The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-29
1ew Scheme to Be Presented to
the Congress in Berlin.
I. 6. JAcksoN's PROPOSITION.


Tae Atest ard mos; novel scheme for
Ennsftuw % the North Poe has been sug-
neeed BY A. c. Jackson. president Of the
b ln1ka Geographical Society. and he says
go proposition liz gong 10 be presented
~ himself 10 the International geographi-
- eoassess that meets 10 BerIip ihr. lai-
- rart Of September. His idea is TO
z~art from Aune point on the north coast
- Alaska With ahree amps. loaded ana
feroytslontd Ter fiye years cruise, sail
- lar north ~ possible, and then Tie the
eau6eia fast t0sthe floating ice, anC drift
J = near the paie az possible. Then he pro-
1saes 10 unloada herd Of reindeer that Ia
I skoard the ships ard start overland for the
Asctic mecca. unreefsng behind spool OF
eeeper wire for ase purpose Of keeping in
! eeuUtant telephone csmmun6cation with
~ men aboard the vessels and to serve
= 5 guide to .reasrn After. the poe ~
eoached.
The scheme was proposed AT a meeting
e the Alaska Geographical 6ocsety he'd
! n the pAriors Of the Ralnfer-GFand hotel
i 1T evening. Mr. Jackson did not so into
81 the details Of his troposlt on. content
~ himself with a brfaf synopsis Of what
~ proposes to present to the geogTaphl-
al sayanis who viii aAsembie In the Ger
ma metropolis In tho saii. Mr.. Jackson
Il have bean invited ia take part in the
! Ten to the president Of thu congress that I
etAsi pr<aent q new echAne for North
telaS exploration. Starring from the north
BARROW or elsewhere. with three ships pro-
Md With supplies 10 last five or more
yeass. ! shall propose 10 GO as far north
= the ice will permit. and tltsn make fast
q the ice and drift as Nanssn lid, only
nuch farther: and when the pole IL APP
pFoached Ut II known 10 a certainty that
vessels. II surviving the pressure Of the tes.
vii pass within 30 miles Of ~, To dis
embark ard no over the Ice by. means OF
sdndeer transportation.
II think this proposition OF tssnsporta-
dpn will in a large measure AVive the
p(oblem Of Arctic travel AZ for the sns-
tenance OF the reindeer. WHY not faed them
n cattle are fed during the winters Rein
1oef NOSE may be dF.ed ~ grassNs. and
Nth vesseis almost any quantity may he
~Asother feature shall, propose vii he
70 ectab.ish tessphonic communication be-
TWEEN the vessels and the parties tIayel-
"a oss 81 ann, II Nahssn ,,s na a. 'aksh .W
mrans 70 guide him hack u the Franz he
Would have seemingly no dificuly In
REACHING the pole. and would have sated
IL hack 10 Franz Josef land After ielsr-
Tag the vessels stations might be estate
tlahed on the Ice. and provisions cached Az
ihs. NE return from the pole could be
The possible breaking of the wire pre-,
sented no difiiculty 10 the scheme, A. II
could easily be found again and although
cesS , ss s ssh the Res gs n s ad
sill serve its main purpose. and be
fgldc for the explorers back TO their haven
M reason for taking three vesseis wuulc
b 70 guard against the destruction Of the
oAiy means OF the explorers Rgain reach
tn2 civilization
Nr. Jackson was 20 impressed with the
feasibility of his proposition that he sug-
Dnm4a6 NHfwht ho ri hafn Ne.
&xpedtfUn 70 the pole was undertaken. He
proposed testing the scheme between
7caps Prince OF Wales and East cape. on
the Siberian coast, stretching the wire
AcrcAe Boring straits TO see IL II would
break enough 20 be entirely lost He aug
eested that the government reindeer at she
Congregational mission at Cape Prince OF
Wales be used n proving their efficacy as
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