Show Pery s Fifth Attempt to Reach the Pole Poke IlE f tact ct that Ihal th Ih Intrepid Rob Robert TilE T ert I R E l Peary tear la tl actively en engaged In preparation for tor a fifth attempt to reach the eln ln rive Ire 1 geographical point known aa as a the tI north pole pol la Is certain to tf revive the tile somewhat waning interest In III arctic aroU IX J Th The hull of ot the tb ship In which th the pole IOle Is It to make a further effort to t penetrate th the l Icebound tn Water la le I now JIOW building In a Maine Jain under the oversight of ot the explorer The ships heretofore employed in lion have all been built with the pur pure pole pote po of oC affording a maximum ailing eft OI pact pretty ty and have v been furnished with auxiliary engines with which to steam t back blOk In the th construction of ot tit the new vessel ulel there ther Is II a rr real ral of oC this plan It will have n i maximum malma teaming steaming and ami aniCal coal Cal earning c t pa tty and only Just enough nouh sell sail r nt to enable It to 10 crawl Rio 1101 slowly ly bark back horn home after all ll the tM fuel tuell Is la gone ronI Th The hull of ot tit the new nw explorer explore will be beto beto beso to so constructed that It will otter offer no re n to the ire when It U In caught calIt I between two noes noe but bUI will be i iWI up WI out of 01 the water vat r somewhat at ae a a wa watermelon seed aeed Is It t forced upward be bI between twain tween th the thumb and finger eager This lit alt kite la is t not nOI at nil uncommon In III slot anA aro tie navigation tides rele tele M ge the vessel and nd It la is then Ihen possible for fer or It to advance again Commander Peary Pary 1 expects expect that the hull of 01 his hll new vessel I will be completed In to next nest and he h has baa planned to 1011 ail ull at some date tate between July 1 land and July Jill 15 The expedition will follow the MO so called American route that la Ie through strait Baffin bay tay Smith sound Kennedy KM b and Robeson channels and andon andon nd on through the Uti til contra central polar MM sea The plan la le ta to reach the northernmost land limit before th the tone long arctic rett night begin and In the lingering twilight leave lele the th Ihl eh r and alai aero the froien Ma HII on the remaining c Ml lilt ml mil miles lea of at the Journey reach the tile pole pol If it possible and return to the ship b before betor for the tilt Ice break up II The party which will make th the final dash h huro uro the 1 ice pack peck will contain cont n only three thra white l Pen Pea Peary P Pry ry F a surgeon and atut one other All Allot of th the remainder will h be r Eskimo There will willbe willbe willbe be at last twenty II ledge end and each dog doC team tam will be b In charge of oC an II Ke l N 8 klino the Ice Ire condition conditions of th the first season aon A on make It Impossible for tor the ex expedition x p to reach reh its ila It contemplated win winter winter in ter ler quarters Commander Peary Pry would be obliged to modify hi hll hie plan In turn such an In event he h would go Into Inlo winter quarters tars at th the point farthest north that could ba bit At the oL ot th the ascend arctic summer he Ill would push puah the ship hlll to t the northern shore of at Grant Orant Land beginning th the sledge I dge jour journey Journe ne lie ney In th the second February after liter his hll departure from tr rn New York The work aa II outlined by Commander I Peary Peery two distinct and anti Im lm Important I portent the navigation of 0 the hip to the northern shore of ot Grant lAnd and tea ravening Ir of ot th the polar Ice pack with al sledges from Crom the north northernmost extremity of f Grant I land and to 0 the tho r i j iI COMMANDED PEAKY PEARY pole and anti return rei urn The voyage OTAge of ot the ship hip also two Iwo distinct parts parta Aral Ant tort from th the port of ot lulling to Cape Sabins Milly easily accomplished by b any all tillable suitable during the summer Bummer and second the stretch from Cape Rabine to the northern shore of ot Grant Orant Land a distance of miles of and uncertain lee Ice navigation Four Polaris the Alert the Discovery and the Hie Proteus have ac ao accomplished the navigable part put of ot the journey The stretch of ot Ice toe navigation la le I the tho crucial feature of ot the problem Realizing this fact tact from Crom repeated r