Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-20

Capt Ronald Amundsen, the arctic ex-
plorer, will give a lecture in Washington
on Friday evening, November l. before
the National Geographic Society. when
he Will tell about his experiences on his
expedition through the northwest pas
sage. The captain is now on his way
across the Atlantic and will! arrive in
New York October 10.
His first lecture in this country will be
a. Carnegie Hall, New York on October
20
The complete success of the Amundsen
expedition by which the Norwegian sloop
Gjoa. small vessel OF forty-nine tons
reg.strr. passed through Boring Strait on
August 30 o. lasc year. marks the finish
OF a period of more than 400 years of
continuous search for the so-called north
west passage. a waterway from the
Atlantic To the Pacific ocean going north
of North America. During these 400 years
many battles have been fought between
humanity and the arctic elements. Chris
tOpuer Columbus went westward across
the Atlantic ocean TO find a short water
route 10 the East Indies with their tabled
treasures. When ii became known that
large continent stopped his progress.
other intrepid voyagers set out to pass
srUGud Il 10 the northward and already In
1i3i John Cabot started out to find
northwest passage TO the East Indies and
discovered Newfoundland and Labrador.
In CahOt'S course followed COrtereal in
i5lu Martin FrobisEer, 1910: Davis, 1885;
Hudson. 1910, Baffin 1913. James and
Fox. lGil. Ross and Parry, ISIS, and Ross
again in 1881.
The one expedition which by far at
traced the greatest attention of all was
the ore undertaken by Sir John Franklin
In $50 with the two English vessels
Ere us aud Terror. With l23 followers
he disappeared completely and no less
than thilty-nIne expeditions We're in
course Of time fitted out TO ascertain heir
fate. some started from England and
others from I IS country. some from the
Ati'Ht' s!dr Or from the Bering
Slldl' and hGd!ly the last one of them
a. uhIei "Cllntock. sent out by the
uHGk-Gg efforts OF Sir Johns faithful
IG(e, succeeded in establishing the fact
thai the whole expedition had persisted
from starvation.
NJ yrs;lgg Of the ips have ever been
recovered before capt Amundsen brought
back with him some small metal parts
Obtained from the kskimos of King Will
liam Land.
First to Make the Passage.
Thousands of miles Of coast line had
been mapped by these hardy explorers
from time 10 time, and the Arctic ocean
lying To the north of the American CONT
nent had been pretty well investigated
but no vessel succeeded in getting through
the northwest passage. Many more at
tempts have been made during the last
thirty or forty years, but all in vain until
Roald Amundsen. in his little sloop. and
with only six followers succeeded
The Amundsen expedition did still more
II was equipped with the best outfit of
magnetic observation Instruments which
money could buy, made in Germany, and
after succeeding in reaching the actual
location of the north magnetic pole the
party remained there for two years, TAX
ing magnetic observations
Automatically for the whole two years
every movement of the vertical and hori-
zontal needles was photographed upon O
film several thousand feet long. These
when ngured out will show the mathe-
NAUTICAL location as well as the stability
Of the pole itself. Upon his return Can't
Anandsen was given the opportunity to