Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05
DIGGING OUT WORLDS STORY
~cientis Are Working Everywhere
TO Uncover Elusive InfOr-
nation.

As the second year of the TWEEN
tieth century nears its end It
sees a mighty effort being made
In all fields to work out the
story of the world-ethnologically,
arc~haeologically, palaeontologically and
geographically. There is hardly a spot on
the earth's surface from New Zealand to
the Poles hat Is not being made the sub
ject Of energetic exploration.
The Poles and the Polar regions never
have been sought by so many expeditions
at the same time. Beside the we'll known
ones in both the Arctic and the Antarctic
there are man. smaller ones OF which COM
paratively little has been said. A Nor
wegian relief expedition Is searching now
for Sverdrup, who started for the north pole
in the famous Fran. which was last seen
by Peary going north, fast in the ice, in a
fierce Arctic storm.
DR.. Deichman of the old Amdrup expe-
dition Is working somewhere along the
western coast OF Greenland with the
steamer Fox. A Danish expedition under
Henry Elite, another experienced Polar ex-
plorer. is studying the eastern coast OF the
sam land. 1t consists of twelve men, and
as It carries provisions for one and one
half years. 1t evidently intends to work as
far north as possible.
The steamship Laura is on the way north
with the Swedish commission appointed to
measure a degree. The leader Of this party
is Dr.. Rubin. DR.. Won zipfel. an astrono'
mer, and Lieutenant Duner. an expert map
maker. accompany the expedition. They are
provisioned for a year.
In connection with the German Antarctic
/ expedition, the Royal University OF Goet'
tingen has established a station on Upolu
in Samoa, for observations concerning earth
magnetism, atmospheric electricity. mete'
orology and seismography under the man
agement Of DR.. Tetgens. These observa'
lions are to be made simultaneously II
many other parts OF the world. Among
other experiments will be some to estab,
lish. II possible. the extent and cause OF thu
oscillation OF the world at the poles.
The German government is beginning III
part OF the work. agreed at the interna
tional conference in stockholm. OF a grea
systematic and comprehensive study of tn,
hydrographical and biological features o
the German and Baltic oceans and Of tn
Polar sea OF the eastern hemisphere.
The coast survey ship Moeve has agair
taken up the work OF exploring the Bis
maruk archipelago In the South seas,
task which will require years OF work. in.
GLIDING at It does deep sea soundings
archaeological and geological compilation
end the task Of making a complete char
OF all the groupo Of islands IL uat 2ar
Of the world.
Africa is being tackled from all directions
and for ali sorts Of information. Th'
French army captain. LenfAnt, has pene
trAted the Niger for slmost 1000 miles
with a small steamer. proving couclusivell
that the feared rapids that mark the rive
for $50 miles are not insurmoUntable Oh.
stacles to navigation.
Colonel Monteil Of France has begun th'
work. Of laying out q telegraph line from
southern Tunis TO Lake TchAd, on thu
other side Of the Desert OF. Sahara. From
Tunis the dispatches are to go by another
wire TO Algiers and thence to the BaleArit
islands and to Narseilles by wireless teleg.
raphy.
The town OF Grin in Algeria recently
celebrated a little occasion. II was the
one thousandth anniversary OF Its existence
Part Of the ceremonies consisted IN {
session OF geographical congress. At thai
congress a man. burned almost black, Aros,
and told. In a dry, matter OF fact. seientihC
way. OF a little Jaunt OF almost 1000 miles
that he had just finished. His trip had
been through middle Morocco. which never
before had been visited by q European. anC