Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-18

y the plan Of campaign lp' '',7
49,. operations of the Record
u,r,ld nolar expedition there are
1 - features of Importance Whlch
,. NOT in the plan of last year.
- come of these now features we
LOS. TO deal in the present letter
NV cnlaryng the gas reservoir OF
,..uoon part Of the airship America
secured Il much larger lii'Ihs
,.rcc ana are, therefore. able to carry
larger cargo. BY a certain econom-
,.,i disposition of tho guide-rope
....i,,hts (Which must be explained IN
5,,t,re article) we are glad 10 be
IA announce that when the
.,,i,, ,tarts northward from our
t,,,o,iarters in SpitZhergen, as we
30 and believe she viii start late
,,ayf .Tuly or in the carly part or AuG-
rs, the grand total weight carried
in The air or dragging over me sur
,,co of tho earth. gliding on the ice
v.Innning in the water, Will be
inward of l02 tons, or more than
II 600 pounds.
.rbe greater part of this weight, 1t
,,,,, he pasily imagined, ~ DEVOTED 10
tho machinery and the fuel appliances
with which We hope to reach inc
ar.f objective. 70 that end everything
a. shoDed all our energies directed.
p,,f We have at tho same time been
compelled to think and think very
seriously. as to the means of getting
hack again. We are willing to take
all the risks naturally involved in
snch an undertaking. DO they great or
small. But IT is our duty TO make
,bcm as small as possible, TO reduce
mem to the lowest possible minimum.
We have no desire to pose as martyrs
In the cause of science. TO leave our
ZONES bleaching amid the eternal ice
odds of the remote north
one, Of The most striking, and pos
.,blv most valuable. of the new fea-
tures Of the project OF which We have
srsllen has to DO directly with this
rue.tion If the return voyage. Last
,sar had we been able to start from
Srltzbergen. We should have carried
~. 49,. al. ,,,,,.,l, r,pJ ia sustain
tb. oro,v during rs DAVIS. This was
,,pnn the theory that Il the America
could not make her way to the pole
ana back again MS q true ship Of the
mir or. after hen. fuel was exhausted
or her motor broken down, ms a drift
iu, balloon taking advantage Of the
winds for working southwark, then
,va could in default of everything
,lgo. take TO ;hc ice with our sleqCcs
ard make our way back to ouv head
quarters ~ to other place OF safety
during The autumn. and within the
rariod for which we carried pro-
visions.
But now we have enlarged that
idea Instead of provisions for only
nc davs W., carry with us in the Amer
fen enough for 500 DAYS. In other
words If necessary. the crew of four
men can remain out the entire win
ter without securing a Mound Of game
on reaching depots of supplies of any
sort and still maintain themselves till
Tho following summer on the re-
sources carried with them.
PERHAPS IT win give the reader a
clearer idea of the sum total and all
the values of our plan If We state. in
their proper order. the various POSSIBLE
flies for which we go provided. and
uuon one or the other of which we
denend for success. at least for safety.
The first of these Is the America it.
self. considered rs a true airship as an
aerial cruiser. fitted for O long voyage,
both in time and distance. we be-
lieye we have built such a ship. We
believe she VIII prove herself able TO
steam so to speak, distance of more