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Show ! HlIX IM HIE I'UI.K, tt9i beh ihiiika ll la .mr it You 1 "avr I'hiiiy to ftnt, I uKfHAa t;,,v. A ajwolal to J.urual itom Tupek, Km., y: waoiiiiHe a con v.rmiion t-Uty, i- v- loho,uf the KtuiiaaHUie Bier.liy(bUie.i that ho had received " oiu er i.) u lxl uuti u( Um SlJtltt .d itml he bad about concluded tut 1 Tl,B yhK Knn duei il,LM ot li "Idllly lu aooomplifcb "J'bK, but there I., a. a mat:er ol Uifc vln bbuul Norm I'd nirh oarriM with It tba oouvio. M;"''t ha will Ha lu W.t "lu ilU oUtaole which It, ,,,,HJ Arr-iio explorers fromtlud-I fromtlud-I i i , , I''aald Ihe profnaaur, "i Utt i bul Tlie esplorora a ,7 lBn,doui with ft lutioh iu their i,in. u,"uKb lby were aliiily M.tf daj'a run ou luv hii , il,l,rM 1 nj healthier rl u tlrr 1 T,WnrM Inside the Aroilu eou j l,ltr a no Uaintr from the si lh . Ibftu l,OOU mlJea hrwV aud i suf- ll(y ". a,,jre trtn ouU than the pu. i !',' v"1 duriUK the ooiuliif; cflw. n be no aiireolatilu I nani CW lBtWfc0" tbeoold at the pulni b(. ,i "l1.0 lH4, ,,oia l vfy Idu-, Idu-, ' Urn Nrih ljo. Arwtlo trxpoJlliun yet let afoot baa limply airvs l o it. It l almost hnvond bfillef how little In the way el supplies tbme fellows wbo bavo bnn up urtli nk aloiu. Ulve nis ptanty to eat and I think I oan ft" I lo the Nortb I'ule as eavliy aa Kot wKb lo HO) mllM. Uuod i)lil-'aaiuiiJ' ru'.' houM he tbe wntotiword ot tbe Arc He explurer. "1 will slnrt out with prolina anuunh to lint loo or twelve year. I will takv my tluue, tbouKU of courae I do hot pr pufe lo apand any suou number ot yuais In runkiuK Hint trip, t'ut I want provtHleui euuuU to talnblliii well'it'jpke J oaropi ut polun uolnureluauft day's sieixe Jouruey aj art. "It has been the utom of Arctic explorers to either Bllck lu the watr witn their ablpa until oruabed In the Ice-pack, which, o ojune la followed by the I gat ut uintuf ihalr provinlona, or to try and Uiotiul a d travem tho butte lie uiuuutalua of Ureen.ai.d, and uover try to otnas tbe lupuntalni. 1 wotiljrntabllih cam pa at Inlerv.dv, lu which 1 w uld ttore Krcut quaultlies of I rovialona, it lid then move on lu oilitr tanipi, where 1 wuuli pUut mure pro Vlfiluiic. As I worked north I would bavo IheHfl pruviaiuu aturubuuai'S ao thick inat any liiuu who stmyad luto that country ut any tune wlibln Ibe nxt it n yw-ra would be sure lo find plenty to eat. "1 would thus work around tbe UracnlatiU oat until the point was reached for tbe laat Kruud ilmli to tbe PjIb by alfdge er buat, and tbeu t want none witb rue but iCkliuo yuuu h'kitno, wbo cs hanale bulb dugi aud paudle. "I iiriievetbat most of Iha Arctic explorers have uiaue their griatual ef lor la lo uo north in the maimer. Fat my part, 1 aba'l ihoae the wlutr. Ihe uauiral means ot lonuniotloii in three pans la sledtflhir, and ttial la W-lain W-lain lo be at Its beat lb winter. "Wheu (JrueUy aloid oil tbe lammlt of the ((rcat Urweuland Ice mountain, lu aaw a chain uf lalanda away oil lu Ihe direction of the pule, add 1 am convinced con-vinced that there Is practically a oou tlniiuua laud route frmu the nurlb coat of Greenland In tho ri'Kluu of the poie. I'oailbiy that lrnBlnary point Is alio upuu an lalaud, aud II an, I cau kriiiic htii'k some tauKlbls uvuivutus ot ti'O diicuvery." |
