The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-16

is the most plausible explanation"
Amundsen's coming trip into the
northland will be n Journey do luxe.
AS polar trips go. The government OF
Norway Is behind the venture. has
given him one-half million kroner "a
finance a. and he Is taking every APP
pliance known TO the world that will
make his work easier or his chances
u success more sure.
On board the Maude. for instance,
will be two airplanes. small, fast ma
chimes that the explorer will use 20
test the air currents with a radius
OF two hundred miles on each side
OF his boat and which he may use TO
make a final dash for the pole II
re finds the Maude Is rot carrying
him near enough to Il, and a planes
service will ridge the gap.
The ship will be equipped with
powerful wireless Instruments. too.
with which Amundsen is going 10
send daily weather reports to the
Norwegian government, the news be-
ing scheduled to filter in to Chris
tiania morning and evening. In nddi-
ton. OF course, he will tell the prog
ress he ig making on HIS trip.
You say you are going TO let your
boat be frozen into the ice and then
take a chance OF having the drift
carry It toward the pole? ?" Amund-
sen was asked.
Yes" he answered.
whats to prevent the Ice pres
sure crushing the boat?"
That was the fate Of Stefansson's
ship, the Karluk, but everyone agree
that that happened because the Kar-
lux originally was frozen In too far
away from shore. and that is fatal
In the Boring sea. They get away
with that on the Atlantic side of the
pole, but not on the Pacific"
Isn't there some way that n ship
may be especially constructed to
meet the pressure? ?"
"Ycs. and the Maude IL built that
way. She IL on a sort of egg shaped
frame that shipbuilders say will
stand the gaff II any design will"
Making a trip on that plan is
going to be a long old jaunt, isn't
it?"
yes, and for me as much as for
them, but the boys are all hand
picked. We're sure we're going TO
be congenial and, I've gotten every
comfort for them That space and the
capacity OF the ship will permit.
Wen have pianos, monographs. and
n large library on board, and / don't
know what else | could have gotten"
you won't just be staying on
board with nothing TO do, either.
Will you? Won't your men have
Eomething 10 do TO keep them busy
even after the Maude gets frozen
in the icey"
The Sports of the Frozen North.
II should say so. Those who want
to hunt will go out on snowshoes or
with sled dogs after w~alruses. seals,
or polar ears. The scientists with
the party will have their telescopes
minute, watching the Aurora Be-
realis and noting the electrical dis
turbances II causes. The navigators
will keep a careful eye on the drift
of the lee, and, since L classify my
self as a sailor and a cook, I'll sail
when there is an opportunity to
sail-and I'll probably cook the rest
OF the time"
Everything seems to point to the
fact that there Is treasure aplenty
In the Arctic II Amundsen, or any
explorer, for that matter. can lay
tAalAAN VIZ Z Il lbhAlh IIAtLNbN AAtN
Melville Island I'm 1894, some of
were said TO have furnished
great diamonds for the treasure
chest OF the eX-CZar Nicholas of
Snow melted when it fell on
stones" Peary said. when hit
a hammer, they rang like n bell
and gave off n Jet of sparks"
DauTN gaiH he o1gn n1ir,ha1 20 tho
summit of a mountain of ice and
on it's other side n great rich
covered with vegetation, yell
peoples and d%andelions. and
filled with the hum Of bees. The
explorer fancied It was a
mirage that was hooking his eyes,
but determined that such was not
the case, Musk oxen even were graz
ing by the streams.
~Stefansson. in his book. THE
Friendly Arctic" says there is
enough reindeer meat on the hoof
In the far north TO supply a large
part OF the world with food.
A survivor OF the L. s.. s. Rodger,
vas burned In the ice off the
north Siberian coast 40 years ago.
while hunting fruitlessly for the lost
jeanette, says the crew found gold
and oil in quantity there and dug
up the entire bodies OF mastodons
with ivory tusks so hard that they
would turn a rifle bullet,
Petersen. once again getting back
10 the man who rescued Amundsen
4 year ago, says he has seen oil
from the ground and run down
hill in a mass enough TO form
biz lake at the bottom.
THE Mckenzie river r. the Mis-
OF the Arctic" he goes on.
from Herschel island up
hat river, oil Is found in a state so
lure that the natives burn II in oil
amps without refining. Coal in that
Is so easy TO mine that even
he lazy natives use It,"
Then, beyond all this wealth OF
mineral deposits, there r fur-bear-
ng animals in the Arctic regions,
specially the far north zones. whose
in numbers would mean a for
une to the trapper who could pos
'ess them, Blue foxes skim over the
ce like delicately colored specters,
md their pelts are worth hundreds
II dollars each. The polar bear is
here, the marten, the beaver, the
ynX, the ermine and the skins of
ZACH would bring dollars ana many
" them in the fur market.
Amundsen. when he sails up the
ocean into the Boring sea,
will be close to n group of persons
Who spent the winter at Wrangell
and who probably would give
OF their respective lives to en-