The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-30


Jam Ziegler the New York millionaire,
Evelyn Briggs Baldwin sails from from
soc on the 25th of this month to win for
America the glory of being first at the
north pole. Il say only what I firmly
believe to be true" he has said when
declare that I will plant the Stars and
Stripes upon the axis Of the earth" As
If in reply to this the man who has thus
Ear come the nearest to that long-sought
northern goal, the Duke DAbruzzi Says:
f'EVery explorer had better hold his
tongue before starting out, and loosen it
only when he gets back with some re-
suit"
Yet never since the days Of the Cabots,
Of Willoughby and Chancellor, never
during oil the four centuries of vain eff
fort and heroic endeavor to gain to that
Ultima Thule of the far white north, has
IN expedition set out so completely
equipped to achieve success as this, in
which the wealth and patriotism of Mr..
Ziegler has come to the aid of the skill
and daring of Mr.. Baldwin says the
Philadelphia Press. AS far as experience
foresight and ready capital have been
able to provide, nothing essential is lack
ing. 1t will carry vast quantities of the
most nutritious foods, condensed by the
methods of modern science to the small
est bulk. This means less labor for the
dogs-and where Dr. Nansen started
with 400. The latest and most approved
instruments for scientific research and
record are to be taken, and the personnel
of the party Of forty includes many well
known scientists and specialists, experts
In geographical charting, geology, bot
any and meteorclcgy. Sergeant Francis
Long, of the New York weather bureau,
and one of the survivors Of the Greedy
expedition Of 1881, is to be of the party,
while Prof. William H. Brewer, of Yale
university, will be Mr.. Baldwin's first
assistant.
The fleet Of the expedition includes
three vessels-the flagship America, q
three-masted steam whaier of 446 tons net
burden, completely ref1tted in reference
to the work before her; the Frithjof
famous in the history of Arctic explora-
tion, and the Belgica, that carried Capt
de Geriiche and his Belgian fellows into
the Antarctic. The last named will pro-
coed at once to Greenland, establishing
provision stations along the east coast
for the use of the party on it's return.
The FrithjOf has already started for the
ice folds of the North, carrying skilled
hunters, who are to secure walrus, seal
and lear meat, to be landed at a desig-
mated point in Franz Josef land. She will
also make numerous deposits Of dog food
throughout the islands OF the archipelago
by which means not only may the dogs
be kept in condition but the party will
be enabled to make extensive scientific
observations on their journey north.
ROUTE TO BE FOLLOWED.
The route selected by Mr. Baldwin has
never been traversed. There Is a large
territory in Franz Josef land between
the British channel and the Austrian
sound which has not yet been charted.
This the explorer will cross, advancing,
It is believed, to the extreme northern
portion of land in the archipelago be-
fore the long Arctic night shuts down.
"And there" says Mr.. Baldwin, I'VE
shall erect the northernmost house in
the world, and eat our Thanksgiving din
ner. We shall be able to do this by virtue
of our great pack of dogs and the
draught ponies; our equipment can be
moved in bulk during periods of good
weather, and no cause will exist for the
usual vexatious delay Of turning back to
advance supplies We shall spend the
night at tn s point and next spring, with
the first glimmer Of the Arctic dawn, we
shall make our dash for the pole.
I'VE are taking with us he con-
tinued, "a large supply of very light
building material, with which to con-
struct wind proof shelters on our north
ward advance These will remain as per-
manent structures along our line of
march, and will serve to greatly enhance
the comfort and we'll being Of our party
by easing the terrible strain of Arctic
sledge journeys"
Two features of this Baldwin-Ziegler
expedition are of peculiar interest, the
buOy-balloons and the condensed food.
The balloons, forty in number, and made
at Quincy ILL.,, are to be used to mark
the path of the travellers To each will
be attached ten buoys ten feet apart
hanging one below the other, weighing
ten pounds EACH and arranged with a
hberator for detaching the buoys one at
time as they strike the earth Each
buoy will contain message, showing
the latitude whence the balloon was sent
UP, and such other word as the explorers
care to leave behind. The buoys are
made of copper and cord and are shaped
like top. In the center is a hollow
space, which will contain the messages
The food supplies. more than anything
else, promise to make this journey across
Ice pack and tundra safe and rapid In
the direction of the compression and
condensation Of the most nourishing
foods present day science has reached a
point of wonderful perfection. A lozenge
half the size of a scent piece. dissolved
In hot water, produces a cup of very
strong coffee, another resolves itself into
poulIlon, and small pocket can con-
talns ample meat sustenance for one
man for three days.
BALDWIN, twenty carloads of the choi-
cest parts of the beef were required. In
preparing beef for pemmican it loses no
less than IS per cent by eyapor,ation
another item is 1900 tins of crystaIlized
egg product: representing 72000 eggs
Ia4d this spring. Besides which we have
NaSt supplies OF emergency rations' and
other condensed food in hitherto un-
heard-of quantities"
Not only does Mr.. Baldwin expect to
nnG the pole, but to harness the north
ern lights. In speaking Of this novel
scheme the explorer said: ''I believe tha
phenomenon known as the Aurora
BoreaIls to be the manifestation of n
great force which could be placed within
OF practical utility. That this force is
electrical, and that the polar regions
serve as great reservoirs of it. I have no
Coubt, and when this Supposition is es-
tabllShed 1t must follow that there are
great controlling currents flowing be-
tween the TWO great polar reservoirs,
Whlch could be utilized in the propulsion
mos" ~ ia
THE MAN BEHIND THE GUN.
The man who is financing this expedi-
tlon, has from his boyhood evfnced
great interest in the search for E'\e pole
ana now this scientific motive is re-
enforced by patriotism. In q recent in
torview he has said: "I don't want a
foreigner to win this great race; this
country Is great enough and progress
slve enough for the honor. Nor is there
any commercialism in this expedition:
1t is merely that America must be first
at the pole. Ny confidence in EVELYN
Baldwin Is such that am ready to put
UP all the money he needs"
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