The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-04-02
SOUTH POLE BY
RELAY BALLOONS
COUNT HENRI DE LA VAULEx Ex.
PECTS TO CONQUER PROB
LENS OF AIR FLIGHTS.
TO USE THE WIRELESS
Explorer Expects to Make a Number
Of Caches" and Keep in
Touch With Members
Of His Party.

New York. April There is little
reason to doubt rha success of an un-
/ dertaking TO reach the South Pole ouch
/ as | am planning said Count Henri
de la VaulX speaking of his hope of
! crossing the ice cap of the Antartic
/ continent by ser. es cf balloon flights.
Much time and money are n acc sary.
ami | could not hope 70 accomplish the
task in less 4han four or five yeas,
but in the end | am confident that suc-
cess would crown the efforts put forth.
IN many respects it is the mot
elaborate plan for polar exploration
that has ever been put forward com
bining, as it does, the use OF stout
ship capable of bucking he Antartic
ice to give rs footholl on the great
continent that covers the lower end of
the earth; OF many balloons, large
enough to carry several men and an
abundant supply of provisions, and Of
an automobile, built especially forI
such work, upon which we would de
dend TO draw a train of sledges,
After a base had been established
on the coast the work Of tablishing
a series Of relay stations toward the
pole would be pushed forward as
rapidly as the weather would permit. |
Taking a couple of extra men and a |
supply of provisions in a large balloon, |
| would take advantage Of a fayor.ng |
wind and sail away toward the pole |
AT a suitable point not too far away |
from the base, we would come down t
and there cache half of he provisions /
we had carried In a second balloon we +
would all as far again toward the pole
and ther another base Of supplies
wculd be stored.
Meanwhile a relief party from the |
coast base would be following as a
rapidly ais possible by means Of the
ana sledges. bringing a
large supply of food and more bal
looms. From the second base we estab-
lish we would repeat The performance
and so on unit t44fe pole was reached
tAll the inc there would be n
cries of caches with men on guard in
our rear 50 that at frequent intervals
there would be food and shelter for us
)n our return trip % the coast.
TO guard against accidents all Of
The tations would be connected by
teleg Apply We would all thus
be in constant touch wit one another
and perhaps our friends al home, pro
yided wireless telegrapby fulfill. its
promises in the next couple of years
In a general way these are the
plans of Or. Charc5t and myself, bp5 4
uany of the dcails rema n to b.
worked out"
Count de Ia Vaulx discussed hi I
1lan TO reach the South Pole with as ,
title apparent concern as he wonld G
sreet a proposition to make a flight {
rom New York or Paris in a balloon
lie will not be able to remain in g
america long enough this time to Try e
o cross The continent, but n flight i
thich now chiefly appeals TO his C
is one from Denver to n
q
with a strong wind from the west.
uch a prevails in the autumn he y
aid, Il hink it would be po sible TO z
iake the distance in about forty hours 0
nd I hope some day TO make the at a
ampt. but / mCt return 10 F.ance
oon to make ready TO- the Bennett G.
up race ana the contes, for the Ger il
ian Emperor's cup" s