Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-11-29
ART IN The AMTARCTICS
r. w. Stokes Viii Paint South
: su~~x. Polar Scenes. ~aesrs..
sA1LEpw1THswED1sH EXPEDITION

SAILED WlTHSWEUlsd hA1hOAAAV"
Has Had Similar Experience BEFORE
In the Neutrality-suspicious. OF HIS
wonderful studio, Which II Built
In sections to h Bolted-His Novel
Paint Boz.
When the good ship Hesperides left
her dock in Brooklyn the other day
bound for South American ports,
among her passengers Frank
Wilbert Stokes, the only representative
American we have among the mere
handful Of men who, under the hags
of three nations and from three d.
vergent points of the compass, Will en-.
deavor to fathom the mysteries LOCKED
in the icebound antarctic seas, says the
New York Mail and Express. This
American makes claim to be neither
scientist nor sea rover, but is an artist,
whose devotion to his work is 50
great that he counts as naught the
dangers and privations of an eighteen
month sojourn in q region the average
temperature Of which, so far as record
ed. is the lowest experienced by man.
Mr.. Stokes intends to join in Buenos
Ayres the third antarctic expedition to
be fitted out this year. It is the Swed-
ish expedition under DIR. Otto Nor
denskjold in the steamship Antarctic
that the American artist will join. This
expedition sailed from Gutenberg on
Oct. 16. CDR. Nordenskjold's expedi-
ton is a private venture" explained
Mr.. Stokes. GAS 1 am going purely In
the capacity Of an artist I do not feel
competent to speak as a scientist OF
what the outcome Of the voyage may,
be. Yet !. am fully convinced that the
party will have Some interesting dis
coveries fo give 70 the world. We IN.
tend to sail from the Argentine tor
TERRA del Fuego," continued Mr..
Stokes, "and shall possibly stop at Port
Stanley and the Falkland islands. max
ing scientific observations and gather
Ing natural history specimens. Then
we shall make directly for Graham
Land, the great icebound region
island or continent, none has yet de-
termined."
Mr.. Stokes then went On to say that
a party Of six, including himself,
would be left on Graham Land until
the following spring the northern
autumn) while the Antarctic would
sail northward again, cruising around
the island groups mentioned. Then in
the spring the ship would pick up the
Elk and the whole party would cruise
around in the ice throughout the sum-
mer and try to penetrate the great Ice
packs and make a second dash for
1.-THE farthest SOUTH" The party hopes
to reach Montevideo, Uruguay, on the
homeward trip some time in March,
1908.
For the six months stay in Graham
Land Mr.. Stokes has made careful
preparation, two previous voyages
one in 1892 with the Peary relief ex-
petition, another in 1893-94 with the
Peary north Greenland party-havine
taught him what mercy to expect from
the remorseless cold Of the polar re-
gions.
"Yes," he admitted, with a laugh.
"I do so we'll prepared this time. Elk
p~erience is a great teacher. Artists are
not supposed to give much thought to
the practical side of life, but expe-
rience in the arctic has impressed me
with the Importance Of little things,
for a few minutes delay in ones plans
there may mean death. So I have
turned inventor during the last few
months. AS a result, I start for the
south thoroughly equipped"
Mr.. Stokes inventions range all the
way from q combination cooking pot to
q studio fitted in sections. The latter,
which will be used by Mr.. Stokes dur
ing his s~ojourn on Graham Land, Will
be the first studio ever erected south
Of the antarctic circle. 1t was made In
New York city under the personal SUI
pervision Of the artist and at once pro-
claims him q true American, SO in
genious has he been in attending to
the smallest detail which would help
defy the rigors Of the elements and
! &UdhC 1OI COAlLOlS AZ
land.
In the first place, not q nail or =
screw will be used in putting up this
miniature studio, for miniature it is
with a vengeance, being only II feet
long, 6 feet wide and a little over 6
feet high. 1t is made in sections, of
yellow pine, grooved, and all the Sec
lions bolt together. When set up, the
structure will have an outer and an
inner shell, with a three inch "air
space" between. Its base will be two
feet from the ground, for that's where
the cold comes FROM" asserts Mr..
Stokes, after painful experience, and
felt lines every joint, while between
the grooves tar paper is placed. So
much to defy the antarctic air currents.
To heat his "workshop" the artist
has had made two double burner oil
stoves, which will be set below the
Eoor in a galvanized iron box 2 feet