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

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what?
Circumstances would determine
which of our various alternatives was
first to come into play. suppose the
best we can do with the arsnip is To
get within co. or 100 or $50 miles of the
pole. Then II breaks down, OF the
fuel supply is exhausted. II We are
carried that near to the pole before
the end of August CAS- we should be If
at alll We do not propose To come
back without the prisc, If ii ne pos
siblc TO get II by another means. IN
such case we should bring the alrshp
down TO the surface Of the ice. Tho
gas would bc let SO. her career would
come to u sudden end. hut lot her
usefulness. Having carried us ana
our provisions. slcdgcS, dogs boats, in
strumcnts and all equipment so near
the pole, she would nov render us -
further service OF becoming a base vi
operations, Planting everything on
the thickost. hrmest ice we could lind,
we should use the thousands OF square
yards OF fabric of which the sas bag
is composed, ana the steel Franc ot
the big car. for the Improvisation Of
a very comfortable nut snow ANA ice
blocks could form the walls, and tlI,
fabric the roof and carpet and walls,
a few days for this Work or FOR
starting it--and theu We should set OUT
for the pole while the ngnt yea re-
NAMED
AT the north pole the sun reaches the
horizon on the ard Of september, dis
appears that day or the next. ana l.
not seen again at thut particular spot
for exactly six months. but tor sew
eral weeks there is at the pole itself
twilight sufficient To trdNel bS. ana
the FARTHER south ono goes the darker
the nights ANA tho brighter the days
at The pole noon ana nidniSt being
exactly alike We're il necessary, We
could remain out upon the ice going
to the pole and returning TO our base,
till the middle of October, with light
enough TO move by. In case of last
resort we could remain out still longer
travelling by moonlight. Eut it is not
probable that would be necessary. II
the voyage of the America comes TO AN
end in that region II win surely be ear
lier than the LIST OF September; and
during the month OF September al
light, night as We'll az day, we should
! have ample time TO so To and from
our airshp base within such distances
as We have named,
There would be one risk in this plan
the risk that, having left the base
created by the descent of the airshlp
upon the Ice, in q Journey by dog
! sledges to the pole, we should not be
| able TO find the base again on our re-
turn. OF course, that would be awk-
Northumberland failure TO tind the base
| would mean starvation out ON tho ice
! nack This would be tho cnse for the
rofsnn that The America is to carry
! nearly 2 600 mounds of food for men and
| dogs. and would have the most of It
! left when she came down upon the ice.
| An, we should carry only a small part
| OF this store with us on tho sledge
tourney. lust enough for 30 days or
| Whatovcr time we estimated would be-
! required To 20 to the pole and back
| AGAIN. with a margin. TO carry the
! entire supply. OF enough to last us
! would be 10 burden ourselves with
| such heavy weights that we should
| never get anywhere.
!
Naturally we should adopt every pre-
| cantinn foT hndin,, ths base again. One
is ,,smaliv cautious when II is mat
,er nc ia ana death-his own life or
| de,tb-tbat he IL nloving with II the
Ice ficlds Thai cover the Arctic ocean
vsere stshIe stationary we should have
no trouble Rut If they were stable
! and stationary IL would not be neCeS-