try tryIng trig Ing experiences Commander Peary d de deto to provide pr e I I I r St r M F e i J 1 Fort Fart anger 1099 l d 9 r o a aS t S q d tr e rant land 1 11 j lands sir re ret t 1 an anra ra 0 mere l red q r rv v at a I Ii Iff i ff sy HOW now PEARY TOPES HOPES Up PES TO REACH THE NORTH POLE rOLE culty eullY by bT the construction of a vessel Miel I designed especially to 10 overcome the thew h e natural obstacles He lIe found that what hat da est W s II a would drive him hun through an In lee Ice pack of 10 coo miles mile n If she consumed ev every ry ryton ton of tool coal that she BuM rould tarry carry No 1 ny bac lIc 1 twI a II better batter opportunity oP te to t arrive tt It t A sound lound conclusion ai at to the proper conn m ef of an erotic arctic vs vessel lUll l than Com Cam Peary INt Such a boat la is the en ens now building under his bli hi personal su au supervision sue No pr previous arctic explorer hu bu been so 10 o In obtaining the o eo 00 opera operation tion Uon of ot th Ih the nos M as ha h has this thU latest and moat mOIl competent American eror erot In I rr regard rd to 0 th these Inhabitants Inhabitant Inhabit nUl at of t th Ih the Cro north It la Ice I evident nt that they thy alone alon are ar b but bt at qualified q to form Corm the be I contingent of oC an in alOU party Life and work In that d ip a i t t N e I C L bl ble e region are ate their It U la Is Commander Intention t to tribute th the entire en tribe In such luch a I mane man manner m n nor ner aa as a to afford aard him the most moat assist t tanu enc anc leaving having l the lea Ine I ones ns nel at Cape Cap Sabine where th they iy will b bt be In sty eu au communication with the walrus hunt bunt hunting lag ing to establish Intermediate Intermediate diate famine tamill between there Ibre and ad the Ile northern state of ot Grant Land JAnd He Us win will take the tile men of ot th the tribe with him eh en board loA the ship to 10 winter at the th melt meet northern ba bias baH and to torn form hi hIs hll party Boro the polar pack The Tho Th proper agent tg nt n t for lor work week Hit In Inthe Inthe Inthe the arctic of Dt th the western html sphere above abon 7 71 70 dear dr degrees north latitude la is I a team teem of If six or eight good dogs dOft and andA A n sledge with willI a 4 loud luu nut not to SOO pounds pound II a II as the th maximum of weight This tb a unit of ot maximum I ar and radius tf at f reach The heavy man sledge drawn by four tour six Ix or even twelve men mn with a trod oad ef ot from 1900 1000 te to SOW 1005 pounds pound la II no ito longer used by b arctic explorers explorer And what I is It II that Commander ry rag 1 expects expect to accomplish He Ifs f hop hopes ta to and th tile the north pole What I le the north I pole IOle U It Is le the root center of th tt the northern hemisphere and ancl It U Is distant In Itt an air line from New Nw York oily city lea IMS leathan than miles mile To be more explicit It U le th the mathematical point at which the UI axle axis on which bleh the lb earth arth revolver th the globe lobe surface U Jt U is I th the pot spot where whre there then It le only one on day In III Inthe the year ear and there then Ih la Is I a night of corresponding length le h It Jt has haa h n tie ne time n II no longitude no east a t 1 no Wilt west n ae north only South Every Ever wind that blow blows li le a south wind Only two step separate rate noon notA from midnight All th the heavenly bodies bodt move forever la lee hone hort watal tal It It is the last great cr t geo geographical eo graphical prill that the tb world has hu to ta tor offer eger r It U li to the priM prise for fir which all II the tb nations of the civilized world have been competing far fM H It la le I n a 1 trophy which any an nation might be proud t twin to te tewin win The Th Th polar quest today toda In such woh caps ble his hands handi u ire are re tho those ef of t Commander Peary Peery r is not get ot a foolish fancy fallO th the Idle Idl dream of ot an H It has hai b aasum assum assumed ed d th the dignity dimity of at a broad national proportion a business but undertaking which U It of producing tangible results ruU It will mean 1 a revolution in attainment It will render exact the lilt Heating problems of physics and astronomy It Jt will pave the way wayte to te mans man final anal nal physical et of ot the world JAMES JAMBS I J TREVATHAN |