The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-02-04

pushed still nearer. In order TO make advance
stations certain, however, land Is necessary
II seems reasonable u expect some rocky lsiets
north 81 Greenland as FAR as the Soth patailel,
surely 10 the sith. n stations were placed here
There would he only 36O'miles to cover.
For the ineN perienCed traveller who hopes 10
make n quick dash Ia She pole, with no othtr Oh
jet but To- gain a rapid road 10 fame, even 700
miles - impossible To the man who undef
Stands polar conditions aud ~ wiling 10 bunk on
SNOW aLd feed ON frulrn meat Tor tire" months ot
llFra years, however, there - absolutely nn(h'hg
lmr"Ssl1le IN rrossIng tins five, ~ ten degrees 81
LATITUDE Journey, ui greater length were mhue
by thr searcu expedition after Franklin ana De
Long, and Il Journey 81 aomingl greater uhghl,
Jude was twIre made by Lieut.. Peary, vino forced
a path 300 miles across the highlands 81 north
rru Greenland, n region more inhOSplta Die IMAM
ulrlnlate polar regions can be expected 10 be
Compared with the northern geographical pole,
the north magnetic pole Is easy Of access II was
located by Sir John Ross about sixty years ago
From his IN pctlence We know thatlt rs possible To-
lN n permanent land station within n hundred
miles Of the exact spot An expedition Ia THIS
Interesting region would give certain and i'm
purtant results
The work Of Ross was done at a time when
the science Of terrestrial magnetism was ~ lis
infancy. HIS Instruments were primitive and I'M
perfect and his methods for present purposes
entirely unreliable, To lake II magnetic survey
of the regions atout the northern mag letiC pole
In far more important than a geographical sur
veN OF tn" NORTHERN geographical pole. II NJ
irrs u" obstacles comparable TO the HUNDREDS
! OF niles 81 moving lee which viii hove To- he crossed
ana reCrOSSed III the regions farther north. onr
hundred thousand dollars in tn proper hands.
would complete This most valuable work
less known antarctic We aS,al q region vehed
by the darkness IL mystery The arctic Is now
slowly coming out from under lis sleeping SHOWS
winch have buried the sterile ends for centuries
but the antarctic II dugnrntlug us overland
sea of Ice which already covers every rock Offering
a surface upon which snow can rest. Ice and
snow are her" he's ped on IN such quantities that
1t becomes \ difficult task 10 determine the differ
ru,p between laudleSS Ice masses aud icy land
masses I he south polar area IL eys-vwherr
fenced nv n ~circumpolar sea of destructive ice
The shore IL every " here guarded by a stunon-
douS wall of glacial iCc ana the interior is every
where horelr'Nir ,nhmctged by weights Of ice
dissolve the film which hides ia" great white
blank about the luGcr surface Of the globe Will
have the arctic difficulties multiplied by ten.
tf the south magnetic pole We know neNt to
nothing ltlN lu>t a. important aS lts northern
companion. Not less than sly positions are as
signed by experts 10 the south magnetic pole
These positions are from 100 a. 800 miles apart
II we draw a circle 300 miles IN diameter OH the
eastern end 81 tn" great continental mass known
Is WITHSTAND II would he pnS>Ihle 90 say the
south mHgnrgr pole j. snnirN here within Tins,
but No more definite point could H. fixed. Reach
ing ava locating ms pole le entirely praCtlCAble
however. though extremely ditGru,t but II must
not be- TEMPE" by m"u with imperfect knuwl
eIr" IT the subject. The apparent hul deceptive
ease Of ia" work here Is sure To- send III prepared
aIvrl'u'rT- 30 ggei within the next few years
II " possible tu hN - st"lun wl,llu POO miles 81
the probable position 81 ihr greatest dip 81 the
needle, and The Travelling VIII be over high. ice
BURIED lands q region similar. perhaps, Ia the ~
terror ol T. rr"ulNI.d. whcrr the rNpeupucpSuf pra-y
and \duNeu have shown that IN" exploration Is
safe G.a rra. upUhly CrrialE ENDts IT, determine
the south magnetic pole are sun" 20 return material
results. aud u the rlGh' men with lhr night equip
meui make III" effort They VIII certainly hr ~
waiGri by he acrumpu-Hmrr 60, their ambition
Whatever We say ul the geographical south
pole must be prrlaced DN the profession " abSu
luIr iguuIaucr ul the suhirc, II IS the centre Of
an utterly uueNp.'.ra '"g!,l about "Icht million
Squ.r" mir, ~ extent Previous tp the voyage
Of IN" B"lElca no "yred. nun hn, been Nrrl beyond
the uuu- ,,,ylr H.. .INiv Neu'". and thr7r never
has been Uu expedition property htrd out t. reach
the south pole The ucarr>, approach made Zoo
It was by Nh" Ru'.h explorer. James Ross. IN
$50 VIA two odd guubuat, UHdr- sail he
pressed h"vo'i the rome Of the sen Ice, which
quad, the AplHrcuC. 10 q large ice free bay
On the western sd" 81 tins bnv he discovered n
hugh mpuutriuuu, country. hlGUkelrl with pc
priual ice and extending from latitude - deg 5ecs
20 mnuirS - TN" head If TIA" bay at about -
deg Oh ns 30 minutes
From what w. saw of the Antarctic lands south
Of tap' Horn Il H. clear that ~" previously con
crlvr,! imprSs,b'l'v 81 landing or south polar
lands - y mlScunc'plun Tn" lirlgIca mede
twenty drhHthm "uts ana I was discovered that
twas p",s.h bic 90 land on n'HrlN every island and
urck II land ol'eru. 4 proceeding ~ rthorlv rN
pr~lr" From the "N p"rlrur" 81 a." Brlgica Il
would seem That q permanent base II operations
m'rht b. established "lu-' {, tHr seventy eighth
parallel ~ On" NI,l-ia l1rd % Ross This is the
only pu'ri ullrfluT - PROMISING route tp thrt
south yul" The possibilities II rrachIug 1t Will
depend uuun the character # me inland ice II II
lsa smooth even surface, without muurtqln ridges
~ rNt"uNlN" Cr"NHS'",, such rs tho inter or If
7 Grn"nlond and II tuls hand ,ce extends to the
Z pole. tderEll~ NIi''Dlh" power II man with present
mean. +, trrAd ON the spot hui II 4 Is otrerNlsa
then tn"r' is only n small prospect ~ reaching
the southern AVS
We ~ \m"rr,an- have u special interest In
e,~eryiuug u,l.r The hardy NurWnriqn. \ansau.
iar'rr,l north, but although the Norwegian new,
paper inform u, that \,.r"rgl1nS only are fl