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

sentiai is defective there Is no ansen 70 attain
~ a,s sar in advance of all others was due TO '
faet that he had 20 order to carry SUFFICIENT stores
enable them 70 make AXE that the men
sat %na thew could not keep the dogs and sedses
in hand delays a Me back on the Fran though he
and Johansen later made the gallant msrc 10 Of
and for xs BALDWIN attempt to work
north from Franz Josef rro ana or M mountain ponies
ht Ne, W nroyed altogether unsuted to the VIII VII
and disease so also sou Pe9kf his eu foioWes
dition came to an ingorous emu vs ib Mr. BALD
TURN quit fG and william zeger the financial al sead
Of the venture chose nGtn n0e wear from undertake
ing and probably achieving a5 9ureg away num-
sr af casks Of which he had the
north Tor fc bandicapped him severely as to Sc
lo appetizing foods on his trip sa of the
Gesn han route which his rivals in Fran bo se
lack the Pres s will I'll CO. and then utiizes
dog drivers and supporting parties; 30 70 1oe with
pany him several DAYS a or two companions then
essaying the final dash alone rhese and but for
b be1sr luck which have d9sgedd MS fo1a
steps always he should have 9utais'a az do within
tweIyemonth by his newest scheme.
NAV HAVE SOLVED THE PROBLEM
II NAV be- though, that the problem has ALREADY
been solved by the Fiala-ziegler party "nich Nc
now been nearly two years unreporteo' put "Ni'
wa -
practically identical with that OF AoruzNi. II -
t,a that the duke declares his belief that 1t Is not
possible to reach the Pole from that oase' DIS MS
comrades could not have gone more than le"
miles further. owing to the southwark set Oh Tue
ice with the currents and its breaking up unoer
+a summer SUM- he expressing his greater faith In
the Greenland route for many reasons winch IL 10
unnecessary to detail here. But 1t may DE oi.ie
conditions of weather last season or ms VIII or
tunity to establish new record or solve the h
which has desd Started fTF So north in the
summer Of 1901. under Baldwin IN tne f me
Eskmau but purchased by him for this purpose
and renamed. She returned to Tromsoe: Norway S
further work hopeless In June 1893 she sa a1der
north again with @ of s an
auxiliary ship. the Frthiof made two gnsmecesoIo
mun1epte with her, being bafied by the mighty
ceoes. For renewed attempt TINS year t ae nv the
foundland seaer the Terra Nova purchased by 'ie
British Admiralty years ago and dispatcneo, 70
the the bte6SeFy reg9p o t She dd in time
been secured and it Is to be hoped VIII enough
for this season it is doubtful If they sufficient
to last him another year :, .so,,r. = Polar
venture from the same region this sumner e ns
the Be hd baTe as Colleague Com
mander de Gerlache, who has won renoMn Dy I H1s
achievements in her with Belgian expedtlon; rc
cidentalIy the French nobleman intends to search
for the Fiaa party wff fbere xhen
Jackson and Nansen met The duke aoPeS a0d it
good fortune his prlncely pTeuSSC0SO., 141N
remains to be seen whether or not ne Will Dc Ia
vored with It. , ..-. :. .I,a Cream
land zone, and with powerful new steamer hop pbs
to he BILE to work his through the noes 70 the
furthest rim solid earth there thence atte
ing a forced march the five hundred miles OF
crystal prairie which separates him from the goa
he has now been seeking for almost twenty year
He has given more time and toll made more
sacrifices and endured more hardships than any
in the long roster Arctic enthusiasts, and II IS
q nity that his labors should not be crowned WITH
the most complete success -.
It is rather depressing in attempting any chron5
Gle of Arctic progress to be compelled TO RECORD
the fact it is invariably marked with 1atalLs
Thus at this very juncture the Russian Geographf-
cal Society has issued a statement indicatns us
belief that Baron Toll, distinguished ArGtlc ex+
islands off the New Siberian group. TWO years
ago he and three companions left his snip. the
Zaria near this archipelago, and since then the
only trace of them has been the finding IN earn
on another islet letter in his handwriting that
they were continuing on though having only twenty
DAYS provisions left The long period that mas
since elapsed without their making their way 70
any village along that coast renders IL certain
that the worst must have befallen them
In the case of Pearys present eXpeditlon, now
ever the unknown North will be robbed OF Inuch OIL
its terrors if he is successful as he hopes 10 De-
in maintaining communication by wireless teles-
which are maintained by the Newfoundland gov.
eminent and for which purpose he has installed
an equipment on board his ship. 1t should thus De
possible to learn from time to time what progress
he has made in his work and whether there Is nope
or not of his reaching the Pole.