Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-25
WONDERS or rms roLr,

The question N what there iH at the
Norih Pole BE- Interestingly discussed
by Admiral Markham in Tho YOUTHS
Companion. DC does not believe that
there o. % continent nor % largo nrchi-
pollgo In that region. Ito thinks that
Nlnscn'n observations have made u
probable that thcrr is only a frozen zen
studded perhaps with a few Islands.
This, however, IL only conjecture. 40
tual explorations must settle that qucs-
tion.
iut there are some peoullarltics ~
which science can speak with certaln-
o.. ~ tho Pole there l. no north. no
east ana no west only south. on this
point the admiral says.
~ our explorer has succocdod IN
reaching The North Pole. he win be able
20 assert o.. that Dc has reached "a
position where nothing could be- to the
north u him. For instance had Herr
Andrpp succeeded In reaching the North
Pole IN his plucky and adventurous bali
loon voyage. Do would have had no ar
hculty. provided thcrr had been any
wind, IN returning 10 the south, Tor the
simple reason that he could not have
been blown farther north. Tor every
wind would b. u fair wind. that g. u
would blow him south. Obviously the
North Pole differs from any other place
ln tho Northern Hemisphere. innHmuch
aH u cannot possibly have any place
situated b. the north. 10 the east. or TO
the west N IT,
Another popularity a. atiil more strik-
Ing. There ia no time az the Pole. Al
mlrul Mnrkham'a reasoning 81 clear
This IL his explanation.
Those who are c1nvcrHant with tho
use of globes know that all tho mcn-
dlnns III longitude starting from the
equator converge toward and meet nt
the Pole, They know too. that longi-
tudo signifies time ana that difference
~ longitude ~ difference In time They
know very we'll that when n iH noon In
London " u about seven o'clock In the
morning In nnHtnn. ana that when II N
noon Ia san Francisco IL Il about n quar-
Ter past three "a The afternoon IN New
York Now ns the meridian Of
London extends to the North Polo. II
necessarily ennuen that when II ~ noon
In the English capital it must also be
noon 40 the North Pole. In a similar
manner when u IL noon az Boston, or
In San Francisco. or at peking. or any
other place situated IN tho Northern
Hemisphere. II follows that n must be
noon 40 the Pole, because an the ueri-
dlnna ~ those places unite nt the North
Pole; therefore u ~ noon all day long
nt the Polc' Thus there is an ontlrc alb
but u would be- Just nH correct 90 say
that u b. q place whore There iH pre-
pOudcranUc % time. Tor q ia. practical
ly any time NJ day during the whole
twcnty-fuur hours, or Indeed through
the year. In fact, "a Incident az the
Nurth Pole could make u any time ~
day he might choose 20 select, with the
consciousness that 10 would bc the right
tlmrl"
II should Doc remembered IN this con-
ncctIon that there ls but one long day
and one long night ot thopolc each year.
the sun being just above tho horizon
half of the year and Just below u the
other half Ia addition 20 being the
region Of the midnight sun. IL 10 the
ryElon OF the midday night
Another peculiarly ls that objects
there weigh more than on any other
point OF the carth's surface where
the children Of mon dwoll This Is ac-
counted Tor thus
According 10 Ncwtou "a body weigh
ms one hundred aud ninety four
pounds az the equator would Increase
ono pound In weight ut the Pole, simply
because the Polo is thirteen miles near
vr To- the center OF the earth than any
place situated ON tho equatorial belt"
These are some Of the wonders OF the
North Polo, Who viii be the first 20
say. hp has behold them ami can speak
of thom from actual experience? Many
futile attempts have been made and
many lives sacrificed, but slowly tho
rcgion has been approached, and that
the Pole some day win be reached
there can be- no doubt Perhaps
Lieutenant Peary has better chance OF
succeeding than any OF hls prcdeccs-
sorH.