The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-10
SIX POLAR PARTIES.
None Of Them Have Been Heard
From In Several
Months. -.

None Of Them Have Been Heard
From In Several
| Months.
| Somewhere in the frozen confines Of
the Arctic and the Antarctic regions six
separate expeditions are pushing forward
across fields Of ice and over treacherous
seas, some to the North and some toward
the South pole. No reports have been
received from any of these expeditions
for months, and from most Of them it is
not expected that anything will be heard
for year or more. Peary, Capt. Bauen-
dahl and the Baldwin-Ziegler parties are
in the Arctic seas or shedding over the
snow in North Greenland. Commander
r. F. Scott, in the Discovery of the ma
tional Antarctic expedition; Prof. Erich
von Drygalski in the Gauss, and Prof.
! Otto Nordenskjold are in; the Antarctic
seas.
Peary was heard from as late as Sep
phine Diebitsch Peary. On April Is
Peary started for the pole by way of
Cape Hecla, the only route available to
him at that time. Ten days in field, Mrs.
Peary said, demonstrated the unfit con-
dition Of men and dogs for the hazardous
journey and the party returned to Fort
Conger, thence south, and began prepara-
tons for an expedition in the spring of
1902.
| Winter in the Windward.
This winter will be spent by the Peary
party in the ship Windward at Payer
harbor, where the ship is icebound. No
serious mishap or accident has befallen
any, member of Peary's party, and the
explorer is confident Of ultimate success.
I Nv cfn{n tho o& <ko
expedition thus far, as follows:
| L., The rounding of the northern limit
OF the Greenland archipelago, the most
northerly known land in the world; prob
ably the most northerly land
~ =: M The highest latitude yet attained il
| minutes north.
| :. The determination of the so-called
paleocrystic ice or aoeberg.
Bauendahl's Novel Scheme.
Capt. cBauendahl wintered at Danes
island, Spitzbergen, in 1900-19O1. He
has abandoned his plan of pushing to-
ward the North pole by the Franz Josef
land route. When last heard from he
was vasso' sa! %, to be building a two;masted
which, with two men and provisions for
two years. he proposed to drift along the
east coast of Greeland and press as far
north as possible: This, if true, is one
OF the most -perilous OF undertakings,
and one besides which the crossing Of
play.
| Baldwin Zieg1er Party.
The Baldwin Ziegler expedition left
franz Josef land the last week in July
and has not been heard from: since late
IN August. The party has 400 dogs. 1T
teen Siberian ponies and the most com
pl nd;t;o outht ever carried on an Arctic ex-
Mr.. Baldwin said he did not think II
would be necessary to establish his base
OF supplies at the northernmost extrem-
lty OF f'ranz Josef land before March
-, 19Oz, a month after the return of
the sun in that latitude, in order to
eaSe the Inc d poe IN season. This would
travel from its base to the pole. The re-
turn will be made by way Of the nolar
current along the east coast of Green
land.
Mr.. Baldwin's ambition is confined sole.
sy to Ffeach ching the North pole. Neither
north" will satisfy this American. who
declared on starting the expedition was
organization solely to reach ''that much.
to the SOUTH
OF the Antarctic expeditions Comman-
der Scott, IN the Discovery. left Cowes
be far advanced in his southern trip. The
party will winter aboard ship in the ice
| OF the Antarctic sea. It is exDected that
Commander Scott will report on his re-
of 1903. 'De sp4'ns
The German Antarctic expedition. in
the Gauss under the leadership of Prof.
Erich van Drygalski Of Berlin, is ex-
pected to report from Kerguelen within
a few weeks. The expedition will trv to
make landing on the Antarctic CONT
nent west Of Victoria land. After estab-
lshlng winter quarters, sledge parties will
be dispatched toward The SCUM pole and
also toward the magnetic pole. which lat
! ter is supposed TO be IN Victoria land.
In the spring the expedition will proceed
to Weddell sea and return home via
South Georgia and Tristan Da Cunha.
Swedish Expedition.
The Swedish expedition, which was the
latest to start, left Gothenburg under
october =: By agreement with the Ger
are to explore the region of the Antarctic
south of the Atlantic ocean. Prof. Nor
denskjold intended proceeding to Buenos
Ayres and Terra del Fuego, thence south.
On the arrival of winter a party of six
will be put ashore and a substantial hut
| erected, from which meteorological. mag
| netlc, photographic and other scientific
/ observations will be made. On the land
ing Of this party the ship will return to
! Terra del FuegO, where researches will
be made in that but little explored coun-
| try.-New York Mail and Express.