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Show mill Explore the To far "Regions in Jn Automobile -fell jPtyTi Captain Dernier, hod of a Cana-Ulan Cana-Ulan exploration party, will leek U north pole In a new way. No airship -or monster balloon Tor him. He ha hit upon a now Idea, and will ko skipping through the arctic region In automobile adapted from a Ruislan Invention, lnatead of wheel these auto will be fitted with roller adapted to Ice going. finch Invention have been ued wltn uo-ceea uo-ceea on extensive Ice packa, nd Capt. Bernler will make use of this knowl-due knowl-due In hi queat for tne north pole. The Captain' plan I to anchor hi "teasel In the ce pack off the coaat of Siberia at a point which he calculate calcu-late will drift him to 'the nearest point attainable to the pole. When that point baa been reached he will disembark working partle who will carry wlrelea telegraph outfit, with which hi hlp 1 aluo to be turnlihed. The partloa will drill bolca In the Ire and plant pole a landmark a they proceed, and eatalillah their tint nation na-tion and to rehouse about fifty mile from ue ship. The road having been made as practicable as possible, the automobile sleigh will be put Into com-mission com-mission to stock the station with sup-pi sup-pi lm. In the meantime other parties will be working on toward the second fifty mile station, and so on. There will be a second automobile In reserve or for use, wnere two can be usefully employed, a well a dug sleighs with a team of thirty dog. Tha sleighs on which the motor are to be placed will be so constructed a to be capable of being used for navlgatable open stretches of water where uch cannot be avoided. In case rough Ice I met with that presents pre-sents an Insurmountable obatacle to the automobile the machine will be disconnected, taken to piecca, and portaged, por-taged, a work with which Canadian, who will form a large portion of the exploring company, have been familiar famil-iar since Infancy. Iower for the electric dynamo will be furnished when condlttntla wvw v wind-mills, and there will be eluclrft lighting and healing. Wireless con-munlcatlon con-munlcatlon will be established with the outside world through Dawson City, |