The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-30
AMERICA MUST
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 pediiiOn to the Pole PRIZE ALMOST IN REACH Explorer Feels Confident That North Pole Can be Reached if Proper Methods Are Adopted-come
 Nearer Each Time.
PRIZE ALMOST IN REACH

Washington, November 29--Lleutenant Robert E. Peary, the arctic explorer, de- livered an address tonight before the National Society on the science of Arctic explorations.
 After discussing the arctic explorations of the past, MT. Peary. speaking of the future, said: "In spite of the amount of work which has been done in the north polar regions during the past few years, the work is not completed. The arch ipelago of Franz Josefiand has. it is true. been delimitated, and its northern terminus removed from the field of un- certainty The lands north of the North American archipelago and west of Elles- mere land have also been delimigated as to their northern coast. The northern terminus of the Greenland archipelago has been rounded and America holds the record for the most northerly land in the world, the northern point of the largest northern poland groups. But there are still several gaps to be filled before North Polar work can be considered as finished
 The Central Point.
 And the head of the Smith Sound, gateway to the pole" is the central point from which to close this work It is the point from which can be reach ed and determined that stretch of still unknown coast on the eastern shore of Greenland reaching from Cape Bismarck to Cape Parish; the point from which cen be reached and determined the in- terior notifications of the great jgord system of northern Greenland, the point from which can be rea<hed and determ- ined the gay in the coast line of the west coast of Grinnell and between Aldrichs fartherest and Sverdrups farthest, the point from which the practically unclaim- ed land along the eastern side, Kennedy and Robeson channel can be reached and the point from which the pole itself can and win be reached.
 'Tt may seem to indicate over confi- dence to state boldly that the pole can be reached, and yet it is a fact, even though the struggle for 1t has been going on unsuccessfully for years and years. Each time we have come a little nearer {; each time we have learned a little more, and I say to you here tonight that it is not an impossibility; that it can be done; that it is no more difficult than many of the great projects which are being push ed to completion every day and which re- quire money, persistence. hard work and some ability to bring to full fruition.
 The Opportunity.
 'The man who has the proper party, the proper equipment and the proper ex- perience, and can start fresh from the northern coast of Grinnell. and with the earliest returning light in February, will hold within his grasp the last great geog- raphical prize that the earth has to of fer, a prize that ranks with the prize which Columbus won, and will win for himself and his countrymen a fame that will last as long as human life exists on the globe. Granted this, shall we let others win the prize from us?
 within the past five years the United States leaped to the front among the nations. Our industrial development and wealth startle the world today Our in- fluence in diplomacy was never so great Our men of science hold the attention of Europe. Our batteships show the high est percentage of effectiveness. Our yachts win race after race from the highest foreign talent. If there are any other prizes to be secured. or any other races to be won, shall we be untrue to our Anglo-Saxon heritage and birth right of love of contest and adventure and let some one else capture the trophies or shall we win them ourselves? The north pole is the biggest prize the world has yet to offer, the race for 1t the great est race of earth. The winning of the in- ternational race is for today only the winning of the pole is for all time
 "It should and must be won by Amer ican dollars; American energy and Amer lean ability