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Show H TO IbSti llli: 1011- H 01 the llireo expeditions which ro Hfjt to net out thl summer to explore tho H s St polar region unit If postltile retch the Hj,y role Itself, that of Lieutenant I'eary Is Hf tho tmtlknown to Amerlctn realew, Hlli becauie It will Lu easel upon the BlGt theory which suggested on I the dli- HCf' covcrle which alien led his recont Hfj) Journey. It msy not to generally Hf. underslcod that there lira few coast H f lines on the tatth'a surface wbloh ere K f I still undefined, and that the one of H'-tl these rohlch Peary proposes to estah- B if! Iltli Is the llDeof Ureeuland ftom Capo .i Washington, InSldegreea : minutes Hptjj toCapuIlliiiirck7)degroea north lall- Hlf tudr.ft stretch which haa defied the M B etamtnatlon of voyajoti from tho fact B H (bat tbe whole east ooaat of Un enl ill J Hfrj Is clothed In perennial Ice nniltwept f!) by unceaslug northeast gelos. Last Hly year Lieutenant 1'iory made nn at- Hlft tcmt to fill tho Rap, but he n unable JJ to surrey tho line with nocurAoy. He jji now propoiea to ronotr tho allenit. J$ His llant, according to a elate- H 'j ment prepared by lilmielf for H'l the prcra, aro u follows: lie H I will start early this summer with H J ton men for a point on the north cout H M ofiluglefleld bay, In about 77 decrees M -1 39 seconds. There lie will make Ills jj camp and base of operations. Home itlme Ibis fall ho will sand out a parly to establish a cache of proTlstons at a point as near as conTenlent to Independence Inde-pendence Itay. In March, 1601, he will lead lilsforooaoross tho Itland to the cache, and at Indepeiidonco Hay they will divide, one party going south bhi, along the coast to Capo lllsruarck; tho other which ho will lead In person, He moving north to tho hlgheat point H reaohed by J.ocawood of the Ofeelry Hj expedition. If both expeditions nccom- H pllsli their purposo the map of tho H Greenland coast will bo coruplotu and B In thesummer of 1803 the parly may be U exptcted home. Ills attempt to roach H i the pole la understood to depend on the M success which shall attend the march H aboro referred to, and oa the favorable H condition of tha weather. H The least known of theso expedi- B tlons Is that which Is belli if organized V by Frederick Jackson to sail from pkV Liverpool In June. lilko I'eary, he fBVI will endeavor to reach the hIo or lis PBV proximity by overland Journeji; but fBV be thlnka bis American competitor fBW baa already gone as far north as Is 1 possible on Greenland. His own plan BkVj Is tosall at oncefor 1'rant Josef land, S which Ilea to the north of Nova Zem- pkS blaand to tbe east of Bpltibergon. Its fBV southernmost point ttuches the 80th PBS ' parallol of north latitude, but bow far V i It extendi northward no one knows. pkS It wsa discovered In August In 1373, fBSJL and explored for tome distance Into Hf the Interior, I'eturman'a laud mid Ht Oscar land lloto the nortb, In latitude fBV ( 83 and beyond, and measura tha limit fBV of exloratloa In this part of tbe fBV Arctlo riglons. Jackson thinks that fBV reterman's land extends as far north as 1 , latitude 83, at Kast. This would bo H I within 300 milts ot the jole, ndls- fBV I Unco wbluh he proposes to cover la HBV boats If tie find au open sen, or un BV sledges If hu And I-miJ or Ice. Ills ptl parly will consist of ten or twelve, and IPS be provisioned for three years. JfB Of tho Hansen expedition, the most vl Inteiestlog and daring of thtm all, Blfl the world has heard much but Is ever HBV keen to learn more. The lutrejld BBV Boandlnavlan proposes to start ou his BBV Ave years' voyage or drift early In Ilia BbV coming summer. He Is to sail along HBV the cmut of Blberla until he reaches it BBV point oQ tbe mouth of the I.nm river, BBJ near where tho Jiannetto was lost. BBfl , tialllng northward he will then seek BBB to attain the highest joulble jiolnt BBJ In open water to the west of tho new BBJ Siberia Islands, Jleyond that polut bo Bf I will trust himself to the Ice and tho BBB' I current which runs, as ha believes, BBH ' across tho ole. Ills vesiel, tho Irani BBBl (I'orward), which has boeu built after BBV) his own plans, has beiu disorlbed BBj' In these columns, ills belief Is that, BBEj owing to her picullar consiruitluu, BBjl abu will be lifted up us the leu BBH closca In, and thus usoaiu criuhlng. BBK Her engine la of 100 horse power, with BBJ u dally cousumptlou of '-t tous of coal, BBJ The vessel Is nearly ready, his storm BJB and jrovlslonsuiu being prepared aud BJB his crew, of twelve men, are already BJB relucted. The latter are testing thtlr BJKj endurance by sleeping lu Nortglan BJB , snowdrifts, uud u depot of su illes Is BJflj Lelngirepured far up ou tho Hlberlau BJpj coast. It Is hero that aouutlme next BH July Nauseii will take un board his BBJ Uoganudaledget; fur his expedition la BBJ to be well inulppid forjourutylng uver BBj land orover the loe, should it become BBJ uccesiary to Kave his ship. !iaiiu.n BBJ has incidentally coutrlbmud to thu BBJ viuliiieut of the uther txedltlous BBJ t Hie reneurobt, and lhou uf the BBJ iclullte who have beeu employed In BBL bis lutensts, lmvu leiulted lu eevcral BBJ new methods uf jriparltig fuod so ns BBJj to obtain the most nutrlmeut In BBJj llm liatt bulk, aud all futuru BBJ cxilcrers will profit b) this wtrk. BBJ l'etrultuui will buuiuJ for heatlug,uud BBJj thu uuuklug will be done with ulujllul. BBJjl Tlit lu will be un electrio motor, tube BBJ Uilvenly u windmill orbyulrtaduilll. BBJ Istltber sjlrlu (extepttheklcohul lor BBJ luel) nor tobacco will be curried BBJ among the etores. It Issupponed Hut BBB tbu current will take thu I'ram BBJJ frra the Hlberlau const t) Orctu- BBJJ land, und thu pirty gois rej ared to be BBJ gone six i eura, though It holts to bo BBJ lljaltd aiross the pule uud Into the BBJ ujen vfotei oircirceiiland wlthtii three BBB years. Those who aro most familiar bL" BJBbBJBMBVBVb.: ww 4f"iyty with arcllo voyages look upon this bol 1 tchems without approval, bjt It seems well to rbcognlie tho lact that Dr. Xauien has a Jopted his plan with forethought fore-thought and after a deliberate study of all the conditions. |