The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-01

great interest. Baldwin's boats were
the first ever fitted out with electricity,
which was also experimental in a meas
ure. He had a gasoline launch, built
with an ice prov, and two large boats
too big to take on the deck Of his vessel
which were constructed doubly strong.
They were towed to the ice fields.
He had forty-two men in the party,
including ten scientists, an artist and q
photographer. The sailing masters and
crew were Norwegians. Part OF the
scientific staff were Germans and
SWedes.
Following is q description written
on the day he sailed: 1t was as light
as ordinary day and we should have
been able to see the midnight sun which
never sets at Tromsoe between the mid
die of June and the middle of August,
but a heavy shower was falling. Mr..
Baldwin was in good spirits and full
OF confidence. We joked little about
the advantage Of buying return tickets,
which he said might not be needed; and
when I asked where a letter would
reach him during the next five years
he answered sadly that he wished he
knew.
He goes from here to Archangel, on
the Russian side of the North Cape,
The only place he can carry them is on
the deck of the little ship, for every inch
Of space below deck is filled with sup
plies, and there is scarcely room to
o40CCAS t1fOuSA. III Tie u6ch lie dIll-
mails will hardly have space enough to
lie down. but Mr.. Baldwin says they
won't be crowded long, for he expects
to be in the ice within few days after
leaving Archangel. He goes direct to
Franz Joseph Land, where he will de-
eide definitely upon his course when he
ascertains the conditions of the ice. and
will then start upon his journey into the
wild, white. unknown world. Whalers
who have come in this season report
4 10 10 fC md froo
from ice than it has been for many
years, and that of course is an encour-
aging circums lance.
Evelyn Baldwin is the youngest man
and the slightest in stature who ever
started upon an arctic exploration. He
weighs less than 14O pounds and is only
SO years old. but has had the experience
of two arctic expeditions, is blessed with
flexible determination. He also posses
ses what Is equally essential, perfect
self-reliance and the power of com.
mand. That is the most important
characteristic for the commander of ar
expedition which involves such risks
A man who leads must be able to con-
| troll himself as well as others. He i.
| also a native of Kansas.
| Although the America is very roomy
| and comfortable COMPARED with the
| ships used on previous arctic expedi-
| lions. she looked when she started a:
| If it would be difficult to swing a cal
| anywhere, either below or above deck
| Mr. Baldwin had a tiny cabin fitted w
! like the pantry of a Pullman dining car
/ There was a place for everything. anl
| everything is in its place. There is &
| stove In addition to the steam radiator
| a typewriter, two sewing machines, ant
| q shelf, which runs around the entire
cabin next the ceiling. is filled will
books of all sorts. He has a revolvins
globe, an assortment Of guns, most O.
| which have been presented to him, ant
almost everything in the way of scien
| tific apparatus from a telescope to
kodak.
The bridge of the America looks like
| a section of a weather bureau, will
| complete apparatus for measuring tn,
wind and the cold and the dampness
| There is an automatic sounding ap
paratus at either end and every possibl,
| continuance for the preservation of tn
ship and the protection Of life and max
| ing q record of the observations and ex
| periences- The artist has his little stu
dio and the photographer his dark roo;
alongside the captains cabin, Will
down below the members of the stat
are slowed away as snug as you cal
imagine.