The Red Cloud chief., 1921-04-07
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many OF the mammals the descendants of which
are scattered over the earth. Next year the
museum will send out biologists and notion
picture photographer, and In 1923 psychologists
and anthrOpologists will follow.
The Royal Geographical society is pushing ahead
Its plans for the conquest OF Mount Everest, the
highest mountain in the world. the summit Of
which no white man has ever reached. The main
attempt Will be made next year. Sir Francis
Younghusband, the president of the society, has
announced that Col. Howard Bury who has trav
eled much In Asa, has been chosen to lead this
years expedition. with Harold Rneburn In charge
OF the actual reconnaissance Of the mountain. Mr.
Raeburn has just returned from reconnaissance
or kangchnnjungn. mountain In the Himnlayas
with an altitude of 2S146 feet The society IL also
hoping to secure the services next year Of Briga-
der General Bruce the originator Of the idea OF
ascending the mountain.
The ascent Of Mount Everest is impract'cable
for many years at least In the opinion Of Henry
f. MOntagnier of Terre Hnute. Ind. who has made
many nstents In the Hlmalayas. the Rockies and
the Eur pean Alps and has attained the highest
attitudes He says:
II have 10 hesitation In predicting that Everest
will certninly not he conquered by the first pnrty
TINT makes the attempt. In my opinion II will
take years. each party proitng by the experience
acquired by It's predecessors and each gaining a
thousand or more feet on the previous record. One
thing Is certain and that Is That the conquest Of
the highest peak In the world will be far and away
the most terrific test Of endurance human beings
have ever undergone. The journey to the north
or south pole. as far as physical effort and moral
courage are concerned. would be mere child's play
compared with the ascent OF a mountain more
than 10000 feet high The highest altitude yet at
tanned Is about 24,60O feet.
ave know that the number Of feet active
climber can ascend per hour dimlnishes with the
altitude. Thus, up to 10000 feet average climber
ascend obOut ono feet an hour
ground without eXhausting himself. Above b. 900
feet the nscensiOnnl rate falls below 800 feet an
hour even for exceptionally strong climbers. What
II would he at $1,000 feet no can say without
experience.
Judging by what we know of the dminuton
of the ascensional rate of strong climbers above
$4,000 feet, 1t would seem doubtful whether II
would be possible to ascend more than 100 or 40
feet an hour above 27,O00 or $1,000 feet And.
moreover these figures are based on the SUPPOSE
tion that the party meets with no great difficult
ties, such as powdery snow, high wind, steep
rocks, sickness. etc"
The south pole exploration. now on the
way, seems important. II Is the British Antarctic
expedition. headed by Commander John Lachun
Cope, fellow of the Royal Geographical society
and formerly OF the British navy. 1t has been
financed for S750,OO0 and there will be five ships
125 men, several airplnnes and extensive wireless
apparatus. The object is to circumnavlgate the
cate whaling grounds and map fields that are
supposed to be rich in gold, silver, coal and rubes
Plans have been made for un absence of five years
DIR. Donald b, Macmillan, veteran of six trips to
the Land of the Midnight Sun, iheads the list Of
Arctic explorers. lie is building at East Booth
bay. Me-, the schooner Bowdon for an expedition
scheduled TO start in July. Under favorable wealth
er conditions the BOwdoln should reach Fury and
Hrcla strait early In September. There the ship
will be frozen In. Leaving their vessel under
guard the party will push forward on sleds drawn
by dogs. Doctor Macmillan expects to establish
a camp 7OO miles south OF Etah, In northwest
Greenland, from which he will try to crcumnavI-
gate Bnfin Land md to penetrate 1900 miles OF
Its weSern coast said to be the longest stretch OF
unknown coastllne In the world.
-Four expeditions are In progress In Africa,
namely, the British Natural History museum ex-
petition to penetrate the secrets of the west coast
nnd Of the Jeb-Maria mountains; the effort of the
duke Of the Abruzzi to find the source of the Webb
Shebell river which flows from Abyssinla through
Italian SOmaliland into the Indian ocean; the en-.
tom" logical tour of the Belgian portion of Tan.
ganyka and the Eastern Congo. by L. A. Barns.
who explored the Iturf and Semk forests finding
n strange race Of pygmies and making a wonder
full collection OF moths and butterflies, and thu
SIacke chronological expedition into Central Africa
to study the Bnhima. one of the chief pastoral
ihnA nf AMI a a ct Of