The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-11-11
TO BE RACE TO THE POLE
AND Up MONEY AVID MEN CAN WIN
AMERICA WILL NE FIRSI.
A Million and More ~ Necessary Backs tho
Ia Idw Expedition AGsinst the N'nssn-
Abru,ri P~arty-Piana and Route Kept a 80
cret May lie a Balloon Ia u.

Cret uet-lueTe WAY nv
Next summer will witness the entry OF two
exped tons into tho Arct c zone ana the goal OF
each will be the North Pole. In ohs Norway
and Italy. thu north Of Europe and the south.
IN fo,ous +, a Srrgt endaavos TO plant tss.r
fa9s side by side on the spot so many haNe
sought and so many hly. died vainly attempt
In to reach The Duke OF III Abruzzi. a prince
Of the Hous. OF SAVOY, fresh rom ono success
fnl Journey into Arctic desoiatton. and DR..
Frid,Iof Sarsen. tn Norwegian who next 10
him has penetrated fafthest into tn irozsn
north. will lead. all lts'y and Scandiuav IA
cheering them on In the other party an Amer
ican explorer. comuaratively unknown. backed
by an American private citizen. VI set out re-
solye that II human daring aud SKIN can ac-
compllsh IL the Star and StrireS shall be un-
furled first OF all the nations flags whore none
has flown yet. Its to be a race 10 the Pole. a
friendly race the American says. but none tho
less determined Tor that.
"I believe that the North Poe can he dls-
covered" say the American who backs the en-
,erprise, "and II mnrey I'D the right men for
tne work can succeed il shall be reached and the
first flag 10 be planted there shall be the Stars
and Stripes"
lam convinced that the Pole can be reached
says the American who will undertake the risk,
"and I thin ! know how TO get there. I'll do
oil that mortal man can do 10 take the flag there
and | believe l will succeed -
Mex, year h will make lis attempt and Nan
sen and the Duke Of tho Abru7,i vii make
theirs. Neither p 'rty IL t. ling tho world much
about It's plans. but each has 4 clearly defined
scheme OF its own which Will be followed and
ia the prep ration for the task neither money
nor hard work Is beinc spared on either side,
TpH SrS first told. more than a wees ago.
that Eselyn Is. Baldwin. who once vas In the
Arctic with peary was 10 lead the new est planned
American expedition 70 Tho North Pole and VIII
linn Zec'er, the New Yorker who has made
millions in business ventures IN a dozen direc-
tons and has never yet been bestsd In anything
he undertook, was 20 fnanc" the enterprise.
They have not sought publicity AT his stage ~
the Ian, for the journey ara neither Is anxious
g. talk vet about what II IA cxi ectod 10 do and
how IL IL to b. managed. bur he work OF pre-
pairing for the expedition is going stescily on
and when the time comes nothing that 'ore-
thought and money can provide will be wanting
20 ensure success.
Mr.. Baldwin has n plan which he has srent
wears I'm maturing TO reach the Pole. He has
revealed this tian TO three capitalists. and each
Of the three has been willing :" back hin Mr..
Ziegler'- backing was accepted. 1t will be
amply sufficient. Mr. BALDWIN s-ys. NJ. zi.gler
rays lnhl Nv - plfIdl' W u Ni' 'NH' NV l''h
g. 81 end o. .oCn 200 and more. II NECESSARY. TO
: ace the fa- post on the North Pole. ani Re
'evas that Baldwin, carrying out his plan.
icke IL there WHAT that plan IA Mr.. Bald |
and Mr.. II gler both decline 10 tell at
ssent II "A survey % Mr, Baldwin's career
J. ay give n hint here II is:
He was born in the camp Of the Illinois Reg
ulars at Springfield, Mo. and he Il now
81 Ind unmarried His father was n Captain IN
the regiment and later was 1iautenant-Co'onol
Of tn. Fig tn Missouri Cavalry. Youns Bald
win was graduated from the North vestern
College at NNrervillc. Nc. He had as class
mates J. A. and NJ. T SNYDER. now known a, the
banana kings Of Colombia. Al >? Baldwin
tramped through Europe. earning his expenses
as he vent He studied meteOroiosy and for a
time was connected with he Weather Bureau
at Washington and various station. in the
South aud West. Ncteor"iory led his fancy 10
Arctic exploration. AID In 1893 he volunteered
70 the second Paa-y expedition and
was accepted lie went with the party ~
neteor ologist. and therefore studied especially
ATMOSPHERE coud tions In the Arctic. TIL" ex-
petition got a. far north as he great ice cap on
the head Of the Humboldt glacier in Grsenlnnd.
tr ,vellinR along the back hone of Greenland at
A greater altitude by n mile or more Ia n any
other expedition. and I reached latitude 70
The rarty were in the Arctic from June. 1903.
10 October. $50 so that throughout an entire
Arctic sea on the young explorer had part,cu-
lar on ortuuites TO obs rye atmosphere con-
dtions a. a hch altitude. He returned with
Lieut.. Peary A. the end ~ lsa. Three wears
later - hurried t. Spltzbergen in tho hope Of
ACCOMPANYING IN. Inflated Andree on his
balloon voyage TO the Pole. There wss no
room for him in the car which carried away |
Andree and hs two compsn ons ir'o the m
know. end he returned Disappointed. The
next wear he r. companicd the Wnllpan expc-
dition to Franz Josef Land He returned with
his own plan for finding the North Pole.
II happened early tbs year and only
o few months NJ or h' return that h. ac-
ceuted ~ invitation from his cd assmates.
the SNYDER. to visit tho plantation in Cnlom-
bis with them On thu "trip he told of hiS polar
plan. The Snyder, thought we'll OF & aud
offered to 1T out an exp"di on for him. Vt they
discussed no = an first w'h their cousin. VIII |
liam T. egler. while on a Wit 20 lin In this city. |
Mr.. 2eeler heard the project. cou,id-r"di'. sent
Tor Baldwin and heard him and 'h.r announced
that he would finance the e,ped ton. II there
was to be one. him."If Baldwin joyfujly &C.
copied and that is how II hapyers that a New
York business MN /, u be r's9onsibl. f"r Al
expedition t. the Poe. pledged TO set there
before any Italian or Norwegian.
Nansen's last plan 20 roaCI tho Pole was IN
drift northwnrd with tn leo over or pat 1, a"d
back 10 open water and civilization. lie was
stopped at In ti'ud' Ni4, th- hSh-S' point at
tanned then s.ucs tie Greedy cy ped ton Of
Issi-s4, which had 10 return from laiitu ~ ~ n.
hbruzzi, in tis last i%ouTnor, followed the
method Of older explorers, to d Il norihward
I'll frozen aud then sled II AZ far north a.
possible. He reached the highest point yet st-
,t,g 1.s.V .aNA q 10 10 a. I