The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-30
NORTH POLE
THEIR GOAL
Intrepid Explorers, with Submarine Boat, Will
Make One More Attempt to Reach
End of the Earth

I history of brave failure has called
the, Arctic sphinx" The first summer
perActly equipped expedition start to
| find the point, where there is no more
north, but it will see Austria, Russia.
peting with America for the prize sought
| by the world for centuries Walter
| Wellman may yet make an eighth in this
international race of 1901, while 1t is to be
remembered that three explorers are al
ready on the very scene Of action, any
one Of whom may even now have won
the long sought victory.
OF Andree no word has been received
| since that brief message brought by
carrier carrier pigeon PIG which; under cate OF y
Peary and SverdrU5 Have been in the po-
lar regions for three consecutive seasons.
! The American lieutenant, a veteran in
this hazardous service, is surely creeping
closer and closer to the goal of his de-
sires, carrying his countrys flag.
THE lean, white bear has seen it in the
long, long arctic night;
The musk OK knows the standard that
haunts the northern light"
Otto sverdrup. Nansen's famous cap
ship, Fran, has declared that he will
| make no attempt upon the pole, but
! confine himself to the explorations Of
Greenland; There is, however, no law
against Norwegian's changing his mind,
and any man trained under DR.. hansen
is competitor not to be despised.
for the earth's most northern point.
Until the Italian Duke D'Abruzzi spent
100000 to lower the record by twenty.
three miles, it was Nansen who had ap-
preached the pole most nearly. This year
these two leaders are to join forces, and
with 1,00o,000 to draw on reindeer car
avian will represent their countries in the
fair white land. Call our expedition
simply one of arctic exploration" says
the royal Italian modestly IF we find
the pole it will be time enough to particu-
larize."
Austria, Russia and Canada, however,
are sending out the most sensational Of
all these expeditions. Prof. Auschuetz-
KaemDfe, Of Munich, has won the ap-
proVal and backing of the Imperial Geo
graphical society for the most remarka-
BILE attempt of all. He has planned n
submarine boat, capable of Withstanding
tho pressure Of the ice, in which he pro-
poses to dive under the great foes COM
ing up for breathing spaces in the open
places known to exist in the summer sea-
i son. This vessel is to be toWed to the
edge CT the Ice pack and there is to begin
its diving experiments whenever it finds
1t impossible to steam along the surface.
TO DIVE UNDER THE ICE.
Describing his strange craft, the design
er has said: Because it promises TO
withstand the pressure of ice and water
more easily than any other form, l de-
clded to give my boat the shape of an
egg. The shell VIII be of the same ma
terlal and will have the same oracing
all round as the ship that carried Nam
sen through SO many hardShipS. The liV-
ing room viii be exactly in the center,
and around it the sleeping cabins Will be
grouped, the ceilings, walls and floors
having several coatings of non-conduct-
ing material. TO insure further warmth
tn ships sides will be lined with tarred
ielt,, cork padding, panelfhg, another
layer OF felt, alright unoleum and more
paneling-hVe coats, all told.
There Will be but one opening the
turret, which projects about one foot
and serves as manhole through which
the crew may enter and depart The tur-
RET is the captains bridge and has 1--WE
glass windows Of enormous tn1ckn asses
one oVerhead-Which may be raised-and
the rest in the direction of the four hcm1-
spheres.
cllltating diving and rising, the others
Tor moving forward or backward in an
even, horizontal way. The motive power
is supplied by storage battery cells when
peloW water, by kerosene motor when
travelling on the surface. The boat all
ways remains on the surface long enough
10 10 accumulate enough power for fifteen
hours below water Submarine sneed
o7s miles per hour
me boat is fit to remain below water
4of longer period than would be required
~ ~ pass pas under the greatest icefield or
Puck ever met with, and likewise to
Sclrcumnavigate the foot of the most CO.
iossal lcebergs. That much accompiisae0
II rises when the next lake is reached
- SIOIdSS Ddltery cells
whether the lake be ten miles or oT7i,,
nlie, or half mile broad doesn't mat,
Ter Inc boat need remain on the sur
lace only long enough to replenish ire
tdIlhs; aTter that 1t can resume its s1h
water 0'poVe
If, for some reason or other. a solid
re pII9Se is ENCOUNTERED, the boat is not
doomed, for it has apparatus to bIow q
noie through the icy cover in which a
wa" Ta spot is previously located"
Inc method by which the Russian bear
van dispute the territory of the polar
pear IS almost as picturesque as this of
PT01 haempfe's Vice Admiral Makaroff
VIII attempt to crush his wav to the
PoIe IN the Ermak, and it is to be said
mat the officer is practical man of wide
experience in Arctic waters. and that he
government has placed practically I'M
Htn1ted means at his disposal
me Ermak is a formidable machine
She is mass of steel almost as uncrush
aoIe as asolid block. Ehe is 3O5 feet LONG.
~ Ieet broad. 42ss feet in depth Her
enggines, % ddeNVeloping through four pro
peters 1900 horse power, hurI this great
mass upon the foe with a Dossibie
sEeeo OF 16 knots an hour. But it is
not alone upon crushing the ice before
ner that the Ermak depends for her eff
1ect1veness. One of her chief methods
OF breaking path Is to crush the ice
beneath her. Both boy and stern project
the propellers are at the stern, but the
fourth. on which she mainly relies for
her power against heavy ice is under +ha
Dow The function of this propeller ia
not so much to urge the ship forward
as to suck the water from under the ice
The ice sinks with the water. The enor-