The Washington weekly post., 1900-11-20
Trolley 10 HpRIH PelE.
Newell Attempt 10 Garry supplies on m
Arctic Expedition.
From tts chieass Tribsss.

From ths chiesse Trihsss
To the north pole with the ald ot wind
nill and trolley line Is the latest In arctic
exploration. and the plan is only just dis
closed by the return Of the steamer Goa
TO Hammerfest. Norway, after an uDsue-
cesSful search for the Abruzzi expedition,
which il missed The organizer OF this
novel expedition is Lieut. Bauendahl, the
German explorer, and on account OF the
secrecy maintained, he reached the arc
tics before his plan for reaching the far
thest north became known 20 the world
With the story Of the methods TO BE en-
pioyed the mystery OF the absence OF dogs
in the expedition is cleared.
Lieut. Bauendahl. who is Of some note
in Germany as an explorer, left Hamburg
with seven ren on a little fishing steam
er the MataGor. in August last The OBJ
jects of the expeditiOn-an attempt 10
reach the north pole and an incidental
search for Andree-WeTe known, together
with the fact that It carried provisions
far two years. But Just how he was TO
reach the pole, or make any progress at
all through the arctic ice in his puny
olIe-encine vessel Lieut.. Bauendahl kept
10 himself while still IN Europe. There
were many who doubted the sincerity OF
the expedition, and laughed at the size Of
the vessel as il passed out TO sea, REFER
ring TO il sarcastically as ''Bauendahi
| ice crusher.'
Rut with the return OF the Gioa light
was cast on the plan TO be pursued. anu
the story shows Bauendahl is nearly as
daring and startling as the intrepid aeroh-
aut for whom he is to search. The GJoa
fell i'm with the MatadOr at Cape Sou-h,
and or a visit TO Bauendahl by Capt.
Hagerup the former related how ne eA-
pects to reach the pole.
HIS plan is 10 steam his vessel to the
edge of the ice field, at about the elghty-
| first parallel of latitude, where he VIII DIS
embark his forty wateT-tighL supply
chests. each weighing 800 pounds Tnere-
upon Bauendahl and an assistant VIII
push ahead, dragging a windmill on
siedge To the windmill will be attached
| a stout cable which will play out as the
sledpe advances When the length OF the
cable has been run out the windmill Will
| be fixed on the highest ground available
and set in motion. The action will turn
| a windiass, winding in the cable. 10
which the supply chests have been attach
| ed bv the party remaining behind. When
aIj the chests have been brought up in this
manner Bauendahl will again push ahead
with the windmill and the performance
will be repeated until the pole Is reached
| The number OF chests 10 be dragged at
one haul viii depend upon the strength Of
| the wind. q,
The chests were carefully constructed
| in Germany for the parpose. They are
| shaped like the pulkha, sledge used In
| Iapland. and fitted out with low runners
| to facilitate their movement over the ice.
Where a space of water too large 10
pass around is encountered the chests VIII
| be iashed together to form a raIt on
which the whole party VIII cross. Where
| the ice is too broken or too uneven to
drag the chests by the windmill method
| the trolley feature of the plan VIII be
nut into use The cables Will be strung
on bamboo tripods brought along for the
| purpose. The chests will be hung to the
| trolley cable by means of hooks. and
pulled along by the members of the eX-
uedition, who will remove each impeding
| tripod as they reach il after having fixed
another lust behind the travelling chests.
| Rauendahl calculates his company, split
up into parties of two along the line Of
| the trolley. can erect and take II down as
/ the chests are moved forward without
great delay and without bringing tne
| cases to the ground.
| The explorer hopes with ten hours or
work q day to make two or three miles
! each twenty-fOur hours and in this way
cover the 600 miles from his starting point
| TO the pole in a year. allowing 100 days
| for DELAYS due to storms. intense cold, &c.
| He figures he has just enough provisions
| for the Journey TO and from the pole.