Show MOST EXCITING RACE THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN f ot P I 4 JI r r in lY ii rV PL U D HB HE MOST exciting and nerve racking race the tho world has ever seen declares Robert E. E E Peary of the international i contest for the discovery of ot the south pole in which the United States England England England Eng Eng- land Germany and perhaps Sweden are areto areto areto to compete for honors The Tho Antarctic regions are the last mystery spot on the earth and the world-wide world zeal In its quest has become a colossal sporting event without precedent precedent precedent prece prece- dent or parallel not only Involving the Interests of science commerce and exploration but also placing at stake the fair fame of each competing nation Funds are being raised by Influential and wealthy patriots all over the continent of ot Europe Great Britain and the United States Scientific organizations are making painstaking study of the latest and most satisfactory apparatus apparatus and equipments for polar expeditions And the Intrepid intrepid intrepid in In- trepid leaders of the south pole hunt are reconnoitering reconnoitering recon- recon tha the ranks of the explorers for the choicest choi hol- choicest personnel the world can offer Commander Peary is fresh from nailing the stars and stripes to the big nail of the north a A rj ei s T e v r 9 Y it A s f k r l los os f w f ad rP ri C t A. A f t 1 A v r fl el t f n 9 al fit 6 X i. i r f Y W v M r y tp x t r IS fir r d' d I a. a it ta Y 7 r s nr t v Il tt c ay r J r. r i r a ct k r. r f rut e s 's sJ i rk f y t 71 r c iy o M oaf V l o r rr C 4 iq ka C fie kb r. r i j Y ci t fi S Z o I r J f q i. i 1 d Skip 4 tf r t 3 br f U t t 1 ary of i id a W iv y irs w tr s y jw r rt s t- t ir n t a i O ar o r y yc Pr p J C ff lr A o Yi f Y y T ws Sa a 4 r r y 4 N t f. f v 4 u 4 ir Vi t 1 r yd i l t t y N nW do N. N M N r Mf y r- r LJ Y n ir p A tr s Ca Fk y X n y t i Fd f s n. 1 and from receiving the recognition of the leading scientific societies of ten nations as the discoverer of the north pole And he shares the hopes of his proud countrymen that having won the worth polo trophy for the United States he also will prove victor in the International race for fore forthe forthe the e south pole poe V t I Commander Peary's Peary ship Roosevelt will be used for the United States south polar lion on and the personnel of his recent north pole expedition excepting the commander himself will wm tako part In the new expedition Capt Bartlett tho the Newfoundlander who accompanied Peary half half way to the pole h has s resigned his present post In order to be able to command the new ex- ex A check for raised by public subscription subscription tion and presented by Gov Hughes of New York York to Commander Peary has been deposited as the Joint contribution of the donors and himself t l towards the United States Antarctic expedition i In order he ho said to enter the stars and stripes for tho the splendid and manly International race to the south pole with our British cousins than whom there are no finer foemen in the world England will wm be represented In the dash to the Antarctic regions by Capt Scott Scott Scott-of of the British navy Capt Scott sails next June and after wintering wintering wintering win win- in McMurdo sound will wm start In October v 1911 on his land journey towards the pole which fie he e hopes to reach by the end of December Thel The Tho l American expedition starting from Its base in will do Its utmost to make male good tho the same Bame month Capt Scott who led the Discovery expedition tho the best expedition ever eer sent out will receive a al ap p l government grant another from tho the Royal Geol Geo Geo- graphical l society and assistance from many rich richand richand L and influential persons F fc The German south polar expedition has been arranged by Filchner of the general staff of f the army under the tho auspices of the Geographical Ical society H He Is a known well known explorer and andas was was as one of the first to reach Lhasa Tibet He has Chas announced that ho lie would start in October of f this year ear if it the necessary funds will be forth forth- coming i r r Capt Amundsen who long has been associated associated associated ted with north polar research is spoken of in connection with a rumored expedition from Sweden Sweden Sweden Swe Swe- den where south polar interest runs high and andrich andrich andrich rich citizens have offered to help defray expenses should their nation decide to enter the contest The current agitation over tho the south pole Is only the culmination of over a century of interest interest interest inter inter- est beginning with the celebrated Capt James Cook Wilkes of the United States navy and the continental explorers of the first half of the nineteenth century No less than eight expeditions expeditions expeditions were fitted out out between 1838 and 1843 It Is 17 years since the crusade In England and Germany was renewed for Antarctic tion At that time bits of land had been discovered ered red chiefly near the Antarctic circle 1000 to 1500 miles or more south of New Zealand Australia and the Indian ocean and to miles mUes south of South America South Victoria land was known to be a large land mass but most of the other discoveries were merely short stretches of snow covered ered coasts and no one ono knew whether they were fragments of the northern northern northern north north- ern edge of a continent or only shores of ot