Show expedition to arctic in scientific interests ST and s elpe dialon to the arctic seas in search 0 undiscovered lands and for the pur poses of study of geography geology and other fields of scientific interest is expected by professors at the versify of chicago to result in more real benefit to science than a dash in search of the north pole both men have figured on trips to find the pole and believe that undertaking Is unattainable among the various things which leffingwell and will at tempt to study are the history of the eskimos the geography of the frozen north the meteorology and the temperature and climatic conditions of the new lands our trip is in the interests of acl ence first of all and we do not intend to go north merely for the purpose of planting the american flag on an unknown land said ernest D let fin swell in discussing the ed journey there is an abundance of land there which any one could have and which to my knowledge Is not of much money value my special work will be the study of the geology of the country which I 1 exists there I 1 am practically certain whalers and eskimos driven out ot their course by storms have reported that a body of land was there the character of the land la not like that ol 01 greenland it is not coveted with glaciers the amount of alon Is not sufficient I 1 believe to cause snow felds it must be for the most part a desolate country of wastes of bare rock with little vegetation growing perhaps we may find a little moss there surely Is however plenty 0 game and reindeer exist there I 1 am sure our chances of getting to the coun try are good every summer there la open water in the proximity whalers have cruised near in the summer con sid erable copper has been reported there and we will make a study of the ore I 1 do not know whether the land Is made up ol 01 islands or la another con there Is plenty of room tor a seventh continent but I 1 doubt it such exists it Is my impression although I 1 have practically nothing to base my belief on that there are a number ot islands rather than a continent |