| Show PEARY CONFIDENT CONFIDE T OF REACHING POLE Elaborate Equipment and Thoroughly Matured Plans Bound to Win Win- What the Discovery Means to the World PEARY'S PROPOSED ROU ROUTE TE TO THE NORTH POLE r- r rr r f 1 C M y ss l Ir 3 I p. p ti a a J u 4 D 0 V f 4 a I 0 or Q o o NORTH J AMERICA za a s s A J The Peary Arctic club through i Commander Robert E E. Peary has issued issued issued is is- is- is sued a small pamphlet setting forth i the gains which have come ome come to the human human hu human hu- hu man race through Arctic exploration and those which will wilI be brought by bythe bythe the achievement of the one great purpose purpose purpose pur pur- pose of them all the reaching of the North Pole Commander Peary lIkewIse likewise likewise like lIke- wise explains in some detail how he lie hopes to succeed in his effort and why he expects to do so It is generally admitted that Peary is the foremost Arctic explorer alive today and probably the foremost orI o or 4 I any time His summing up of the gains to be achieved by reaching the Pole may be accepted as a fair and lull full statement of the case After showIng showing showing show- show Ing that a total value of in minerals furs whale products and other commercial articles articles' has been F brought back to civilization from the Arctic regions and declaring that the attainment of the Pole means the probability of the discovery of new newlands lands ands new mineral deposits and new j whaling grounds be he says in summing up The attainment ment of the Pole means r present and future enduring fame for this country It means It means the sign of mans man's final physical conquest of the earth It means an impetus to further geographical work by this country in other important fields It means an object l lesson In the spirit of emulation of high ideals of 1 persistence and determination and a aspur aspur aspur spur and stimulus to every boy and young oung man with an atom of energy or ambition and intelligence throughout the length and nd breadth of r f the land and to their children after them A stimulus far beyond that of text books or precept and the value of which cannot be gauged by dollars and cents It means that we pluck and hold forever the last of the great world prizes for tor which strong and adventurous adventurous t ous nations have struggled e At A prize never to be never to tobe tobe j f be surpassed surpassed After Atter all has been said bj by Its forey fore fore- 1 f. f y most advocate and ablest exponent the question of whether or not there is Is justification for the deliberate risk of human lives and the expenditure of vast amounts of money In the search must go to the jury of public opinion on orr the plea of fame to be won The plan of Commander Peary which is Is' Is founded on on his previous experience experience ex ex- is noteworthy because of his intention to emp employ oy wireless telegraphy telegraphy phy in n maintaining communications between the different posts of his expedition ex ex- By means means' of this wireless telegraph outfit the ship will be kept leptIn In direct communication with Chateau bay Labrador and thence by existing lines with New York city The sledge party which according to schedule will start on its dash for or the pole in February 1906 will be able by the same means to keep In touch with the ship for at least a part pait of its reach over oyer the ice Briefly stated Commander Peary's plan is is based upon the Smith sound or American route to the Pole It con con- templates r. r powerful strongly built ship which can be t forced through the Ice to a base baseI I within less than miles mUes of the Pole the utilization of the resources and s services of the Eskimos Eskimos Eskimos Eski Eski- mos with whom Perry is very powerful powerful power power- ful and the use of dogs for power I t 5 i Pear Peary purposes ses to start in July of the pre present ent year to establish a base at Cape Sabine and to force foice his vess vessel l through Kane ane basin and Kennedy and Robeson Robeson channels to the northerly coast of Grant land where the ship will wl winter t r. r Of the ea earlier ealier ller stages of the trip Commander Peary says The trip to Cape SabIne presents no particular difficulty and the experIence experience experience ence of past y years ars seems to render It reasonable to hope that the further trip of miles through the ice to the proposed winter quarters for the ship can be made by a suitable vessel vessel vessel ves ves- sel such as that now building durIng during during dur dur- ing the first summer From the winter winter win wm- ter tel quarters thus established it is proposed proposed pro pro- proposed posed that Peary shall start north over the polar pack with a small light pioneer party of picked Eskimos followed followed fol fol- 01 lowed by a large main party with reserve reserve reserve re re- serve supplies early in February 1906 thus affording a period of five months during which exp experience has taught that the ice of pf th the polar ocean Is practIcable prat practicable for travel in which to explore and It Is hoped to traverse the dIstance distance distance dis dIs- tance of less than miles between the vessel and the Pole I The advantages of the route and plan chosen by Peary are area a fixed base base miles nearer the Pole than than on any other other ro route te a a more rigid d' d e de Ice e pack to travel over and a route well known to to io him hh f for r tI the e return i or The factors factors working working b kI g tor his success success are a suitable ship shIp- which he be says he has never had bad before h ht his s. s long personal personal personal per per- experience and his liis th thorough rough acquaintance acquaintance acquaintance ac ac- with and ability to control and utilize the E Eskimos kimos In the pamphlet or prospectus is given given a diagrammatic scale showing the average length of P Peary's arys ary's sledge journeys in other trials and their relative relative relative rela rela- tive length as compa compared ed with those of other explorers In conclusion the words of President Roosevelt are quoted Peary and Nansen are the best two men of our generation in Arctic exploring exploring ex ex- work No o better better and and I may add no more characteristically American Amer Amer- ican work Ican-work work could be done than Peary's efforts to go to the Pole |
