NINTH TRIP TO THE ARCTIC.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 11 September 1909, Page 1

NINTH TRIP TO THE ARCTIC.

DEAILS 0 FHE. YENTJBE. .-; The New York .correspondent of • the - "Times," .writing "on-July--TtfislasCyear, said:' — ''■■■'.■ ■ ":':.? .- With the-same. ship (the .Booseveltj, .. using the same'methods; equipment, and - '' supplies^and. following' the "sanisiouts and programme (except .for'. suchWaria- . ■ tions asj Have lieeh suggested' by the ex perie'nce and-discoveries .of 'hfer.last ex- - pedition-intotilie Ajctic'Vegibris), Com- ■ ..mander'; Bobert.--is.s&e£ry, V.S.N. has .. again set oiit}lii dearth' ■of -the North Pole,^mora^han-evet.confident of the ■'. success .of Jiis;adventure,"and' undaunted ' .by tßa-'chiUing-rehufEs^he; has reoeived " from Arctic fbrces on his previous journeys north. .;. •■■■". '..■-■ • These joutneys-number cigHt, beginning' with : his,Greenisixl ic-connaisance :made in-.i886.;. It may be'_tlij>t Xliai-p is now'leas interest in the eventual out-' com.e of; Polar .-research than tiwe %vss before the repeated attempts' of Peary .and others "had shorn - the unknown ■North of some of its mysteries"; but.'the filial- triumph remains to be: accoia-. plished,'aiid:dit-.thig side of-'the.Atlahtic • 'at least Peary is regarded, as the hero who Ts most likely to crown his adven- : turous.'Arctic, explorations by achieving''."'■ -it. ' :.;. ■ • ....■■:•-■." This present-expedition is, being pur- - sued tinder the .auspices of Jthe Peary Arctic Club, of i\ew York". References _• .to the explorer's plans in • cable de-. spatches to .tLe "Times'' have' neceu-"- • sarily been : brief, and the' follow- .. ing outline of- the' programme of the , voyag;o,Vtis by^; Commander • Peary himself, furnishes.some details of more than current interest. ■