| Show ANor TUB TilE ICK IVI Time Tilt principal result of the nU ll n expedition to the Arctic regions under Admiral seems seeing to be rather r ther negative It huM liau proved that tJ nt no nb IbiD tan tall break through the Ice floca that bar barthe barthe the progress northward and that Rome some other oIlier means of or reaching the North Pole must be found fouM It If success lIue elIs Is to bo be achieved The admiral went north on a 1 most pou powerful Ice breaker specially built for Cor the tho purpose of keeping the th harbors harbor In the Baltic open Cur dur during ing time the winter time but Jot the tho vessel vesel be bu became came caine helpless when she ahe encountered the thick Ice ko 1 0 and was vas as for tor a long time timo unable to break the chains that held her bound The plan was original though th ugh not successful It Is Ie one Ime of ot several s meth methods otis that thal have been tried Nansen built his hits vessel essel strong enough to resist the tha pressure pres ure of ot the Ice hoping to drift over the Pole oho olo Andree conceived of the Idea Iden Ident Of t crossing the Impassable barrier In Ina a balloon and has not t been freen cn heard from although note more than four tour years have passed since Inco his for tor the un unknown unknown Unknown known regions glons I There Ther has hIlS been some talk of ot proceeding In submarine boats u ULler uder the Ice but that experiment has bas hasas as nil yet not art been heen tried Lieutenant theory Is that the tho ice can be bo traversed If Ie depots are established c along tho ho route on which the explorers can fall tall back whenever when ver provisions are aro needed or whenever It tt Is la deemed necessary necessary necessary sary to turn back for tor some reason or other That Tho Is perhaps utter after all tho the most moat practical plan adopted and ant the theono ono one that will ultimately lead to success |
