Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-08

n " EARLY 400 years nave passtu
~ since the first polar (arctlc)
nj expedition, in 1853 and the
VI first half OF this century's
4 Y opening year finds the mys.
terry surrounding the poles
stl'l unsolyed. Whether the latter half
will disclose what has been an objective
OF human effort for so long a period or
viii add materially to our information
about the polar regions remains TO be
shown, but, at all events, strenuous ef-
forts are being put forth to break their
eternal solitude.
No less than six great expeditions are
in progress to explore the arctic and
antarctic regions, and, benehtlng by
the hard won experience Of centuries,
the explorers are all filed with hope for
a successful c0nsummatlon Of their Ia
bors Added 10 the three expeditions
under Stein, Syerdrup and Peary men,
bers Of which are now In the arctics,
there will be at least three new explor-
ing parties outfltted for renewed at
tempts upon the north pole-~one Rus
sian and two American, IL Is reported
that Mr.. Walter Wellman, who has al
ready made two unsuccessful efforts to
reach the arctic pole, intends to make
another trial But the most completely
equipped will be the Baldwin-Ziegler
expedition, which has been so extern
sively advertised and for many months
past in preparation. At a recent fare
we'll dinner rendered Mr.. Baldwin by
the Peary Arctic club in New York his
definite plans were for the first time
given to the public when ne said upon
being presented with small American
flag; II am firmly convinced that this
fac will be carried TO victory in this ex-
petition. The starting point will be
Franz-J osef Land, and our party Will
be sufficient in number TO avail our
selves OF every resource In the land in
the way OF food by hunting bears and
other animals We shall begin our
Journey across the ice with 400 dogs and
Is Siberian ponies, and, with the assist
ancc Of these, believe 1t viii be possl-
BILE to achieve the object we shall set
out to accomplish"
These remarks were made on the eve
OF Mr.. Baldwln's departure for Scot
land, where are being fitted out the two
vessels, the flagship America and sup
ply ship Trithjof, In which he will start
from Tromso Norway, on the final
trip the last week Of the present month.
Franz-Josef Land. from which Mr..
Zlegler, who finances the expedition
bearing his name, warns all other ex-
porers at the peril Of their lives this
year, was discovered In the seventeenth
century and has already been made the
base Of operations against the common
goal Of polar expeditions. 1t was for
three years the field OF the Jackson
Harmsworth expedition; from the sea
northeast and north, respectively, OF
this land Nansen and the Duke Of
Abruzzl made their nearest approaches
TO the pole. And Wellman himself, who
was the ostensible object of Zleglers
warning, has good reason TO feel ag-
grieved at this Jumping Of claim" to
which he has established recognized
title.
However the Baldwin.Ziegler exped-
ton, with Its corner" on Eskimo dogs
and unlimited means at Its disposal,
furnished from the zieger millions, has
altogether the advantage and seems
likely to succeed If the sinews OF war