Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-20
10 the interior. II " in the winter we
Bhall mako our attempt"
why the winter In preference TO tho
pumnier2" 1 asked
PLAGUE or MOSQUITOES.


why the winter IN preference TO tho
summer" / asked,
PLAGUE OF MOSQUITOES.
Because travel In the interior Is
practically impossible IN the summer
replied MIR. Le C1ueux. 1.-THE Lapland
nulnIner though short Is compare lively
warm. The hard frozen surface gives
way TO mud and slush, Swamps and
increases abound. Sleds cant be used.
And the mosquitoes become H. veritabls
plague. II Lanland Is to be crossed il
can be done only In winter"
1T win be cold work"
Rather said Mi. Lo Queux, with o
shrug--' something between is and 40
degrees below zero most OF the time |
expect. But we shall be able to stand
the cold ali right. Mr. De Windt has
survived a temperature OF IS degrees
below zero, and when travelling In ST.
IBERIA l have got along without expert
encing any great discomfort when 1t
was as below zero.
Altar making arrangements with the
Lapps at Haminerlest we shall return
10 England and the expedition proper
Will start about the middle OF Novem-
Der. The journey throughout will be
done by reindeer sleds. We shall have
rs OF them, each drawn by six reindeer.
Altogether We shall use between 1900
months stock OF provisions with us.
and fuel. too, for the same period, as
none Is obtainable In the country.
JUST FOR THE FUN,
I'm addition TO our Lapp attendants
we shall have with us mineralogIst,
q photographer, and two friends who
Will so along for tine fun of the thing"
"One result OF the expedition / SUP
pose will be book
'ol course, and a very interesting
book II ought 10 make, for of the re-
mote Laplanders-their manners, GUS
toms, modes OF life, etc..--very little
Is known. But there are other objects
in view besides the production of n
book. One, which may prove to be OF
great practical Importance, is to as
certain whether the reports of huge de-
posts OF tin ana petroleum, said to
exist from Lake Enare eastwards to
Archansel, ara correct. That, espec-
tally, is where the mineralogist will
come in.
'Then we are going to look into an
other matter which is of considerable
interest TO the diplomats of Europe. That
is the scheme which Russia Is said to
have under way to obtain an icefree
port on the Arctic sea, from which she
could obtain access to the North sea.
Its location Is understood to be Mt q
certain spot on the Norwegian coast
where only a narrow strip Of Norwe~
gian territory separates Russia from
the sea. We shall find out II the idea
Is practicable one. 1t will be for
the diplomats to settle whether inter-
national politics will permit it to be
carried out"
PRoyISIoNED FOR SIX MONTHS.
How long do you estimate 1t viii
take you TO make the journeyy'
Probably between four and FIVE
months. but, as l have said we shall
go provisioned for six months. The
route taken viii be approximately as
follows; From Atten Fjord, Norway,
to kansjok and south TO Kautokeino,
thence 20 Meresjarvi, From Menes-
tarvi We shall make our way to Ah-
kola and Sodnnkyla, taking in Enare,
q large reindeer station. From So-
dankyla we shall proceed to Kvolojarvi
mapping and exploring the Kola penin-
sula. The region is uninhabited and
our journey through 1t is likely to be
beset with many difficulties. From
Kvolojarvi our route WI lie south to
KEN on the shores of the white sea-
That will be the hardest part of our
journey on account OF the deep SHOWS
and furious billiards. that there prevail
From KEN to Archangel 1t viii be fair
~ easy going, we expect,
'The distance covered will be about
$500 miles. A few weeks after we
start we shall find ourselves In the arc
tic night and shall probably have to
lay up for six weeks until the sun
makes its appearance above the horizon
again and gives us q little light. or the
aurora borealis supplies sufficient IL
Elimination to enable US to make head
way. We have a stiff job before us;
we are going where white men have
never been before. we don't know Just
what difiicultis and dangers we may en-
counter but am looking forward to
the prospect with huge delight and SO
Is DE Windt."
RELIEVES IN SEEING THINGS.
Short. OF moderate. build. dark, with
thick brown, almost black moustache,
strongly marked eyebrows, Mr.. lie
Queux bears some physical likeness to
Rudyard Kipling. The resemblance,
however. is only superficial. for his COM
nlexion is olive, not mahogany. while
the place OF his eager brown eyes has
none OF the intensity of Kipling's gaze
But like Kipling lie gets his insplra-