Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-08-08
.PEARY's POLAR QUEST
Present Expedition TO Be His.
Last, Says Explorer.
HOPEFUL or HIS EIGHTH TRIP

of Polar Expeditions--No Danger Of 4
s Freezing to Death In Arctic Zone,
He Claims.
4 Frederick Boyd Stevenson, who in
tervieWed Commander Robert e. Pea
~ on his new expedition iii search of
the north pole, writes as follows in
Harper's Weekly: 81 ~
M VIII he make it ]?
asked him this question the other
day. He turned III his chair and looked
at me. The muscles in his face half re-
Taxed. Peary seldom smiles.
81 hope to make it, Z he Slid quietly.
''This will be my last attempt I be-
lieve it Twill be successful. z
v Despite the softness III 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. .. ss@ 3.4.
Peary is perhaps better qualified
than any other III this quest Of the pole.
He began it twenty years ago, and on
each of the seven journeys he has
made to tile arctic zone he has been
pushing farther and farther north. In
his heart is the confidence of success
on this eighth journey. II. N
The beginning and the end Of a POI
lar expedition may be expressed in one
word, = said the commander. THAT is
food. 1t 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, a dried meat that
can be made into soup; ship biscuit and
tea. Tea is a stimulant, so one can get
along without that. Ship biscuits are al
luxury, 50 one can get along without
them. But pemmican is necessity
that one must have in the arctic re-
gion.'' MN
But a man who confesses to have.
eaten raw dog with a, relish may not
be generally considered as a purveyor.
OF tempting menus.
Dog meatg" Peary repeated. Why.
one who can eat hog meat or Graves
the delicacy of limburger cheese can
have nothing to say against dog. TO
be sure, the hind leg of an overworked
dog lisa little tough and rank some
times, but a man who has eaten NUT
ton stew in cheap restaurant cannot
complain, nor is he apt to complain
when the cravings OF his appetite att
tack him with the temperature 20 de-
grees below zero. The dogs readily
eat their comrades when they fall by
the way, and this, to q great extent,
solves the problem OF feeding the ami
mails. | have considered the question
Of taking dog biscuit with me on my
dash to the pole; but, while the Siberian
dogs will eat it, the dogs which use
on my ditions- practically all wolf
will eat nothing but meat"
How about alcoholic drinks?"
asked.
The answer came decisively:
mo man can drink alcoholic liquor
who goes to the north. 1t would mean
expedition"
a'AId smoking?''
The man who is dependent on his
cigar or his pipe might better remain
at home. Why, | should as soon think
of taking a man who had to have a
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 be
OF cheerful temperament and not sub
ject to fits OF the blues, and every man
must understand In advance that he
must meet the greatest hardships and
self denials. He must be willing to
suffer cold and hunger, to forego sleep
lin q word, to be ready to sacrifice his
life, If need be, for the success Of the
undertaking
81 Have you found such men? p
He nodded
Yes. For the most part they are
the same men who went with me be-
fore. can trust every one of them
under every circumstance
Peary has been SO long In the arctic
game that the question of dress for the
north has ceased to concern him. While
on his sledge trips he sleeps in the
open air on the ice in a sleeping bag
of fur, clad only in an undershirt.
When he arises. be hastily pulls on
pair Of drawers which have frozen
during the night. His trousers and
socks are filed with snow, but he puts
them on undaunted, ana quickly thrust
Ing his feet into a pair Of kamiks or
shoes. also filled with snow and ice.
and pulling on a big fur overcoat. he
is ready for his days journey.
One does not nlind the cold In tho
north, z SAIL he. ..The temperature
ranges from SO above to 10 below zero,
and II a man takes care OF himself he
need suffer no Inconvenience ON ac-
count OF the weather. There is really
no danger Il freezing to death in the
arctic zone. =
Bishop Potter's stJoh.n
TO illustrate a point be was making