New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-07
POLAR QUEST
Present Expedition to Be His
Last, Says Explorer.
HOPEFUL OF HIS EIGHTH TRIP

HOPEFUL OF HIS EIGHTH TRIP
Believes He VIII Be Successful and
Says Food Is the Beginning and End
Of Polar Expeditions-No Danger Of
Freezing to Death In Arctic Zone,
He Claims.
Frederick Boyd Stevenson, who in
terviewed Commander Robert e. Pea
ny on his new expedition in search of
the, north pole, writes as follows in
Harper's Weekly:
| Will he make it? s
l asked him this question the other
day. He turned in his chair and looked
at me. The muscles in his face half re-
Taxed. Peary seldom smiles.
II hope to make it, he said quietly.
'"This will be my last attempt. | be-
lieve it will be successful
Despite the softness in his voice one
| felt the conviction of conquest. He
gave no promise, no hint of the break
ing of the far north record in 1906.
\
when he advanced within 200 miles of
the goal There was no boasting of
past achievement no specializing on
future glories.
Peary is perhaps better qualified
than any other in this quest of the pole.
He began it twenty years ago, and on
each Of the seven journeys he has
/ made to the arctic zone he has been
/ pushing farther and farther north. In
his heart is the confidence of success
on this eighth journey.
s'The beginning and the end of po-
lar expedition may be expressed in one
/ word.'' said the commander. S'That is
! food It is not the cold, it is not the ex-
posture, but the failure of supplies that
wrecks the enterprise. Three things
are actually needed for food in the
north-pemmican, dried meat that
can be made into soup: ship biscuit and
tea. Tea is stimulant, so one can get
along without that Ship biscuits are a
luxury, so one can get along without
them. But pemmican is a necessity
that one must have in the arctic re
gion.''
But a man who confeSses to have
eaten raw dog with a relish may not
be generally considered as purveyor
of tempting menus.
DOG meat?'' Peary repeated. why
one who can eat hog meat or Graves
the delicacy of iimburger cheese car
have nothing to say against dog. TC
be sure, the hind leg Of an overworked
dog is a little tough and rank some
times, but man who has eaten NUT
ton stew in a cheap restaurant cannot
complain, MOI. is he apt to complain
when the cravings Of his appetite at
grees below zero. The dogs readily
eat their comrades when they fall by
the way, and this, to a great extent
solves the problem of feeding the ami
mails. have considered the question
l of taking dog biscuit with me on my
dash to the pole; but while the Siberian
l dogs will eat it, the dogs which l ust
on my xpeditions-practicall all vol
) will eat nothing but meat"
l "How about alcoholic drinks?"
: asked.
The answer came decisively:
"No man can drink alcoholic liquo
I who goes to the north. 1t would NEAR
death to the man and a menace to tn.
! expedition
"And smoking?"
1.-THE man who is dependent on hi
cigar or his pipe might better remain
at home. Why, should as soon thinl
: of taking man who had to have ;
piece of pie every so often The per
: sonnet of your men is the first consid
: GRAFTON. Upon them depends every
thing. In the first place, they must b.
: Of cheerful temperament and not sub
ject to fits Of the blues, and every mai
, must understand in advance that h
!, must meet the greatest hardships ant
: self denials. He must be willing t
suffer cold and hunger, to forego sleel
lin a word, to be ready to sacrifice hi
life, if need be, for the success Of tn
O undertaking."
j "Have YOU found such men?"
4 He nodded
9 Eyes. For the most part they ar
v the same men who went with me be
|. fore. / can trust every one of then
g under every circumstance
Peary has been SO long in the arcti
: game that the question of dress for th
north has ceased to concern him. Will
on his sledge trips he sleeps in tn
open air on the ice in sleeping ba
of fur, clad only in an undershir1
8 When he arises, he hastily pulls on
! pair Of drawers which have frozel
s during the night His trousers AM
I socks are filed with snow, but he put