Evening star., 1923-08-17
|iF0UR-YEAR NORTH POLE
SURVEY NEAR ACTUALLY;
IExPL LoRER NOW IN CAPITAL
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four years from the time we say
good bye to the Pacific ocean"
That was the outline of the jour
ney. The party who will go on this
memorable expedition Will number
ten, Including scientists from the
government and the crew. Every
body selected will be expected to
adapt themselves to several types of
duty-there1l be no deadwood along,
the captain explained.
Capt. Bartlett has fair idea of
what he expects to find. but believes
he will surpass the most liberal hopes.
The first important scientif1c subject
to be dealt with will be oceanography
about which so little is known TO-DAY.
The floor of the arctic seas will be ex-
plored: the grasses, plants and MOWERS
, that thrive hundreds of fathoms be
| low the ice-coyered surface. WIKI be
torn from their beds and brought to
| the surface, studied and preserved for
lposterity.
Seeking New Fish Food.
The fish question will be gone into
with enthusiasm, for the fish problem
is becoming serious from the food
consumption standpoint. There are
few types and classes of fish that are
virtually unknown to the white man
| that may go a long way in solving
! the problem.
Then. much time will be spent on
magnetic observations. The polar
| ship will not be non magnetic. how
ever. but Capt. Bartlett has plan TO
| obviate that necessity by establishing
at least one igloo at a distance away
from the ship. Here more wonders of
| the north will be watched and re-
| corded
| Upon the completion or during the
pursuit of these duties. the water
i Inr ha m ~ a
! scrutiny. The temperature VIII be
| taken, hundreds of times, the fow or
! the currents will be checked and the
| density of the water will be source
| of much interest
| At times the scientists will turn
their attention TO the air. Meteorol- :
! ogy will be another important held
! of endeayor. Pilot and captive bal
| looms. the latter carrying thermome. .
| ters. will be sent up and careful
| record of the results will be obtained.
| These observations are expected to
| play great part in the determlna-
tion of weather conditions here in
! Washington or other parts OF the
| United States.
VIII Have Wireless Set.
A prime feature of this work will
| be the operation of a wireless set.
! One OF the most powerful sets OBJ
| tainable will be installed on the
/ ship and stations in Alaska. Canada,
4
pole will be advised of weather con-
\ ditions in the far north.
| For example" Capt. Bartlett ex-
| planned, suppose a ten-mile wind
| comes up at 10 o'clock on the morn
! ing OF December % and a little later
! increases in velocity to twenty.
j thirty, fifty or even hundred, we
! can get the wireless to work and in
| form the weather stations just what
! to expect. Then they will know how
I nth a
| TO do in the future"
Anchored in the far north at diff
ferent periods. the pioneer ship Will
| from time to time send up a seaplane
| for explorations within a radius of
| 100 miles or so, Capt. Bartlett said.
! This plane will be equipped with
wireless and Photographic equipment
and will play most prominent part
| in explorations aside from pure sci
entific studies.
Drift With Currents.
! When the little ship. made of doug
| las Ar and measuring 125 feet by a
forty foot beam. strikes the ice in the
vicinity of Berring straits II will not
be called upon for much power the
| remainder of the journey. From pre-
/ vious experiments Capt. Bartlett be-
! lieves the current flows from the Pa
pole and down into Spitzbergen and
| Greenland
He recalled the experiment of 1897
! made by Admiral Melville and H. G.
| Bryant of the Philadelphia Geo.
| graphic Society, who set adrift two
| later found one ON the coast of Ice
| land and the other on the west coast
| of southern Gree inland.
| "Of course there were no instru-
( ments on them to indicate If the route
| was straight. zigzag or roundabout y
said Capt. Bartlett. ''but they got to
the Atlantic eventually.
| Asked if there were the possibility
| of becoming frozen in the ioe. Capt
| Bartlett replied in the negative, eX-
! planning that the ice is broken VI
and water is both visible and naviga-
BILE at times
Does Not Fear Ice.
\ ooh. we may get frozen up fol
| long periods" he added. f'but not
enough to prevent our work
! Contrary TO the belief of some
around the pole there is about siS
/ of the time is light, the veteran ex-
plorer said. There's a lot of twi'
i light up there, even though the sur
does go below the horizon the 21s'
of September and doesn't -reappeal
| until the 21st of March"
i But you will want to know what
we can do when it's dark" he ex-
4 claimed in his rapid manner OF speech
! why, we'll build a little house or
the stern of the ship. keep the sea
81 dredging the floor Of the sea. We alst
Twill have deep-sea saunders that car
j go down $500 fathoms and tell us
lthe story in a very short time"
J The government has extended hin
| great deal of help. Capt. Bartlett
i though brief. was for the purpose OF
comforting with Col E. Lester Jones
director of the coast and geodetit
survey, who is cooperating with him
i Doubtless several scientists from tha
Il office will help make up the party o1
\ ten on the expedition, and govern
Il ment instruments will be used.
4 >strl Needs $4,000.
4 One hundred thousand dollars is re.
tquired to send the four-year travel
i ers on their scientific search. Capt
lBartlett already has 100000 accum.
! lated. At the suggestion of failure tc
i obtain the remaining $50, 1000 his eyes
mination to see the thing through.
l Exploring is my business" he de-
!, clared. I've been In it most of my
life. and my people long time before
me Also have. can and viii carry
this thing through. Why over in Eng
land If the people were not taxed tc
death they would have long age
FINANCED an expedition to do the same
thing we want to. We can't let them
beat us to II.
'swe discovered the north pole. and
| as President Taft said, What are We
4 going to do with it?' We've got Il
find out all about that country, Il
there is country. up there. and know
as much about 1t as We do our owr
4 land here don't care anything
4 iabout the north pole, doubt If I'll
ever reach that point, for we hops
to go around 1t, but on the farthest
i,sfde. I'm just as sure / can do i
i as I'm sitting here"
IL 4 in 1A1R NTH thu IGflBn0Y1