New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-06-25

Portable there. In proof of this may be instanceo
The fact that Mrs Peary accompanied her nus
hand north in 1894 and that her baby was porn
I'm that desoate region, mother and chiid saieiS
emerging from the ordeal
SPACE is at a premium. both ship and IN
house and because coal is essenoai Which
cannot be concentrated condensed that process
has to be applied TO everything else Every article
of food. every indispensable adjunct TO existence
or progress every scientific instrument or 40
nestle utensil required in travelling North mas
TO be contrived so weigh little as possible
and occupy the least space Thus one OF Peary
houses was built of square boxes OF canned ioou'
each with q particular side marked, ana oeihs
removable by screws, that wren the structure
was completed the party living, as II We're
In an Enclosure surrounded by many cupboards
each filed with some article of food or other
necessity, which they could obtain access TO oy
tho simple process Of removing the screws ana
heIping themselves the contents. The Duke of the
Abr,Izzi in his expedition. adopted another scheme
hacking his equipment in different colored cases
color being used Tor f 4 tbose Which
came next in order Of Importance and thlra Ior
HIS idea that in an emergency = nus s. parry art.
could by securing as many as possible OF tne Teaf
time than otherwise. Evelyn Baldwin, who planned
nS led the 6 aynE esb % SUPPLIES
let he could reach toward the North and on the
centrated foods. that the least incumbrance might
exist in dash toward the Pole eseo-,s 70 roduce in
buikOalcohoi. for cooking on Poleward trips, and
qos Looo 10p @ Comfort may be enjoyed as
has been stated, at headquarters or on shigbosrd
drawn Rs Te By teams Of dogs are the sole
Of this deaT Wood sed w and put
together with thongs of hide, not nail being used
duce the weight. they still remain heavy load
for wearied dogs and men to pull, especially when
tried in proved so brittle xhep , exposed e
in ieceS discarded.
these sledges are heaped the impedimenta OF the
of alcohol for cooking. packages of dog food and
scientific instruments sledge fully laden VII VII
orousy The law Of the selection Of the fttest' Is
which the process is performed that only the few
pages which will be required for astronomical OBJ
taken along while the tinest of women's watches
Out the best as tskeepers) are worn on the wrist
two the weight the wearer must carry: Still, as
every expedition undertakes meteorological tidal;
thermal and other observations. besides noon and
night reckonngs by planetary references SO as TO
made, the array Of scientific equipment is formid-
able and weighty-
CONCENTRATED RATIoNs.
The provisioning is now. thanks to the progress
of science in this connection, comparatively sim
pie matter concentrated desiccated foods being
compressed into so small compass that months
rations will occupy no more space now than
weeks did fifty years ago. And here melancholy
significance attaches to the visit of the Canadian
Raffn Land, the last stopping place of Franklin.
with the Erebus and the Terror, before venturing
him and ali his men. On this island were found
hundreds OF tins supposed to have once contained
have been one of the direct causes of the loss of
this Inflated expedition. The circumstance gives
should have ever achieved as much as they did,
considering the enormous burdens they must have
the bulky food stuffs which then Were the only
But even as it u.s. the latter day explorer who at
tempts. what they never did. an advance toward ard
the ultima thule across the far stretching polar sea
and the endless. tOilsOme journey to be kept up
until food begins to fail and retreat is made
against starvation, feels the weight of dog-bait
serious one. and after loading on MS sleoges q
hausted to kill the weaker dogs and serve them
the stronger, outstanding his resources that way
pages of Arctic adventure is that Of Peary and MS
comrades starting across the Greenland lce-cap
later with only solitary specimen, all the others
having been sacrificed in the mean time besides
the men at the end, being forced to subsist on raw
dog. else they could never have survived their ter
In expeditions by way of Franz Josef Land like
OF y Found Paent o dog have to
used, and when packs of sixty to eighty or these
out It can be imagined that the bulk Of this single
item forms serious factor in the sum OF the toLa
to account, shooting them by the score, II not oy
the hundred, and stacking their flesh In hiliocks
quarters the dogs get chunk-fesh, fat and hide
times and after the f51EeR an
Journey north is attempted the material is rendered
ground up in a machine like a coffee mill, and
then mixed with lard, the being formed into
square cakes in a mould, each cake being a meal
out the patent dog biscuits in the same way.
1t can readily be appreciated that a man under
taking such an expedition must have an amazing
mastery Of detail and marvellous executive grasp
If anything is forgotten or overlooked, IL any es-