The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-04
prARY's NEW PLANS.
an START IN JULY IN SEARCH
Ne WV" OF THE POLE.

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Nav" .o,-one VIII BE Short and OF
.,,m,nary Character
,t peary of arctic exploration
Leu''r, received notice from Wash
fame -, the requested five years leave |
9sn.ence had been granted, anu quo" "s., &c.
oil ao' northern traveller will begin ac'lve
nous .a,iops for the first OF two northern
rrep''aa 70 last but few months the
ulp'' o"I loet probably four or five years
other y iii he but &C. prepare for the lat
ir' and its details are interesting -, the
, %, will be another "t'e'np' " ie'0" '"e
po on tbe first trip Peary will start nom
In He will be accompanied by MS
Do 1s' and child and party OF soien'isIS'
vile ""' .bom will be Professor Z. IL.
Amone of Dartmouth college ana Pro
Hl'cnVCCo ,orce II. Barton of the Massachu'
iessot ,sotitute of Technology. 1t Is also
se''s i Ia that a party from Yale college
@l,oeV 'aomnanv them, but thus early no
VIII NV" Saye been definitely settled upon
w. ,1o' shin has yet been chosen Tor inns pre-,
,,o,,nary trip, but the explorer VIII go 10
,,'', shortly to select one there' He
Dg ,,, ol.o begin the task of purchasing sup
wa, for the voyage and storing them III
pD's shin's hold He expects to start from
Iov on July 10 and will go from there
d Sydney n. 5, through the gulf OF St.
w.-o,oc and the Belle Isle strait TO hes
La Ian island and the Greenland coast,
Olu ~, hon / 200 miles along the Greenland
"nu .t 20 Melville bay. The scientific parties
Ill be landed on the way and VIII DO
N,I mn by tho ship on it's return trip In
0' P"orv when seen at his home In Brook
- GENTLY told i'm detail the plans 10y
gbicb he hopes to reach the coveted goal
~After leaving my scientific friends
-, tho coast of Greenland" said he,
"our ship will proceed to Whale SOUND
Conc York. where | will be In COM
'nication with tribe of Eskimos called
.bo Arctic Highlanders. There are $50
.aoc,bers of this band, and as | have al
ways made my arctic headquarters among
tbcm thew are all my personal friends.
~Tbe main object of this preliminary
trim is to take party OF these people as
Gov north ms possible by boat and COLOMBO
them. will pick out only those VINO are
Young and hardy. | want them during
the coming summer 20 gather SKINS anu
walrus meat and make clothing ana
boots When | leave them for my return
10 sydney, they will be well stocked win
proyisions. and, | am satisfied Will he
content In remain until return for them.
Twill tell them to gather with all OF theii
nossessons. including 40 or 90 dogs, a
large number Of sledges, and their food
for the far north trip, at stated time
next year at point on the coast where
can easily reach them. This will save m(
many DAYS of valuable time in making
the final start for the pole 1t will enable
me to start on the second section of th'
trim with a delay of only 40 hours.
will take them until spring to prepare TO
the journey.
$50 much for the first trip. will re
turn to Boston then, bringing back tn
other gentlemen. will at once purchas
ship and stock it with provisions enough
to last four or five years and in the follow
ing July will sail for my colony.
after unloading the ship will be sen
back to New York and will try each sue
ceeding year to communicate with me
After the colony is settled my plan is
take advantage of such daylight as re
mains in that summer and of the moon
during the winter night to push out ovel
land northward, first accommodating an
then when the way is marked out movln
our provisions forward and establishin
the settlement at each remove nearer on
objective point, leaving caches at ever
stopping place and prominent headland
we go. In this way the progress is to |
kept up until the farthest northern Ian
Is reached. From this land, where IL
settlement will be fixed permanently, tf
final squirt for the pole will be made
March. With picked company will
tempt to cover the distance to the pole al
back again.
1.-THE colony will remain at the poll
fixed upon, only two to accompany III
and will have what Nansen lacked-E
kimos to drive the dogs. The natives w
60 with sledge where no white cou
think of getting it, If we accompli
our end on the first trial. all will be we
but If not we will lie over to the followil
summer We shall have the means of II
there, the line of travel cached all the w
to Sherard Osborne ford. where the sh
wiz cuOH sululner Keep up cupPieo ="
communication, and in case of need
treat will always be possible over the
land ice from Sherard Osborne ford
Whale sound, where the main body OF {
Eskimos live all the year around.
Placing the distance from this mort
ern point of land to the pole at 800 mil
the trip to 1t and back to the settleme
should be made in ~ days, calculating
ten miles day, SO we should reach thu
and return by the end of May. 1t
been shown by experience that the retu
Journeys in the arctic can be made In b
the time of the outgoing trip, partly
cause one is familiar with the route a
partly because there Is not the burden
supplies. If we have this good fortu
We should be back home by the end
september, 1899 But l hardly hope
mat, and will say that 1t is only possib
am not at liberty yet to state wht
furnishing the funds to carry out tn
pans. 1t is enough to say now thai
nave been assured of enough money
carry on the work for a period OF
years, or longer If necessary.
The only member of the party that
oeen to those regions before will be l.
lessor Barton-that is. exclusive of
Hlnily My wife enjoys these voyat
q flN..ws. q Ng.I 4nnrt