The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-22
'BALMY DAY. SAYS
DR.. NORDENSKJOLD
HERO OF ANTARCTIC DOESN'T
FEEL THE COLD.
He Expresses -the Belief That Char
cots Proposed Airship Trip to the
South Pole Is Impracticable on Ac-
count Of Tickle Winds-Ice Autos
Might Be Feasible.

"colds No, this isn't cold. It's
Nordenskiold, the antarctic explorer,
who, with his wife. is today a guest at
the West hotel.
HsThe two years [ was marooned in
antarctic waters the temperature aver
aged 10 degrees below zero. winter and
quently As degrees below, with strong
wind. No one knows what real cold is
till he has experienced this extreme
temperature with a gale prevailing at
the same time.'
There is nothing ostentatious about
DR.. Nordenskjold. He is a man of
medium height, and short, sandy beard.
When he speaks It is as n with full
And on the subject of, explorations,
none is better posted.
DR.. Nordenskjold was shown a dis
patch from Paris, stating that Dr.. Jean
Charcot and Count Henry de la Vaux
intend soon to start on an antarctic
expedition in a dirigible balloon.
= Air Route Not Feasible.
"In my OPINION said the explorer,
"that expedition may start, but it will
never come back. Such a scheme might
be feasible for an arctic expedition, but
not for an antarctic. Why's Because
of the winds. In extreme northern wa
ters, if q balloon gets out of its course
or has to depend solely on the winds,
it is a pretty safe proposition ne i
and there is So much land to the south
of the arctic regions that q safe land
ing may be made. But in the antarctic
regions, it is my experience that the
winds cannot be depended upon TO blow
in any particular direction. The air
currents are very variable, and q bal.
loon would be blown around IN dlHerent
same general district. And if it did
get blown north eventually, the chances
are ten to one it would eventually a
on some ieefoe or in the ocean, for there
is SO little land there. No, + have no
faith in a. balloon expedition for n t
| arctic exploration. The dispatch says
the balloon is steerable,, but even such
balloons are very uncertain quantities.
When they invent an airship which you
can board in New York and in twenty
four hours land in Minneapolis, then
will I have faith in them; but until
that time in the dim future they are
Of little use to the explorer. !:
IT,. Autos Might Do. =.
uAs to the use. Of ice automobiles, I
can say more encouraging words. After
| OUC0 dII1V1u& LII GA0 4VAOn ASSASAo ~
ship, then an automobile can be used,
doubtless with advantage, to speed
along over frozen snow and ice.'
ttHave you any further explorations
in viewq'' asked the reporter.
"I cannot say what the future has
in store. It is not improbable that
may next make a trip toward the north
pole. It is much easier to. finance an
,arctic than an. antarctic expedition. A
great deal Of my future depends ,on
what revelations scientists give the
world during the period before l an
prepared to make another trip. Il
south, T. shall plan to have it last al
least two years. Nothing can be done
in the antarctic district in less tize!
than this. If I went south, I woule
also change my former route. Before
I went directly south from South Amer
lea. This I did for several reasons. !
had made a personal study Of Soutl
America and scientific conditions il
South American countries. By keep
ing near the extremity Of South Amer
lea, I. had known conditions and data
with which to compare what my re
search in the antarctic district brough'
south pole directly south Of Soutl
America I believe is the most Difficult
and dangerous. Therefore, on a. sec
ond trip, I would probably make TO:
a southern passage south Of the cen
trail open ocean,
Dr. and Mrs. Nordskiold visited tn
state university this morning: .Thi
afternoon they were guests Of homo
at a reception at the 7. B. Walker ar
galleries: This evening, they will p
: The guests Of honor at a banquet in tn
/ VToof hofo1 . Z" --. :