islands t I Here was the f t pi ot fields V for r pioneer research and eight s el Scotch It-Scotch German Swedish and Fren French h have have bro bro fht ht home a large amount of Six of them two them two English expeditions led respectively respectively respectively by Scott and Shackleton the Scotch under Bruce's command the Germans under the Swedes under Dr Otto and the French under Dr Charcot have Charcot-have have discovered new newland newland newland land and two of these parties those of Scott and Shackleton pushed their discoveries of ice capped plateaus and and lofty mountains far to the south and one of the smallest of these expeditions practically practically practically has bas proved the existence of ot the Antarctic continent In 1904 Bruce of the Scottish expedition discovered discovered discovered dis dis- covered Coats land far south of the Atlantic whose coast he was able to follow for 75 miles mUes and believed to be another segment of tica Scott in 1902 discovered Edward VII land which was joined by the great Ice barrier of Ross to South Victoria land All these new found lands are considered by bythe bythe bythe the polar explorers to be a part of the Antarctic continent The The south pole is situated on an an Antarctic continent somewhat larger arg l than the Un United ted States and with an area of of 4 square mU miles s. s The pole is on a tableland about feet high The glaciers of the Antarctic continent are of stupendous stupendous stupendous dous size The great ic ice barrier is a glacier miles wide and hundreds of miles broad In places The presence of a volcano belching out steam well within the circle of eternal ice is as much of af an anomaly as the presence of an extinct volcano volcano volcano vol vol- cano covered with a snow cap at the equator Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa and Mount which Shackleton's expedition exhibit this marked antithesis an Mount Erebus is isone isone isone one of a group of mountains of which Mount Lister Lister Lister Lis Lis- ter rises more than 2000 feet higher than the volcano It is probable that the south polo pole Itself Is burled burled bur bur- led fed beneath as much as feet et of everlasting ice On account of this altitude altitude above sea level le Its neighborhood may be colder than that of the north pole C Shackleton and Capt Scott were both puzzled by the warm winds blowing from the south and considerably warmer armer than the previous temperature Capt Scott wrote The warm snow-bearing snow southerly winds which we experienced experienced have not yet been explained Even in the depth of winter this wind had a temperature of ot 10 to 15 degrees This In Itself suggests that there may be a comparatively warm valley or region somewhere In Antarctica Antarctica- Shackleton's Itinerary of his remarkable remarkable remark remark- able dash for the south pole even in abbreviation shows the under which poles are sought and ald found Oct 29 29 1908 Left Left Cape Royd Nov 3 Left Left Hut point with provisions 91 days Nov Noy 5 Held Hed Held up on White island by a bliz bUz- zard Nov 26 Reached Reached Capt Scotts Scott's southernmost latitude Before this point was reached pony Chinaman was shot and a depot of pony meat oil and biscuit made Nov 28 28 Pony Pony Grisi shot Nov 30 Pony Pony Quai Qua shot Approaching a high range of unknown mountains Dec 5 Started Started to ascend a glacier 40 miles wide id miles ng pes long It was badly crevassed Dec G Uj 6 J Glacier J I r so badly crevasses crevassed occupies ay cov coverIng ring yards D DecA Reached altitude of feet on glacier g glacier ac I er fJ a. a o b Dec 26 a e a pla plateau plateau eau after crossing icefalls lea ice falls faUs at on t 2 90 06 feet et Had left everything everything every every- thing but food instruments p a Eft it and camp equipage at a depot in latitude eA de ISe es 1 16 6 minutes and 3 seconds and reduced a o to to g. g 20 ounces a aman aman man a day Men len draggIng dragging t e ite N. N Jan 4 The 4 The end is in sight sl e san Can only go gothe for three more days at the mo most fo weak ening rapid rapidly Short food and a a wit wit- f the south with driving drift at a temper temp ELf tur t of 7 degrees of frost have plainly told dad us' us pda taa l lwe ha hawe we are reaching our limit I it Jan 9 Our 9 Our last day outwards We hayai h tr our bolt and the tale is Latitude 88 degrees t jt 3 minutes south longitude degrees east cast wind ease eased at 1 00 a. a m. m and at 2 00 a. a m m. we 1 up and had breakfast At 4 00 a. a m. m started SO with the union Jack a brass cylinder contu ISs ng IS s stamps amps and documents to place at the fat far it t south point camera glasses and compass it U 9 00 a. a m. m we were In 88 88 degrees 23 minutes south half running and half balf walking over a surface sur surface face much hardened by the recent blizzard bUzzard It was strange for us to go along We hoisted hi bl majesty's flag and t tine the e other union jack after and took tool possession of the plateau in the nam of his majesty We staid only a few minutes and tl then ep ta a aking king one flag and eating our scanty m me t went we hurried back and reached Of o m about p. p.m. m. m We wore were so dea dead tI tl r va ye t. t only did to two hours march in the aft camped at ab p p. p m. m The nus 19 degrees Fahrenheit For Fortun tun our tracks were not obliterated ted by by t Indeed they stood up making makini a t lowed Homeward bound at rut I to Ii l' l rt r grets may have bave done ou on I |