New-York tribune., 1909-09-12
ALL ABOARD FOR ARCrIc
Some 'DOn'ts" and DOS" for r.
curaOniSts to NOrthland

by Cook and Peary and we know the ~
that are not there. il remains for an eDts-,-
ing promoter TO open popular pOlewar1 ev,.
siOns. sport, Education, Amusement a. -
prospectus will remark. "Get on ton 90 :,
earth. Visit the high ATTITUDES We ruar,,,'
the air. Beats al. the health resorts"
OF course. it is rather doubtful whetbe,
excursion will proceed TO the exact SPOT AZ
the Stars and Stripes have been recently NAN,
or pIanted-because il would take too ~.
and the average traveller would get cold .,
and revolt against the mOnOtOny OF musk =
steak. The comforts Of home must be provis..
on the trip and the dangers must be seen =,
safe but dramatic distance A nice little ,,,,
mer vacation trip will about III the demand
A traveller who has been on a summer sYer.
sion to Northern Norway. Iceland and Suit,b,.
gen gives some valuable hints 70 the asserntF,.
hosts OF Arctic visitors. He warns them =,
some facts they are likely 10 overlook altbor.,
they studied them in their geography days Po
example, there is no night in high attitudes :,
summer The sun only makes a pretence o
going down. it ducks toward the horizon br
never passes out Of sight. There are imUorta,
consequences flowing from this condition
person who has insomnia will either be cured A.
driven mad by the eternal daylight ~ sumype-
II is necessary TO make a sleeping schedule vii,
your friends. otherwise your sumber hours vii
conflict and you will be bothered az midnigbt =,
people who devote other hours 20 rest.
In general there is a tendency "a gI-ep less an,
eat more Four or five meals day are en-,
sumed with avidity. II the excursion does M,
guarantee at least four meals. it is not wbat
you want. Hunger is a terrible thing in n.
Arctic wastes. and no excursionist should le
reduced TO the necessity of chew ng sole Ieatbe,
or trunk straps for sustenance- Il must b. p.
mernbered also that cameras work overtime in
twenty four hours Of daylight. and that ,
kodaker needs twice as many films 70 satsf,
his normal propensity to snap while there /,
light
As for clothes. you may leave New York IN
duck and linen, but you viii want wool and IN,
when you arrive in the Arctic neighborhood
And, despite the watts OF chiiliness from The
pole. you will be glad to have few bottles Of
citrOnella and some joss sticks 10 keep of The
Arctic insects. including mosquitoes which ar,
as il they had been born and bred in the au-
tude Of the Hackensack meadows.
There is vegetation up there which looks timiJ
and discouraged. like what the grower offers al
a bargain late Saturday night When YOU pass
Westman Islands around Iceland. says the trav-
CLltIs YOU DcuOlU NtiliCdl tl4HS SWtLTIHInE With
millions of dOwn-bearing elder ducks There is
no game law in that region. and no reason wby
each visitor should not bag half a dozen ducks
or so to make a hat for wife OF sweetheart
Only il seems a shame 70 destroy Wild things
which are so tame that they viii almost feed
out of your hand. Hundreds Of sea birds vii
flock aboard a steamship and become as IA
miliar as domestic poultry.
A sportsman who wanted SOM of these con
fding creatures to feed 10 some Iceland falcons
he had aboard could not make W his mind to
slaughter them in cold blood Therefore, With
effort he shoOed them of and shot them sn the
wing. In this way his honor was technically
while the result for the victims was
the same
Plenty Of whales and iceberes were met BY the
traveller mentioned. and he recommends visitors
not to pay any attention to whales that are not
alive The dead ones, 10 be sure. Will announce
themselves on the breeze But Do net collect
beach trophies Of whale bones and the like with
the notion of decorating Your city fat on your
return. for what is UnObjectOnable in the E.
air of the north changes its nature
when brought into warm room.
The same might be said Of Lapp and Esqumau
mementOs- The best time 70 call on Esquimaus
is when the thermometer registers % degrees
below zero. At higher temperatures the natives
thaw out and conditions are better suited for an
student than fer social visitor.