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Show To Reach the Pole, Robert Peary Confident That Under Proper Clrcunv stances the Problem Can Be Solved How He Would Proceed. Dcsplto repeated announcements, Including his own declaration thnt Robert E. Peary will not again attempt at-tempt to reach tho North Pole, It seems Incrcdlblo that a feat which ho has so nearly accomplished will not contlnuo to Invito him until tho temptation becomes too strong. Ono Is Impressed with this Idea nt least by what Mr. Peary says and tho wny ho says It In an nrtlclo on "How to Beach tho North Polo," In a recent number of McCluro's Magnzlnc, nnd In which ho clearly has tho problem solved and tho way mado slmplo nnd easy, with various contingencies provided pro-vided for in ndvanco. But ho declares: de-clares: "So far anlvI from considering tho general proposition of advanco over tho Polar pack Impractlcablo that I havo no hesitation in saying I bellovo that tho man who, with tho proper equipment and proper experience, can securo a baso on tho northern shoro of Orlnncll Land, and enn begin his work with tho earliest returning light In February, will hold tho Polo In his grasp. "Tho proper method for an offcctlvo attack upon tho Polo may bo summed up In n paragraph, viz.: "A strongly built ship of maximum power; n minimum party, utilizing tho Esqulmos exclusively for tho rank and file; tho establishment of a permanent per-manent Btatlon or BUb-bnso nt Sablno; tho formation of n chain of rnches from Sablno to Hecla; tho establishment establish-ment of a mnln baso somo whero on tho North Orlnncll Lnnd const; forcing forc-ing tho ship to winter quarters thoro; tho redistribution of tho ontlro trlbo ot Whulo Sound Esqulmos, taking tho picked men of tho trlbo on tho ship, nnd distributing tho others In n series of settlements nlong tho Grlnnell Land coast, with tho rear on tho perennial per-ennial walniB grounds nt Sonntng Bay and tho head ot certain summer navigation nt Sabine, and tho van at Hecla; and, finally and advance. In tho earliest returning light of Fobru-nry Fobru-nry from Hecla nortnward over tho polar pack, with a small, light, pioneer party, followed by a large, heavy, main party, from which nt intervals two or threo sledges would drop out and return, until on tho laBt stago thero would bo but two or threo sledges left." |