The Washington times., 1906-01-29
WILL SAIL WATERS
Of NORTH PACIFIC
Carnegie InstitutiontO Make
Magnetic Survey of Ocean.
TRIP OF 10000 MILE S
Noted Seanen viii Ship on Expedi-
tion Soon to Leave San
Diego, Cal.
TRIP OF 10000 MILES

Within the next two weeks an eXpedi-
ton will leave San Diego, Cal. under
the direction OF the Carnegie Institution.
10 make a magnetic survey of the North
Pacific ocean. The cruise which Will
be made IN a comparatively small sail
ing vessel. will include a complete cir
cult of that great body Of water. and
journey OF 2o.000 miles viii have been
made when the ship returns to the
United States.
The expedition Is under the supervi-
sion of Or l. A Bauer. director of the
department of international research in
Terrestrial magnetism OF the Carnegie
Institution. The members are: Com
mander w. J. Peters. formerly OF the
United States Coast ana Geodetic Sur
Vey. who was second IN command or
the Baldwin-SiegIer Polar expedition. who
represents the National Geographic So
ciety; J. c Pearson. instructor Of
physics in Bowdoin College: J. p. Ault.
Of the Coast and Geodettc Survey; and
DR.. Herbert =. Martyr. formerly resi-
dent surgeon Of the Emergency Hos
pital, of this city. physician and re-
coTder.
Small Sailing Craft.
Their vessel Will be the brig Galilee.
lS2 feet long. coo tons displacement. and
carrying a crew of twelve men. The
sailing master is Capt. J. T. Hates, who
has made som record-sailing trips IN
the Galilee, one voyage of 5000 miles
from the South Pacific Islands 10 San
Francisco in fifteen DAYS. and having
made as much IS 3JS miles i'm one day.
Prom san Diego the Galilee viii sail
along the west coast OF South America
TO flaming Island; thence to the Sa-
l. 4 hal Isl
and IN the nelEhborhood of the Philip
pines. From there she Will go into
Chinese and Japanese waters. touching
at Yokohama and Tokyo.
Continuing her journey north she viii
90 along the coast OF Siberia and sJOD
at the Aleut,an Islands, after which
Alaskan waters will be entered. visit
being made 10 Sitka. The Gaiilee will
then start on her homeward lap TO San
Diego.
Except for data from occasional ex-
petitions and such as were acquired in
wooden vessels a long time ago, the
present magnetic charts used by the
navigator over this region depend large
~ upon The observations on Islands and
along the coasts Such land observa-
tons. however. are rarely representative
9 the true values, because OF prevalent
local disturbances. IL is, therefore, i'm
nossible 10 make any statement as TO
the correctness Of the present charts.
Conditions Favorable.
Inc region IL IS proposed TO survey
fortunately contains magnetic observa-
tories in requisite number and proper
distribution for furnishing the neces-
saTy corrections 10 the observed mag
netic elements TO reduce them TO d
common epoch. Thus. continuous rec
Ords Of the magnetic variations required
tor this purpose viii be available from
the following stations: Sitka Gala skq),
Honolulu Hawaiian islands,, Mania
Philippines. Shanghai (China). Tokyo
GJapan). In addition to these. it is
probable that there will be- magnetic
1bservatories in the Samoan Islands in
Siberia, and in California or vicinity in
position to lend effective cooperation.
" lille IL IS not anticipated that any
,,arked irregularities in the distribution
- the earth's magnetism viii manifest
themselves over the deep waters Of the
Pacific, it may be confidently eXpe cted
that IN the neighborhOod of the islands
and along the coasts distortions and iF-
regulaTities viii reveal themselves. With
the aid OF the results o. the detailed
magnetic survey of the United States
and Alaska. opportunity viii. therefore.
De Afforded OF studying the effect OF the
cCnnguTation Of land and water upon
the distribution of the magnetic forces.
lac circuit, which IL about TO be begun,
passing as it does along the American
and Asiatic coasts. will yield especially
interesting results in this respect. Thus,
Tor example. along the Aleutian islands
marked local disturbances Wiu be re-
Vealed- Reports are received frequently
from mariners in this region regarding
the unsatisfactory behavior OF the COM
pass; il Is, therefore, greatly 10 be de-
sired that magnetic survey of waters
tr this region be made with all neces-
sary detail.