Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-26
A NORTH POLE PLAN.

Another plan for reaching the North
Pole is being talked OF, Two Klon-
dikers, Mark Rumsey and Harold SO.
rensen, are said to have determined 10
try what success they may achieve In
explorations in the extreme north. They
have acquired fortune In KlondIke
and win spend part Of It In a tield
where so many have failed.
Their idea Is. according 10 the Chi
caco News, to discard the elaborate
plans and preparations Of previous ex-
plorers, and 10 travel os far as possible
over land and Ice. They intend utllz-
ms the British military posts and forts
in the far northwest as bases for de-
pafture and they have been promised
hearty cooperation by British officers.
Going bv boat from Seattle TO Juneau
and thence across mountains and riv-
ers to Fort Frances, they viii there es-
tablish their first station. The second
win be Fort Simpson, 200 miles farther
to the north. Thence they will cross the
Mackenzie river and follow the waters
OF Lake La Matre TO the east, estab-
fishing a station at the headwaters
OF the lake and then going eastward to
Fort Enterprise on Lake Providence,
the last outpost station to the north
ward. From this point they VIII pro-
coed in general northeastward direc-
ton, passing on their way the island Of
Boothla, where the magnetic pole IL
located. stll swervlng northward, they
will establish supply stations as they
go until they reach northern Green
land. From Cape Kane they expect to
80 almost due north TO the pole over
ice foes. their stations and caches Of
provisions being still nearer together
as they approach their goal.
The difference between this plan and
that Of Lieutenant Peary Is chiefly this
that these two explorers do not propose
TO begin with an expensive ship outfit.
They viii establish stations at intervals
and rely for provisions on men detailed
for the purpose OF forwarding the
necessarles OF life TO them over these
stations BY means Of these relays
they will be In constant communication
with civilization. The expedition may
take ten years, but its practicabllity Is
not doubted. The explorers have plen-
ty Of means TO employ help in carrying
supplies TO the stations established,
and they can at least not get lost as
long as they are within easy reach OF
the extreme of their long line Of sta
lions.
The plan seems simple enough. But
Mr.. Walter Wellman, who knows
whereof he speaks, does not believe in
establishing stations on the Ice, for the
reason that they are likely TO get lost
But the two explorers, who, having
gold. thirst for fame, are not likely to
stop for any such considerations. They
will try their plan at any rate.
II II ny Hp ilebilS lHilNohipAf AiinA VIC
solution OF the North Pole problem
will one day be presented TO the world
by someone least expected TO achieve
success in that direction. 1t is known
that the rugged spltzbergen sailors do
not look with much confidence on the
expeditions equipped with all the ten
der care OF modern science. Some Of
them think q few rough seamen with
years OF experience IN Arctic fishing
and hunting would have no difficulty
in reaching the Pole. And II is by no
means impossible that the feat finally
will be performed by some hardy son
Of the North with sufficient means to
spend on the trip. Long living in Alas
ka among the gold diggers, is no bad
training for an Arctic trip, With that
experience with plenty Of gold and with
fervent enthusiasm for the cause, there
Is more than possibility OF success.