The Yale expositor., 1913-07-03

kimos, who have plenty of fresh meal
never have scurvy and We expect tc
kill plenty of polar bear and musk OK.
I'VE hope to get the Roosevelt fos
the trip up, though have not closed
the deal. In the event she is unavab
able we shall get another worthy veg
sell
Our wireless will present an iir
teresting problem. 1t was suggested
that we use the lofty peaks OF lcS
mountains in place Of wireless poles,
which would be much shorter ans
more difficult to carry. Some expertY
have maintained that sound waves
thrown OF from the wire you'd re
bound from the ice crags In chaotic
echoes. drowning out conference OF the
Morse, but we hope to try out the ex-
! pertinent and find 1t successful
The range Of the apparatus will be
two thousand miles We will relay
through various stations back to the
states, and we hope to report progress
OF work at short intervals.
We will leave Flagler bay for
Cape Thomas Hubbard, from where
we start our dash. on February Is.
There will be ten sledges, each sledge
with eight dogs and carrying five hun
dred pounds. We should reach the
cape March /. about the time the sun
comes back again, and without delay
We will start over the ice for Croker
land, which Is believed to be about
one hundred and fifty miles distant.
Our progress will depend on the
condition of the ice. II we encounter
high pressure ridges and open leads, |
1t may take some time. 1t may bs
easy going. When We reach Crock,
erland-if we do reach tive will |
travel up and down the coast. define. |
ate 1t, and then push into the interior. !
Our great danger lies in being caught
over there. should the ice begin to
break up early. We Uiust be out by /
May l or we will not be able to get
out that year"
Suppose" Mr.. Macmillan was
asked, you should get caught by an
early breaking of the ioe?"
Il think there is game there" he
answered simply. There may not
be. But our belief is that we shall
hnd musk OK and polar bear as we
find them in Grantland. Our food SUD-
ply we take with us will last two
III We get out all right, and yet
have not finished our work. we will
go back to headquarters, wait another
winter, and push in again If then we
are not finished, we will complete the
work next year. III we get through
the first year, we will
spend some time pushing back into
The ice cap Of Greenland, that, saving
Tor cutting across one end by Peary
and a visit to the lower end by Nan.
sen. has never been penetrated to any
distance.
The Eskimos cannot be induced to
enter the Great Ice for they think
he evil spirits live there. and one
who has viewed the vast ragged
heights of ice is inclined to agree J
With them. The ice mountains In the :
treat gap are estimated as 10000 feet :
n places.
Our supply list includes 1000 G
pounds of -four. as fresh bread is a
'reat safeguard against scurvy. we
lso have great quantities of fruit ?
uices
Besides the scooter, which I have .
onsidered taking as an experiment. :
We shall have a specially constructed 7
5-foot power boat, a sailing dory and n
canvas canoe.
We shall arrange with the govern. n
lent weather bureau to send data
oncerning weather by wireless and
D make as many reports OF conditions q
the arctic as possible. In addition v
the wireless. we take with us q
eismograph for the detection OF N
arthquake shocks all nyer the world. n
house will be constructed for this ?,
; soon as we arrive II
The portable wireless outfits on the w
edges are expected to Mt as a great n
and something OF a safe. y,
lard. as with them we ean talk 10 p
eadquarters from quite \ distance. h,
We should get home In 1915 or IL
'i0. II we fnd Crockerland. ~ we do h,
ot, well. we'll stay there till we do"