New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-06-25
THE ARCTIC PROBLEM.
Fou;pping an Expedition to Solue
Mystery of Pole.

summer promises to be record
- :, the ennaI. Of Arctic exploration. IN soui-
~, 70 the dispatch of q relief snip 10 s
-. zgarler expedition in Franz JOSEF baiiu' ai'
,.-,oan expedition will go north 'nious -
Ns,a,a sea. under command Of Robert feaas'
. r,,,h rsrty under the leaderships OF 'ie
-, - o,leans will attempt poleWaro 1oufie!
~ r.v OF Spitzbergen. Though 1nere % W -.
- N Arctic renown- and prince mus =. a.
-. 80, and hardship Ike any comihohei'
,o,,s circumstance that another coui us ~,
a cuI" , :, +be ahr,,zxi IN 1900 achieved the DIS
Ie .. reaching '.farthest north In Fen.u.o
- lasted only fourteen months. aU'"it,-.e -
-. latitude against Nanseiis eo'1s' N'
-. Pea-y hopes. with his ne" snip .i .
d.s 70 outdistanoe even these IN inc p.es
coliia" s,-,v season and plant the stars
90, C.-,-.s much nearer the Pole, IL inoeeu' ,e
ao.s not actually reach the apex OF our sp-o ..o
No form of exploration demands such oiose
ton 70 detail as polar voyasins' oec2Nse ,r,..
.uer is entering region oe'oiu y. -. 80,
-,..o. anv animal life whatever. and lacking e'
~ = e.,,oos In any other part OF the "orio'
,,,a- rernot. or savage there are oiros' peaS
80 fishes TO be found: the earfh Sieion 81 ..
go, IN b.lp support life In an exuenn's' -
a, e. Isae. possible TO secure iuei A" -.
-,,,b IN obtain heat for cooking OF "ti -
"a. nolar voyager has to face a "ase . a,I
-, = Gao Of tce, across which ne Il1us' mo-
va.. himself by sextant and cn'oii'i,' o..
.a-,,sr mon the ocean. and where No ms
aa4f
~ warming q polar expedition the iesuet 10.
Al $50 three essential factors-his ship nus
80. end his dogs He cannot take d iiit'1l ~
=. s.hark at some convenient POM no =
-. ,-oroses operating, as 90 explorers III 1883
-. clfnnes but must buy, hire or oulid q 49,
vood sn ship. sufficiently capa'ios 20 batter
-, outfit and sufficiently powerful " -.
through any but the tnicRest ioe
-, rs. The secret OF one tmpoftslp 'ectiii INC,
,,.-7,r~-the employment OF woooeih -. t+1,
-. These wooden craft can pe 49, -
- s,or,no,,sly stout and buttresseo WITHIN -
hui' 81 . a., .c increase their resistance 10 the
oeA' s.,,o ..,fn- without affecting their ouOy
80 r-ba bors OF these ships, mostly Ne"ioun
,.-6 sesIers and w1lalers. arc se'ersA too- -
- ,r,d nIsnks shod with iron oanos " p
~. toseed edges of the ice pack penelrauhs -
e s,.e r,nl masses of metal could be put mo
-,o -, x,s.hor,t trnpairng her stability aiio ~
-. end mates that were ever conuNeu ~
s,br.and the impact against noe OF oe4
r-r,,r ,n,,ortant is economy IN coal conSu''4p
.to, for the icy Businesses yield no'hnis a. 49,
' - <o- shin or crew to be caugnt IN LILO
out .. 5+bou- fuel is certain death Hence
- c-,,isers must be equipped Win engines 20
.hla NJ making about eight knots on g. coe1 -.
sr,-nntiors of four tons oaF' gnu oven s
a. long stay is planned amid the noes, 49,.
-.ao-,.- has to be laden with this fuel ana tie
,,a o. the furthest point north Wh,oh
I,;a- Ga, safely reach: this expedient ha"ins
-, ,5,-+.d nv Peary the present summer Hs
- snd unusually powerful steamer VIII CON
.ur,e an abnormal quantity OF coai. <Aio'
-. or these ships Is the Depth at WHICH
&c seb and the manner IN "ih0n ~
.o+.c+ed by the swelling, overhanglns s'eiA. 10
s;,e necessary to prevent the blades from 'e-e
-a-9ed off as she pounds through the HOGS
- Of all care and precaution this sometimes
,a--ens and the Hope, which carried feaIy iioi ia
feo- had three of her four propeller blades
hol-sD amid the pack in Melville Bay anu iIau
=. u,ov,. her way back to St Jonn s. d olS'ANOo "a
i, ooo r,iles with only one fange on the ooss' lne
a-,roanr being one only warranted by necessary
<ar had a gale blown her against lee shore
o,r;nr would have saved her
PROVIDING FOR WINTER
v,-a,,.,oninr and housing Arctic expedition
-, for the greatest ingenuity. II the ship makes
Ae- destined port, anchors safely and IL frozen
fast in the harbor ice her position Is secure enough
and her personnel may either winter on board
if the party is small, establish themselves
on shore if, as usually happens, the explorers are
distinct from the crew In the former case the
shin is shielded over with lumber carried for the
purpose and this is heavily banked with snow
which. being a non-conductor of heat, serves to
retain the warmth generated by large stoves
erected on board and fed night and day with
hard coal. With q shore post similar tactics
pursued The frame house, in sections, is thickly
covered, inside out, with roofing felt and then
banked with Furs nailed about the
walls and spread over the floors, and by the