Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-26
SEARCH FOR NORTH POLE.
Judge Darling Gives Interesting TnIk
nj Williams Science Hall

nr tho navy t,ovc an i,,o,as,t,, tail, ON
tho Arctic ropjone ana ,ho so,rch for
North noio 'rbursd,v cvo,,i,, at ,he WI.
inms eclorcc hall u,dor ,ho .usnicos of
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pcor, ,ho ,r.,tc .ov,,loro, ,ho ,ioY.. ,,i,.-
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Jors tho ocoo. ,,L ,,o ic,. eurf,,c, nf
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fndirr ,ha X,.u. ,..>io So, hoar II, tho
minds NJ ron,,,, r.n ono ,aa.. r,,,l .,u,r,
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reached ,b,, .i, ,,.,. 49, O.,
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latter ,xnodi.ior alec boca,re o,cborod
IN the ico and arter ton dave, travelling
on foo, ,ho mon found .bopeo,.os SIR
rartho~ north than when thov started
M'iV'Iio' VINO was o. the pa"t% ana "Ao
was commanding ono o. tho bards NJ
struggling mon. found some cmr.v nyhinr
shartics az lasj ana the party eagerly
ate IN tic refuse Of fish .ha' had been
loft by tho former OCCUPANTS Nausor
again sought tho pole from IT," Siberian
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1o.ituIo
lie stated that fin. hardest problen, for
Arctic cxplorcrs IN solve wa the
problem of furnishing nrovieious ponrv
Travelled eNo milo. strsieh, north from,
tho base Of supplies which was
equivalent to provisioning for i2ol miles
A. tlat time IN. reached a point ~,
mics north from tho American coast
He said that thc Arctic in summer was
y delightful region continual srring
ana that the explorer. always wished to
return there after visiting civilization
The sun then is very warm and the many
brooks. descending from glaciers. arc
raging torrents The change from sim
m"r to winter. however. occurs in one
night. A. night the traveller goes 10
bed hea ring the roaring Of the brooks
the gurgling of tn" smaller streams and
tho CroaninC Of the moving ice fields In
tho morning he awakcs 70 find the hush
81 death. Winter has set in and there IS
not q sound and the views everywhere
arc bleak dcsolatc and gray The nerve
If the explorer. is then tested TO the ut
most for it Is the continual darkness and
stiffness that prcys upon them and some
time, drives them mad They can stand
the cold with comparative ease. also tho
de- ISOLATION. but the darkness makes them
want to sleep and they have to be con-
tinlaIlv Fighting against robustness
When the sun once more appears II finds
thcm pale and haggard with all the
appoaranco of mon VINO have gone
through great hardships
by the explorer Greedy. /" years ago