsno-
nc subscription furnishes ampIs rehms
Ia aanfp Hsd defs@y ali ordinary sxp~-7ess
Of the expedition and tire efrcsEs, re
crew ars IEs scientific star are ali r1SG
srrlaknt!y aAtaa By Hatnre ard training
feF fhs psr.ioss undertaking. they haze ca
hand
The nslytac originally built for an Are
Sc whAalfE ve&ei. vas purchased ard
ftgnoSeiesE along t1s lzass of DR.. SanSesas
- faGazE e8at TIE Fran She has besn re-
fitted particularly with ar eye 80 resist
ssiles Of gca pressure. Is thoroughly sEE-
veesgss4F aa8 Is s09d sailor upon which
GRITTY Der captain tnfesds 10 rely maia-
- during ner voyage. ste plan being 10
Ese she auxiliary engine only In Gains er
heal winds
Tass. creyv n fse geIgiac consists in ad-
a4s4Ga 20 CART ae 13eriach ~ two iieut4n-
Anfs two n1aehintsta one sailing master.
ere csrnenter two harpooneTs twelve
eatlorS. Two stokeTe. "a cock and stew
sEf
Tits crew s. composed largely % hardy
%@rwcgians accustomed 10 the Figors -
Arctic ATTITUDES and the dangers and trials
Of the tempest uouw ard fgN northern aasfs.
IRE set@sasse STAFF consists % a geoEo-
Fis4 lieutenant % artillery. who wiil
have charge o the magnetic Tnetsrologi-
cal obs erFstiona, an expert dredgeT AM
physician.
Took !. fnptIve Batiosu.
a captive balloon viii he a feature Of
TIE outfit II can be inflated and sent SIX
ward IN Hight air for tns purpose OF tax
tHa observations at great distances. THIS
Is 8 feature of much Importance, in viaw
ol the obstacles encountered fifty years
ago by the Ross expedition In making
surveys aud observations in the then
newly discovered regions OF Victoria
Land
II nav not be generally understood al
though IL Is a fact that there are greater
possibilities In the lire Of seientic dscov-
eFy and research ~ an Antarctic expior-
ing expedition. such as the one now under
notice. than In the numerous and costly
Arctic voyages OF discovery conducted
during the last At9 years. The question,
therefore naturally arises: How IS il
that 80 much money has been lavishcd
and 40 mary lives sacrificed In quest of
fHffutf Know A#SAE VI kkitt ENftH iNsSi
eianS. while their antipodes remain un-
known UNEMPLOYED and apparently TN
cared forr
Tn. answer lies I'm the simple fact that
until q comparatively recent date an
AnSarctsc expedition has been attended
with a hundredfoid more dangers and ter
rQfs than those TO be encountered In ex-
ploratlona Of the same kind 10 the Arctic
gicns
The climate is more rigorous. the seas
are more tempestnous and laden with
monster floating islands Of ice. the hablta-
items u man are farther reya0ved from
tile great unknown regions TO be inxad-
sd and indeed. animal and vegetable life
ti3At teens within a eomparatiyeiy short
distance Of the northern axis ceases hun
areas Of dreary miles Of ocean away 10
tie north Of the Antarctic circle, The
hardy mariners and explorers Of the Bel
eisn expedition realize very fully lie
great dangers that confront them. They
know that the expedition - regarded as
aftt ~ the. most ptriious that has hasn
tsssf ertaken in ilfty years but they have
fata in the wonderful scientific develop
n, nts % the last quarter 81 century. II
when their predecessors Gid not have the
advantage 20 pun them through,
Capt. Cooks Expedition
The greatest u the earliest Antarctlc
explorers she famous Capt. Cook whose
discoveries made So mary important
changes In the map of the world. was APP
pailcd ny the frightfuIly foghsdding as
Ieet OF "Antarctica'' when he steeFed bis
adventurous boat through the southern
ice fields loo years ago. Cook placed these
Impressions upon paper. "a follows:
The risk run in exploring a coast ln
these unknown &nd lev waters IL So YER :
great that l can be bold enough 20 say
that SO man wiH ever venture further
than ] haNe dome. ana that the lands
whlch Tie "a fhe south viii never be ex-
r!avcd, Thie& foSs, anew storms. intense
sssld ana sveTy otner thing that can rem
tfsr raejgat}3G dangerous must "a encou-.-
tered. ana these difficulties are greatly
heightened by the ineNpre sihiy hoTTs1 ass
ps-t q the country. country doomed by
nature never oaec 81 feel tA" warmta &c
the suu's rays. hat "a ga buried IN ever
lasting snow and lee
This Vas the deliberate opinion 81 the
great English navigator. expressed ia
III when he rounded tae krrw0eieu r.
ciaus ard The spatberly land q Georgia
aua dispgjied Tire Hdsfakeu notion that
fae5e lands were the northern extremity
80 a continent that reached 20 the south
polc
flfty years bore trlbate &c tn. tr7sth ot
what he hsa sR3d Numerous. bur in-i2-
r-ac1mt expeditions we1t either directly
vr indirectly iato she Unacceptable efa-
tfacr ~ thN Antarctic region but fFs-
NuA ages Of these mariners &c hSrrsa az
RESULTS sa far as scientific discovery ur
EnoWictne was concerned.
In tN9. hewsver. Capt Slr James Ross.
lt great British expedition f1!rthgr
santh cad made discover 81 FAR Ateatsr
tmrartaaec. II goura un9eriah3o proof ~
tHe existence or 81 great crufinatt around
fae Altters tiC ral@. -, planted tha British
raE Upoa hitacrto undiscovered Aut4rctf,
terri1ors aea uau1sd u after his sovereign.
.'NicterJs land"
Two extinct volcanic mountains T~aas=
sH8 Tesrer were sighted ICE tae ds-taue..
hHt Tire awful Antarctic Acu barrier fnlrass
nll further progress south az e 30 = Ge-
ereos t1vF his was done i0 oia-flstl-
}sscd waNtca sailing vessels Euoa euoue>e
far their Sag hot ust - De compared wlfh
'AA vessels q fssav. hsilt under ghe sd-
Veatases of ths improvements made in
to nas ~ Arctic and Aufarcr1e nav5ea-
7-ee through uct.cru invention and TIE
DEVELOPMENT 90 nautical science.
How Vast . fhe seid Now ouers3 ue fc
fEe>e hardy adTeatJrprs may ha lodged
frcr3 the fast tnat tie absolutely un-
k~oUa ana g9explereA territory ~ :aa
A1{arrIte circle contains m ares - >5ss-
49, Square fDiir<. a1 aFt2 esasi in eNte~t
80 ona-stNth - She entire surface of she
fh~ ST N8nxrtoreS territory ct BtcaF
Fv9ca the size ct Europe T. fs circular ia
shape. ara ia circumference measures
ate1t sa nsdss
f'rs ttcs.V @~thfrr Is hecwn ct thr
rhys'rof rou tisfeas ~ shts vase araa ~
tie EARNS sarfaee Hn3 that e IS tnst a.
N-H aa cntert ~ INTEREST - ffse seicu e.
fhs human race wtea fatty Disclosed. IS