The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-02-04
ONLYONE WAY T0THE POLE
.yD mar ~ BY WALKING, SAYS DIR.
f~REDERICk 4. COOK.
IN. Eskimo Has Pointed Out mo only
Means Of Reaching On. stage OF 3oo
NILES of lee tn BE Crossed Hunts Tor
three Other Poles Besides the Northern

utab"
uil.s of IT,. to he Crossed Hunts Tor
Tbrr. Other Poles Besides the Northern
Coplryht 1917. Gy F,,dertck 4. 'ook
rh.,. WAS A time IN frigld lore when We wrote
onl> II 9TH. Pole. and everybody understood
us a. referring to the north pole. hut We have
? discovered that The north pole has rrals, Thetea are
mot less than four poles beyond the horizon oi am
h,tIou, explorers t. day; four important poles
uscd ever, hour 81 the day and every day oi the
year by nayIgators aud land surveyors and other
u.u. up,u whom millions of lives and heaps Of
fortunes depend
Tb.s. are the two grugta phical poles, the north
-tu aud southern axes and, ~ sui greater i'm
uor,snCr. the two magnetic poles the positive
and negative poin,s 81 the earth nj which the
/ tel r.s,rial and atmospheric electricity Interchange
currents Though these poles are in mumentary
use. IA. regions IN which they are located are the
only parts u the world Of which We know nothing
As the maps If the earth 5 surface are beng spread
the blank spaces at HE poles are more and mote
pncto,Ch.d upon, but the poles sui remain lar
beyond the border lands. So many efforts have
been made within the past few years Ia reach
the one pole OF greatest popular interest the
north Inle, and 50 many failures have 'alIen
10 the lot II these pole seekers that 1t Is nm" a.
ash, as | have been asked daily, Is the pole at
tHiunhle' This question, however, wish To-
change IN conformity To- modern needs, and IN
Justice To The less thought OF, bu, more important,
othe- poles What are the possibilities Of reach
ing the four poles
The northern geographical pole, by its near
ness to rs and by the records Of historic effort
deserves first attention. The popular Idea mat
all Arctic expeditions have the North Pole ~ their
uitimrt, destination is erroneous. only the
expeditions Of Mares, lr Long, \anSrn, Jack
son, Nndree, We!!man, Luigi, and thelost venture"
Of lieut. Peary, have aimed 10 mount the pivot. MI
except reary aud Lug have returned WITH plenty
Of experience and with scientific results ul value,
but without the pole. The public want, the pole
and nothing short oft People viii hail the man
whose foot has been ON the exact spot but they
will condemn all efforts short If thHt The hero
worshippers are ready, but how Is the hero u I've
made How can he climb IN" ladder of polar
fame, aud what are the Obstacles in his way
The chimerlc hopes uf an open polar
sea, or any other easy road 10 TIA" pole"
must now he abandoned. The drltt 81
\qnSen's ship the Fran. and the destruction "i
tine ships uf DE Long and Wellman have removed
the possibility Of gaining high latitude with safety
or the certainty Of results by the drirng "ta ship
IN the pa,h ice The submarine boat, and the
ice rruShers, # which So much i said al present
, are entirely impossible, owing to the Inability
Of carving sufficient coal " t. balloons
they Arc stll Two much Il an experiment
When We can 81 manage balloons ar
Hying machines that We can sail from \"N Work.
" Chicago and back aca.n on schedule time
without accident, then We may experiment with
them IN poler work. but not until then Balloon,
m, ,.,,d e,ouph +, go /, brq,en in. as We have
Issrn,d nv >udr,e'S .>p,teurs. they 70 m we'll
.nnuyh. but they don't come down satisfactorily
The ,,lL a. m,deru inventions. Of lmpr,yad
and condensed food, Of a thousand hon,rs Il
latter d,y advantages for tins Kind If .1plom-
ma, . h,s.d up,u an luperfect buov ledge
a. ,hs subi.ct The only re, thing II, milo IN
,.l,, vo,L uh,ch has offered , urrm,,n Il Sill,
ono. "a, ,ha ,,ps,,ucr,u If m, Fam With
.J,r,r, ,l.s f., rl, hrr oti If A.. hur nf ice rra,
sn,s I'm, eve, nm, is suu an .,p.rm.ut v,.t
o,n,.r,,s -, ,, duv pto,er the r,od old -rr,ble
scaling vessels In foods There hive been many
"'""N ''
~" ca"'u N''e"nh' ''"''' "''''' Sums u" h''"'
est amount 81 huttllOn with the least lnN~,ni"
u.,,h, .,u. Of ,b,-4 are aids. hn, | have ,e,
-,
I" hih the man wa" N"lu ""' prefer mn sea-
ani bear meat Ia the finest CANNED Ntuifs The
s,,me,h does moi lake kindly for \ prolonged
W."
period 10 'hO"'a'"rH NATURES y VII" '"' ''"l
and the ship, 81 with The equipment Most 81
ia, pa, ,nXeptinrs have Lreu miserable feliurrs
w.
me aluminium az" "copper" """'N an" >'''EeN
ana the improved Cioih.ug. ana y hurdfei bpaSt"d
,,,.Irs. II The tuIh la. admitted hay. b,.u
NV
mlNIhNrN Vi l"r '"''NN'H '''"""'' '"Nr wei"
with outfits based uI,n INST puuclpl-~ ~ polar
.vuI,,ou,u only tna al. n.b.ds end simpl.
l..,.
iuooS ha'e p'e" u 'HH'''- '""'
The man who succeeds in reaching the North
Poi. n,ust ma ,ne who by habr AID n.ruugun,.
! -
mas given 'he ( .eH">' P'SN'"t 'H'' '' h'""r
details 81 daily life aud wuth. unr Wuu - ,rt-
,,,,, T., ,r.La .urc Il htp- thirp- byt ,ayl,.is
'.,. .,, z,iiI, a. ~ ma.
NIUE "'eS' VIII i'''N'' '"' D" W. e""'' WV
who secures u big >tuch II clothing ard food,
but vhn FORGET, shnc>trugs aud matches. will
49, .,ot An 20, o,.,. -, a.,
soon '"W' !" t'''I W. '' 'NI''"'' VI '"'
past proves tins Th'" is but one way to reach
ma, ~ Inc u,Ias and TN. Vpy T.. in, ulil, I'D
- . ,.r,,. .
lnN"oh'" way W ".'"''S W. II " I'''
full 81 obstacles. hGtd'hii' ana dlN'rn!i dHgS'd
work with No pleasure except those winch grr
! nlnyI,d with a thousand lille incidents As Via.
, elements If nature and the ialugs Of man ne
nyar.ums
A.. must walk 10 the role and TINT ms ba
. lia,s is urgitiy,ly tho only vgy W. must un, udpi.
al nur ,nstIy md cumbersome mp,bIuar,. vn
mus lqaye our high perch n modern Hight Nc
n,rSi come olt If balloons aud 20 back To- mothrr
earth and 10 the habits II her abo-irlnrs In e.,
nur s,nonllug If We take our lessons from nature
rng necessary equipment for a polar vain mus,