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for the realization OF project so wide
and intense rs M. Aretowskis.
DID NOT LOSE COURAGE.

and intense as Nj ArcloWshl ,.
DID NOT LOSE COURAGE.
Nevertheless NJ. Arctowski did not
lose courage, and the following year
he again laid his plan before the Ger
man Association OF Scientists and
Medical Men and before the lnterna-
tional Geological Congress which met
at Paris. still the time was not ripe,
and when the International Geograph-
zeal Congress met at Washington no
practical steps had been taken to carry
out the scheme. NJ. ArctoWski again
formulated his scheme for nternatlon-
al cooperation In Antarctic explora-
ton before the Washington Congress
on lines nearly the same as he had laid
down at the Dover meeting OF the
British association. and again the
scientific world listened with attention.
But for the realization OF an idea for
which the cooperation OF many ma
tons as well as the outlay Of much
money Is necessary, not Isolated but
continued effort Is needed, and for six
years NJ. Arctowski has been inCessunt-
~ hammering his views into the heads
of scientists and public BY means of
addresses. scientific memoirs aud ar
ticles in learned reviews.
His unceasing energy has found its
reward. He had the satisfaction OF
seeing at the Congress Mondial held last
September at Mons that the idea
sprung from his brain. the result OF his
own Investigations In Antarctlca. had
spread abroad 10 so great an extent
that IL was brought forward sp0ntane-
ously by the high officials who guided
hn
ing NJ. Arctowshs Idea. with even a
wider scope, passed resolutions for the
formation OF an international associa-
tlon for the study OF the polar regions.
the objects OF which would be to OBJ
tain an international agreement upon
different questions associated with
polar geography, 10 make a general eff
fort to reach the terrestrial poles. 10
organize expeditions having for their
object an extension OF the knowledge
or the polar regions In every respect
and the formation Of program Of
scientific work to be caui out IN DIFF
ferent countries during the existence
OF the international polar expeditions.
WILL CALL CONFERENCE.
The adherence of English, Contin-
entail and American explorers being
given to this program. and consuta-
tons on II having been held by some
OF the most prominent among them,
the resolutions have been embodied In
al official report which has been issued
within the last few days to all the gov
ernments of Europe and America, all
the polar explorers, and TO every sclen-
tinc body. This report Is accompanied
by a circular letter signed by the dele
gate OF the Polar explorers present at
the Mons Congress. In which II Is stat
ed that In conformity with the desire OF
the explorers the Belgian government
viii take the Initiative OF calling
conference of the chief maritime and
scientific STATS that have taken part
in the principal Arctic and Antarctic
expeditions UP to the present day. for
the beginning OF May. 1906. Polar ex-
plorers are Invited TO send notices to
that congress such as NJ. Arctowski's
paper on his project, copies OF which
are sent with the invitation.
WILL DISCUSS SCHEME.
The explorers who attend the meet
ing will discuss NJ Arctowskps paper
as we'll as any other paper which may
be laid before them, and formulate a
working scheme for the international
association. The scheme having been
adopted. further international con-
gress Will be summoned for September.
1906, which will be composed Of the
ofhcal delegates OF the various states.
the representatives OF academies and
learned societies. and the Polar explor-
ers who were present at the first meet.
Ing. The congress Is expected to adopt
a definite plan, and the plan adopted
by II VIII be Immediately laid before
the various governments by the Bel
CLAN government with a request for
cooperation In carrying II out.
There are many indications that the
scheme adopted at the preliminary
meetings and at the final congress viii
be that of NJ. Arctowski. on all sides
the men who know the Polar regions
best are loud In their approval of IL.
For example, In the number Just pub
llshed OF the official organ OF the
Geographical Society Of Paris, La
Geographic, there Is an article on the
subject by the well-known authority,
Charles Rabet, in which the value OF
NJ. Arctowski's scheme is strongly in.
sisted on.
The outlines Of this scheme have
been already given. II resolves it.
self into systematic exploration of the
great sections OF unknown land and
sea which lie around the South Pole
These sections, NJ ArctowsN points
out may be marked out In three grea
divisions. each OF which faces one OF
the oceans which battle the Antarctic
circle--the Atlantic, the Pacific, and the
indian Ocean. His mature considera-
ton OF the subject has brought to NJ.
Arctowskl the conviction that the
greatest Importance attaches to the
preliminary crcumpolar expedition
which Il to clear the ground, or rather,
map out the course for the explorers
In these great sections. 1t Is most inn
portant as Maury said long since, to
commence by finding the natural har-
bors IN which the ships OF the interna-
tional expeditions can lay UP, and from
which they can send out expeditions by
land or over the ice, according 10 cir
cumstances.
ALONG VICTORIA LAND.
Taking advantage OF the knowledge
opened up 10 explorers by the recent
discoveries NJ, Arctowsld proposes pen
ertating toward the South Pole along
the coast OF Victoria land. and along
the route followed by Scott and his
companions IN their famous march
over the ice fields to the furthest south
yet reached. Sailing by Cape Horn,
and following the route Of the Belglca
passing through the straits OF the Bel.