| Show TO THE POLE IN BALLOON 14 notwithstanding the so 0 far insurmountable difficulties difficult iea encountered in reaching the north pole efforts will oe be resumed this year if possible to solve the ries of that re leirion irion this thie time the discussion turns turna upon the be feasibility of arriving at the goal by means of a balloon the stockholm correspondent of the NEWS writes that hat the well known cronant prof andree intends con ao an airship somewhere on spitzbergen Spitz bergen and taking advantage ut or the tb air currents cur renta and perpetual daylight during the summer eummer season start tor for the pole As it is po possible sible to guide such a conveyance ta 1 some extent the journey would be comparatively ively free from danger the ex clorer would sail about for a month in the arctic regions making his bis observations vat ions and then endeavor to reach alaska professor saor the tho greatest now living authority on arctic tx pl orations to is sold said to endorse the plan and to urge on tle the academy of science t to furnish the necessary funds the expenses would amount t something like or less thau than for instance Nau sens expedition AlIt IOD th the idea of starting for the dole in a balloon is one that has often been mentioned as the only feasible one but as yet no explorer has baa tried the experiment professor andree Is a competent aeronaut eero eBron sut with huoh experience in the be regions he proposes to explore and the cordial endorsement endor endora dement ement of baron Worden who is in no youthful enthusiast st in such matters strengthens strengthen public confidence in the practicability of the undertaking tula this year in contrast aBt to lost last year should hould be favorable to reaching high latitudes as everything indicates indio atea an early summer bummer with whatever advantages advantage the warm season if nothing else elee could be accomplished the air haviza navigators might learn something about the he late ate of manaen for whom much anxiety to la felt on account of the formerly published rumors of disaster dis aBter to his hia aej |
