Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-04

kimos, who have plenty of fresh meat,
never have scurvy, and we expect TO
kill plenty of polar bear and musk OK.
I'VE hope to get the Roosevelt for
the trip up, though | have not closed
the deal In the event she is unavail'
able we shall get another worthy yes
sell
Our wireless will present an in
teresting problem. 1t was suggested
that we use the lofty peaks of ice
mountains in place of wireless poles,
which would be much shorter and
more difficult to carry. Some experts
have maintained that sound waves
thrown off from the wire would 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 it 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,
I'VE 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 carving five hun
dreas. pouBdfiS resshould reach the
tx ttlarfls. n ia. he time the e,.n
/ comes back again, and without delay
we will start over the Toe for Crocker-
land which is believed to be about
one hundred and fifty miles distant.
Our progress will depend on the
condition of the ice. If we encounter
high pressure ridges and open leads,
1t may take some time. 1t may be
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 must 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 ice?"
81 think there is game there" he
answered simply. There may not
, be. But our belief is that we shall
find musk OK and polar bear, as we
find them in Grantland. Our food sup
ply we take with us will last two
months.
IF 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. If we get through
satisfactorily the first year, we will
spend some time pushing back into
the ice cap of Greenland, that, saving
for cutting across one end by Peary
and 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
the evil spirits live there, and one
who has viewed the vast ragged
heights Of ice is inclined to agree
with them. The ice mountains in the
great gap are estimated as 10000 feet
in places. .=...
Our supply list includes 1900
pounds of flour as fresh bread is q
great safeguard against scurvy. We
also have great quantities of fruit
juices
Besides the scooter, which have
considered taking as an experiment
we shall have specially constructed
25-foot power boat, sailing dory anc
a canvas canoe,
I'VE shall arrange with the covers
ment weather bureau to send dat;
concerning weather by wireless anc
! to make as many reports of conditions
!. in the arctic as possible. In addition
, to the wireless, we take with us
/ seismograph for the detection o
q earthquake shocks all over the world
, A house will be constructed for thi
q as soon as we arrive.
+ THE portable wireless outfits on tn,
o sledges are expected to act as a grea
+ convenience and something of a safe
a guard, as with them We can talk t,
, headquarters from quite a distance
a I'VE should get home in 1915 o
1916, IL we find Crockerland. If we d.
not, well, we'll stay there till we do.