New-York tribune., 1909-06-27
FOUR-YE4R TRIP ON ICE.
While Drifting AcrOss 4rctic Bald
scia H'M Raise Vegetables.

Novel plans for wrestling the final secrets Of
the Arctic regions have been made by Evelyn
Briggs Baldwin. The venturesome explorer pur-
poses on his next expedition to drift straight
across the uncharted Arctic sea aboard an
ice island several times the size Of Central Park
Established on his island. with portable houses
ponies, dogs tons of whale meat and equipment
he will not much what happens to the ship
that brought him there. The ship may be
crushed, il viii not matter During the four
years of drifting from Bering Strait to the
other side OF the world. at the rate of two miles
q day the diet Of canned food, sea shrimps
guIIs waIrus and bear meat will naturally be
come monOtonGuS. The members Of the eXpedi-
tion viii crave and need fresh vegetables How
they he had il the frozen wastes OF the
Far North? Mr. Baldwin plans to raise vegetables
right on that ice island He viii have a garden
patch. with artificial soil and artificial heat sup
plementing the rays Of Sin months sun, and
viii raise onions and cahbages in close proximity
TO the North Pole. To farm ice and plant
crops in section where the thermometer may
suddenly drop 90 degrees below zero is feat
that none but a scientific agriculturist would
ATTEMPT
Nj. baldwin intends to captive and diri-
gbe balloons as accessories to scientific obser-
vations. while 4 wireless telegraph outfit will
keer him in touch with civilization through an
Intermediate station III Alaska. The diriGible
balloons may furnish means of escape tC the
explorers IN case their island becomes untenabIe
The wireless system will inform the world what
discoveries have been made how the garden is
gettin2 along and when the PARTY expects to
reach SpitzlerGen. while it VIII keep the
pio'ers from becoming lonesome by providing
them Will the daily news OF civilization
searchicht for hunting tears during the six
months night, and deep sea dredce with a
bomb which viii by explosion hur! marine speci-
mens INTO a net, are other novel features. A
cinematograph VIII take pictures Of scenes and
incidents of interest OF importance.
"Starting IN the late summer for Rering
Strait said Mr.. Baldwin to Tribune reporter.
my plan is 70 have our expedition ship accom-
panied 10y two chartered vessels conveying .
large quantity Of logs or timber from the for
ests Of Oregon and Alaska, casks hlIcd with
oil, foods. clothing and the extensive equipment
necessary 10 set up a four years colony on the
ice. We viii make directly for the edge Of the
pack ice to the northwest OF Point Barrow,
Alaska. and VIII tie up alongside the most prom
fsing ice foe. This Will be in about latitude
73 north and longitude 1G5 west, OF about one
hundIed miles east Of the point of besetmcnt
of til Jeanette, OF Ct degrees east q the point
whc.c Nansen picked up the drift Of De Lons.
This VIII give a course nOrtEWard right
througG The heart Of more than 20tU(4 square
miles Of uneXplored territory, stretching for
1000 miles across the North Pole to the op-
posite edge Of the pack ice between Greenland
and SplzbelEen.
'Our snip ana conveys VIII soon be joined by