New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-03
PEARY'S NEW PLAN
SOUTH POLE SE4RCH'
Promises That National Geo
graphic Society Join C1io'

rra shfnxtcn. Feb. 2-Commander Hop.' :
Peary. discovsrer of the North foie
has made proposition to the Nation",
Geographic Society, which. II acceptSo. W.
mean that an American expedition WIN -
r, r.. way to discover the uncondueie
South Pole next fall.
nv bahalf of the Peary Arctic Clup OF
New York Commander Peary Suggest
that the club and ths Geographic ooci7'y
a, I'm a ,oint expedition to reach the soi'''
Pole.
The Peary Arctic Club he said III me
ting the offer at a dinner given DS
Alexander Graham Bell to the poaro VI
a,r,ctora IF the National Geographic 30
49, Iast night. would contribute the
stoo,,sI,n Roosevelt. which could not %
a,r,,,o.+e5 for $4,000. provided the Ma
+.onaI Geographic Society would assume
tba responsibility for the first $4,000 TOWARD
tbA cnst of fha expedition According "
the ,Ian suggested all expenses above thdt
s,,o ara to be divided equally between 'ne
tro organizations Commander Peary es-
,irateS that the total cost would be fronl
SIS. 900 TO 100000
The proposed expedition would start next
fall. and would reach Coast Lana dooN'
March. 1911 This point Is directly oppo-
site the base Of the British south foI'
ernedition The two camps would be aoon1
tro thousand miles apart, and approx
,nstAIy the game distance from the Soutp
Pole. II IS estimated that the explorers
would reach the South Pole about Decern-
Der 81. 1a11,
Commander Pesry's proposal was r.
cefyed With enthusiasm by the h1enpsi
of the bsard of the Geographic Soclety' p"'
as the meeting at the dinner was an III
formal one, no action was taken / Ms
matter. however,. was referred to the
france and research committee OF the SO
ciety. with instructions to report at spe-
cis1 meeting to he called at an early date
r. is believed that the society will decioe
to accept the proposal.
Commander Peary. however. said tnat he
could not conduct tho expedition in per
son. as the sledge work required SO nuch
rhvsica1 exertion that it needed younger
man than he 10 undertake il
Commander Peary had an interview to
day with Rear Admiral Holiday. chief OF
the Bureau of Yards and Docks. IN resaFd
TO his future So far no plans nave oeen
perfected, and the Navy Department VIII
INQUIRE into tho engagements which 'he
officer has already made before giving nun
formal orders of attachment.
General Thomas II. Hubbard, president
of the Peary Arctic Club, said last night
that the members of tho club have eeeh
discussing a plan to cooperate with the
National Geographic Society in sending out
AL Antarctic expedition in PeaTy's old snip
the Roosevelt. No definite action has yet
been taken by the club
The National Geographic Society mas
been planning such an expedition for some
time. l understand that the primary OBJ
iect is not Il cash for the South Pole, but
The exploration of Wilkes Land. Thus the
expedition would go far to the east 81 the
region through which the British expedition
under Shackleton has gone and through
which the new expedition under Captain
Scott IS to be- sent.
The National Geographic Society has
communicates with the British Royal Geo
graphical Society. which is sending out Cap
fsIn Scott and has been assured that an
American expedition TO Wilkes Land would
be entirely satisfactory 10 the E.nglishmcn-
1t has been suggested that the Peary Arctic
Club furnish the Roosevelt. and that the
National Geographic Society supply an
equivalent amount Of capital for the under
taking No action has been taken by the
club however, and plans for the proposed
undertaken have not been worked out in
detail"