The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-07-06
POLAR EXPLORATION PLANS.
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Return ,rom jan Ns,~n rrosr~.. ~
the HERMAN souih Polar tNpe,huIon.
The pauish ',pciIt.un which j. tu sur,.v
th" coast - Melville H,y uu ne west -..r,
~ Greenland, D., Co start from ,uI,uhas,a
this month fNr it, n"id Il work
T Gh!sS-~-~~ = "n.-rT ST.. iNu -A~--tfs
coast Ian" of 'hr great ,-idni thai -'I' rp-
main To- L. surveyed N" cpas' Of N..-
willie Ray extends from auuut q u' .
&C. l5' north lau'uGe
In it, northern part Il la, t-"n visited
by Peary al Il On a longer -irdX" Journey,
by his assistant. A-trup In" rur,,vius
facilities Of this young Norwegian N.r" urt
adequate. however. for anything more than
q rough sketch Of the coast for ahuut 10
miles to the east 81 Cape York
In one 81 the peary AUXILIARY expeditions
q party lei Nv Prof Tarr Of cornell ,lsas)
spent considerable time In studying glacial
PHENOMENA ~ Nugsuak P"uiusul, near
the south terminu- 81 the MrlylIi" Raw
coast. tn" party reported a very large
glacier there Cornell Glacier ,n l.. in
rapid retreat.
Prof. TAR reached ,he conclusion hat
the present claciatiou " 'hiS par Z
Greenland Ia only a shrunken remnant
81 "A former lc- ~hert 81 much grra'er
extent
The detailed survey ~ this coast will
enable the map makers to compl"'" no
outline OF fully four-ifths ~ Gr-u'ari.
In other words, that part - II living spu,h
~ latitude 10. american and British
surveyors have outlined the rntlr" wet
coast t-tNc~n IL and NJ ~
Peary has determined ~" position =
the north coast from - ~ eastward -
Independence Raw On tho east coast but
his map Is not vet published When ihs
Danes. therefore. complete their map y
the Melville Rsy coast, thor" will remain
only tho stretch trts ron Independence
BAY and Caps Bismarck on the eat coast.
After that blank Is filed. the form and o,-
tent Il the largest island In the world VII
IL known.
Why l. II that though many explorers.
from Bafin to Pearv. have crossed Mel.
Vile Raw there ha- never h-'n n map made
II it, coast The reason l. that ships have
not been able To travel along the shore
Mos, II the icc and trrg- q the large hav
pas clo-' along this coast IN their slow
diff to the current that take- them out
into Bafin Ray n long shore line -
the hay l. consequently te-e' with ic'
for about eleven months, even In ~" most
favorable year. and II 'h" winter - un-
usually severe. ~" ouast l. completely
blocked frr a whole wear
The ,arg, uo'eyrll"s which peary hrouelt
20 this country were found on The north
side IL the h1y, and his attempt e. -"su-r
them in the sImm"r of $50. failed lssau-a
he was unabl" 'u get nearer than thirty
OF forty miles - the ire-chpked shore
u IL neessuy 80 cross Melville BAY in
order to reach northwest Greenland. thu
field 81 the largest number II exploratory
enterprises in arctic America The 100 10
likely to remain iu ih"s' waters longer
than In any other part oi Raj u Raw awi
II is always a problem how long It ~il 'ale
TO max" IA" pa-~asc
E,plororr ara sometimes nearly . mor'h
In forcing their way through the Ice. IN
except iouallv good seasons n" hay NAV
IT, crossed Ion a cuupl" Il days or less u"
quickest time ON r'''nrd across Ne'Ni.'
Raw was hy Prarv IN iSo7, when be- wai"
the passage IN - hours and - minute
4 rather unusual reason has defeated
tho purl-r~" 4 q Norwegian party under
the leadership 81 Prof Brk'laud =" ~i"ii
neNt winter ON ~" island 80 Jan Maven iHr
the purpp-" Of making magnetic "h-cr'n-
lions When the party reached M" i~!ar'
II was found that ~" huuI iiur- occupi";
lv N" Austrian expedition - iSsl-S2 wer"
- d~ilapida'.d hat th"y could not 10
rendered hahi,ahlr
Visitors 10 Jan Maven a few wears ago
reported 'hc buildings 20 he s'il IN v'rv
gnoi~ condition. md -" Norwegians 'h'rr-
FORE. took mo- material from hor" WITH
which 20 srr', winter quarters TIE, wi
establish their chief station '1r 'h' study
81 the aurora Borcal.s next winter A. E"s-'-
kop. npr'h Norway. with syt~'n''ur- n
Iceland. SPIT ,lcrgcn and \o,ava H"m.'o
The German South Polar expedition
on tho exploring steamer Hau-- which
reached Cape Town ON Nov - Ios' ami ."''
that port on I"" : for h"tfU"l"r lAia,
reached is destination ON Jan ? h'r gI'.'t
on the threshold - the South Polar '""a'.
il "a ~. he Headquarters g 'h" 'N;'H'I.',
all tho Journeys ~ discovery 20 'h" -ru'.
viii n, made with kcrgnclcn az he las I
operations
To steamer Tanglin had rr"c',i"i 80
Gauss to KcrFu"lcn ard lcf' thor" 70 largo
amount 81 supplies for IN" expedite
Prof. Won DrvRaI-ki, n" leader - ''' paw,
took on IN" Gauss part # 'h~' .Iif '"
and on Jan n. m the h"ighf e ''" Nr'H'''o
summer. he started for the ,.g''
Hir first destination Wa I'r" 'I'. n
Island. which was sighted Nv ~" A. '-'"n
explorer wilkes in ls,O, winch 'l" ''a'-
lenger expedition In 1874 was uuahl" ind.
This island. Il u really cNi-ts wh"r" - WIS
reported. IL In about az south la'''ut"
Nothing whatever - known Il 'h' "''"-
or lands "a 'hr south Of J. u -Hfir-"
that the Gauss attempted o." I'r"'''s
into tins unknown region, hV' '.' '''
wa short for extended invest ga'IH'- ~
the vessel did not lravr k"rrU"'r 'H. In.
II and the conditions fur uaNica' ' r".i
nu, br expected 10 D." favorable t'r ~
the end 81 March.