Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-10-16
NURPH POLE ON MAP
AS TERRITORY OF The united
STATES BY Discovery.
Navy Department to Issue New Map of
the World-oficially Designated as
Our Territory-Departm Issues
Statement as to How the Discoveries
Would Know They Had Reached Pole.

A new map of the world, with the
north pole as American territory, will
be issued soon by the photographic
Office OF the navy department.
In view of the deluge OF questions
regarding the proposed methods of To-
eating the north pole that have been
pouring into various government bu.
reaus ever since Cook and Peary made
their conflicting claims, the hydro
graphic Office OF the navy department
has supplied the following:
In theory there is no greater diff
Guilty in determining one IS position
IN the arctic than at any other portion
of the globe. The instruments en-
plcycd are the same as those used by
the mariners in all seas, but special
care should be taken in their cOnstruc-
ton 10 insure extreme Lgbtness and to
guard against possible errors due to
the unequal expansion and contraction
Of the various metals in the great
changes Of temperature TO which they
are exposed.
In preparing for a sledge journey
IN the arctic il has been found ad-
visable TO have a special chest for in
struments. This should contain a sex
tant, an artificial horizon OF a non
freezing type, one or two chronOmeters
and the tables OF logarithms and the
astronomical data of the sun, moon
and stars necessary in working out
observations. 1t is advisable that a
DarI<Qf sI4annnlafsar !. .soI IL
person 10 get the warmth OF the body.
As the pole is approached the OBJ
servatlons become very simple. AT the
pole the altitude of any heavenly body
the sun Tor instances the same as
its declinatiOn OF distance north Of the
equator as given in astronomical Ia
Dles. An explorer then approaching
the pole need only take an observation
OF the sun at noon and after correct
ing the observed attitudes for errors
OF instruments, retracti0n, ETC.. com
pare this altitude with the declination
given la the tables The difference be-
tween the declination aud The altitude
AS the distance be Is 1Iom the pole.
as he draws nearer 10 the pole ID be-
comes Ot continually lcsseuing imp0r-
tance thai his observations be taken
q Aacty at noon, and when af The pole
AZ may De taken at amy time aud viii
De the same as the given deelinati0n
al the time.
Whitney Eyasiye.
HalifaN. liarry Whitney Of Aew
Haven oCnn, Nho Nas with d. Cook
at AnnatooA and 90 whom Dr. Cook
As SAID to have given detailed ac-
count of his rp ~ fle pole, Aas sent
y wireless uesaage fTom Indian liar.
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lions DID Cook leacA Che pole Io
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