The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-16

The friends 81 Capt. Otto Sverdnip ara
beginning to wonder What has f.--nme
Of him and the expedition which he took e.,
west Greenland In the summer 81 ISl,
Nothi1g has been heard from tho par,v
Tor two years. It's base ~ of-nf..,.
was smith Sound whore Peary has had ns
headquarters FOR three years past The.
expedition spent n year IN Peary'- uelg..
borhooi having fail~l. on account ~ n,
ice. Go get north through the Smith sound
channel. n vessels that nave r~,.r' =
returned with news Of Peary's hnIlts..
succe~ in las' years work. report tina.
nothing hiss been -s'n ~ hoard Of Sv.rdrIr
Sverdrlp was the captain Of M. Fr,r
on Manson great voyAge In Arc'ir water.
north 81 Europe and Asia He brpusl' OBJ.
Fran safely baok to Europe. On Juro a.
iSas, Svertrup sailed from Chri-'ari1.
Norway, on the Fran with fifteen men for
northwest Greenland Tn prnripa. pIr-
pnse Of the expedition was 20 explore and
map the northern cnastline Of Greenland
and 20 make an attempt a. connect Car,
Washington, the most nofthorly point
known on the west coaS, with lnd"pand.rc.
Bay, discovered 10y Peary on the easr clas,
This j. the very work that Peary rn sl.
c~s-ssfully accomplished last wear. Mean
while Sverdrup has mysteriou-lv di~,p-
peared from view
He could not possibly AVE pas-aI ut,
th. Arctic Ocean through Smith sound
for Pcary would nave known 81 any t..
vance iu that direc; ION lie dIi uo' re'..u
10 south Greenland A. he ver' ua.r..r
north nor south and IA. Greenland main
land lies 10 the east there d. nn duutr .hl,
b. turned ths prov of the Fran p,
the west Ho undoubtedly pa-..i either
through Jones sound or lanohstri = ana
10 IA" channels along the Islands Of i..
Parry archipelago. the mos northern .'
"a" man islands thus far discY,orri f. t|.
roith 81 a." American mainland J.nc,
sound was tn preferable route % o. wH- n.t
ice -ChOked. t--raI-' 10 H. ucir'-' fH OBJ. ...
explored west Cua,t 81 Ello-m.r. Land
aud 90 the Unknown waters uH''. % tho
Parry islands
Reports from Norway sTesh - .ha prob
ability hat SvcIdrup gave UP .H- arlginL
pa II-- AID Improved IA" opportunity
which 'Isu water may have urrrti'.-rua,
out directly toward the Pol, Tli- is pure
speculation Of tn" sort that ls always cvuk.i
10y ArCti' my-teris-. u d, o. r. yrHiahI.
that hiH yes~'l - frozen NJ iu uu. ~ iN,
narrow CU Iuncl- among the Parry Islands.
but there II NO reason N"t % infer eI'lc.
that ho has found the Pol" OF j. lmpfi~lu,!
IN the ioc II lac passed through Jun.,
sound b.. was on the threshold 81 tb,
unknown A large field Tor pioneer ~.
search va, hef1rr him II all has guu,
well with Sverdrup and 'hp Fram. IA. most
likely supposition l. tina b" has teen busy
looking Tor new lands Immediately to tho
north ~ the Parry Island II would h.,
glory enough for Syerdrup OF any other
man II he should succcci iu adding that
portion Of the Arctic waters - the mapT-.d
regions ~ the world
II L. natural. ~ course. that the Euro
pean promoters %! his expedition should
10 feel somev hat -oliCltous for thu
safety ~ IA" Iarfy According % tho
official statement ot Sverdrup's plans, -
published IA the Biographical journal, tho
party wa expected Ia b" absent only from
To- thr's' wears Il was estimated
tha' the supplies taken would last Tor four
years over two years have now ELAPSED
and news must be- reviewed 10y next summer
~ there will b" good ground 20 fear that
disu,t-r has oyertakou the explorers. tn"
favorable facts la IN" situation ara tha'
Syrrirup j. an Arctic sailor ~ great eNI--
'l"uOo and ability and cummands one =
h' ~faucIe-l Nc--rl- ever built Tor polar
Igi'ipn.