The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-23
TO SEARCH FOR THE POLE
DR.. I. 4. Cook Talks Of the Three
Antarctic Expeditions.
They VIII AR Start During August
The Germans Have the Support of
to Be Under the Charge of a
Son of Baron NordensI<jOId.

NEW YORK. Feb. 23.-D- Frederick A.
Cook, Of the Belgica South Polar expedi-
ton, who returned Wednesday from BrUs-
seis. where he is collaborating On the sci
ontihc report Of his expedition, 10 be pub
lished by the Belgian Government in elev-
en- volumes. Is full of the details Of the
three South Polar eZpeditions-G German,
British. and wedish-which VIII start in
the coming August and approach the great
Antarctic continent at three equidistant
points.
-'Au three expeditions viii start during
the coming August" said Dr.. Cook, and
enjer the Antarctic region at the beginning
OF its next spring. The largest IS the Ger
man party, for which the Imperial Gov
eminent has supplied nearly $500, 600. It
viii be in charge Of Prof DrygaIski- The
vessel for the expedition, row building at
kiel. VIII be modelled on the modern whal-
er, not on the Fran, which was built
for drift work and inland seas and would
turn bottom up in the Antarctic Ocean
The expedition viii stop first at Kergue-
len Island. in about so degrees south lati-
tude, southeast Of the Cape of Good Hope,
and proceed from there southeast to the
NAtsC VI TIE It, us uISL objective DDllL
on the Antarctic continent viii be Termi-
nation Land, said 10 have been discovered
by the American navigator, Wilkes. IN
ABOUT 1910, but its existence has since been
questioned The expedition is planning to
be away two years, and viii devote itself
chiefly TO teep-sea sounding and dredging.
A second supply vessel may accompany DR..
DrySalski for some distance.
The British expedition. next in inpor-
&C tn hn
the royal navy. It is backed almost en-
tirely by DR.. Longstaff. Of the Royal Ge-
ographlCal Society who has subscribed for
1t fully SZGO,00 They will 90 in a mod
ern Whaler, with extra cabin and scientific
/; accommodations, now under construction,
, first to a southern point in New Zealand
I! or Australia. and from there approach the
part Of the Antarctic continent known as
( Victoria Land Their main object is per-
haps the most Interesting OF the three
parties 1t is to find the south magnetic
pole, which has never yet been ever ac-
curately located. By the time they are
ready 30 start the magnetic observations
| of Ross and Wilkes and the Belgian expe-
| dition viii have been Jointly figured up,
and will indicate, explorers think. that
the pole lies only 100 or 200 miles inland
( from the Victoria Land coast.
| The Norwegian expedition is the small
/ est Of the three. and least will be expected
/ of it. It viii be in charge of Otto Nor
/ denskjold, son Of Baron NordenskjoId, oil
/ Arctic fame, d youth scarcely twenty-siz
! years old He has secured Captain Larsen
and the ordinary sealing vessel the Foam
/ in which Larsen discovered Szenf0rn Land
/ in 1898 The expedition VIII be to that re-
/ gion. SzenfOrn Land is supposed to be d
/ part Of King oscar Land, and the route
( thither is by Cape Horn or the Falkland
Island NoTdenskJold himself is an ardent
! ZOolOgist. and viii specialize upon zoology
and fossils.
/ "When it is said that these three expe-
/ ditions will cooperate" less is really
} meant than appears. Cooperation means
/ very little more than previous q agreements
/ as to what lines scientific specialization
/ viii take and the agreement to take SINH
/ lar observation at certain times and
( places"