The record-union., 1897-03-30
LIEUTENANT PEARY.
WILL AGAIN TRY TO REACH THE
NORTH POLE.
His Plan Heartily Indorsed by the
Council of the American Geo.
graphical Society.

NEW YORK, March 29.-The "Ad-
vertiser" this morning says: Lieutenant
Peary recently laid a plan for Arctic
research before the Council of the
American Geographical Society. The
plan includes the reaching of the North
Pole. 1t was heartily indorsed by the
council and subscription towards it's
accomplishment promised. Should
either plan succeed the United States
will reap the glory.
Lieutenant Peary's plan as now ma
tured is considered by Arctic explorers
one of the most feasible yet advocated.
First of all, it is not to be an expedi-
tion in the usual sense of the term. 1t
will, besides Lieutenant Peary himself,
include only one or two white men.
Ii one, he will be surgeon, and if two,
the other will be a scientist
The party will be conveyed by a char
tered whaler to the point on the west
ern coast Of Greenland which Peary
has so often made his basis of explora-
ton. At this point lives a tribe of Es-
qulmaux. They form the most north
erly settlement of human beings as
far as is known, upon the globe. They
know the explorer and have every con-
fidence in him.
From them he will select five or six
young married couples and will with
them push along the northwest coast Of
Greenland as far as possible, and per-
haps in the archipelago, which, it is
believed, surrounds the North Pole. All
their goods, including dogs and sledges,
will be taken with them, and when no
hn
they and Lieutenant Peary and his
companions will be landed at some spot
and a new colony formed The ship
Will leave supply of provisions for
three or more years and make it's way
back to civilization before the ice closes
in.
From this basic point the two or three
white men will make their explorations
Lieutenant Peary figures that this col
ony will not be over 800 miles from the
pole. The Esquimaux will be able to
Withstand the climate and he believes
that they will be contented as long as
they have enough food
The women will be taken along to do
the cooking and attend to the clothing
and footgear
We will live like the Esouimaux, :"
said Peary. We will take no house
with US and as little of other incum-
brances as possible. Perhaps our snow
houses will be kept dryer and cleaner
than theirs, but that it ALL
AS soon as the ice conditions are pro-
pitious. an attempt will be made to
reach the pole. The Esquimaux and
their dog sledges will be used if possi-
bic, but in any case the white explorers
will push on until the stars and stripes
have been planted near, if not on, the
pole itself. Lieutenant Peary figures
that under favorable conditions his
little party will be able to make ten
miles day through the ice and fields
of snow. On this basis they could make
the distance and return in about seven
ty-two days. This period he regards
as short one to be away from his
colony or base of supplies. On two for
mer occasions he was absent for
much longer time.
Lieutenant Peary, while hoping does
not expect that the favorable moment
for making this venture poleward from
his colony will come at once He saws
it may be two three or even five years
before the conditions are just right. If
necessary, he wants to be prepared to
wait ten years, but he firmly believes
from his own experience that the time
Will come within three years