New-York tribune., 1902-06-18

WHITE WORLD Life ano
Living Explorers. Collected and ArranSea T%r
the Arctic Club by Rudolf - kers'ing' "''aNO
pp. 3s6. Lewis. Scribner & Co
II is true as the author claims for it, that this
volume gives a glimpse Of different side OF
Arctic exploration from that contained in the
more elaborate treatises on the subject Twen-
tv-two living explorers-"famcus. Mr.. kerstne
calls them though their title TO that adjective Is
not equally strong in each case-haVe written
short essays on their personal experiences, en-
hodving something more than fact and record
The experiences and adventures here put DOWN
are varied and contain much of the element OF
nersonslitv that brings US closely in touch with
life in the Arctic Circle
Admiral Schley contributes the first article,
describing his expedition to relieve Greely. TINS
is the way he tells the pathetic story of hndlng
the SURVIVORS, after seeing the signal Of Long
and coming upon him on the shore:
The man was a CHASTITY object to look upon.
Great hoIlows indented his cheeks and his beard
and hair struggling and matted What he
wore simply apology for clothing he
could scarcely speak in an inteligible manner
all his utterances being thick and mumhling, his
lips twitching convulsively. Colwell leaped out
of the boat and the man instinctively pulled off
his glove TO give him his hand Then briefly ana
qlickly the following colloquy took place:
Where are they?" asked Colwen
In the tent" pointing over his shoulder across
the hill. THE tent is down
rs Mr.. Greely alive?"
Yes. Greely's alive.
Any other officers
No And then in an absent MINDED man.
neT. he repeated. The tent is down
Who are you?"
Long"
When they reached the tent they saw ghast-
ly sight. men dying of starvation. emaciated'
suffering the tortures Of the damned. almost
unable TO move or even to articuiate
One raised his head a little. Colwell lifted
the flap Of the tent and feebly put on pair
of eyeglasses
who are you
There was no response in words nothing but
q vacant stare
who are you?' came the question again
Then one Of the other men family answered.
That's the major-MajoT Greedy
Colwell crawled into the tent and took
Greely's hand
-Creely. is this YOU?
Yes" came the reply. in WaVerins, broken ac-
cents. "Yes-seven Of Us left-here We are,
dying like men. Did what L came 10 do-beat
the best record"
Amos BorsaIl the only surviving member of
the Kane expedition gives a striking view of
the contrast between that. sent out in a single
sailing vessel. and the Baldwin-Ziegler expedt-
tion the most complete in every particular that
has ever started for the North, and now carry
ing on its work there with three steam YES
sels and all the appliances that modern in
senuity can devise. Major Brainard tells OF
his part in the Greely expedition under LOCK
wood and Henry BleOrfpHCh, uilUtT lIe h1i1
of Polar Hospitals" relates further incidents
Of that disastrous adventure. and most tragic
they are DR. Frederick Cook, in describing
The Daily Work of an Arctic Explorer" gives
this incident as the result of frostbite indicat-
ed by feeling stinging pain in the toes. followed
by loss Of sensation:
The boot is removed and through many thick
nesses of hose the foot feels like something Tor
eign. One stocking after another is cautously
- still @fas-e &c
foot When the last stocking is stripped down
the foot is found white and glossy. like porce-
lain A more careful examination reveals the
fact that one or two toes missing, and then
the sock is shaken for the missing bits before
an effort is made TO restore the circulation OF
the icy tissues
No wonder he thinks II curious that so many
young men and women not young" should
apply by the hundreds TO join every polar
exredition that is announced when he can tell
of such experiences Of unceasing and intolerable
drudgery besides. Yet the fascination of il, that
survives all these hardships. is such as to lead
men hack time and again-even Francis Long.
who went through the tragedy Of Cape Sabine
with Greely has gone as a member Of the
Baldwin Ziegler expedition.
Some more agreeable stories to be read
IN Mrs. Florence Leonard Lees account of her
own Arctic Honeymoon with the Peary
petition Of 1897. though she and her husband
spent the winter further north than God
haven; u Mr. Rudolf Kerstings description of
his Won as photographer of the Miranda eH-
pedition and in DR. Tarleton H Beams journal
of his adventures the Alaskan and Iberian
coasts in search Of natural history materials for
the National Museum DR. Robert Stein contrib
utes an interesting paper Esquimau music
Of which he collected thirty-eght songs in the
course of two years observation. All these are
reproduced in musical notation. The volume
is an interesting and entertaining record Of
many different kinds Of Arctic experiences