TO REACH THE POLE.
ANOTHER BOLD ATTEMPT.
Yet another scheme is afoot to reach the North Pole. This time it comes from Russia, and it is Admiral Makuroff, the well-known explorer, who suggests the startling idea of getting to the Pole by means of powerful ice-breakers. These have been used in Russia since 1864, and of late years the United States have been arming such vessels with two screws at the stern and a third one at the stem. It is well-known that the American 3000 horse-power ice-breaker, Ste. Marie, can easily pierce ice-walls 13ft high, and sail through ice 2Jft thick.
Nnnsen states that Arctic ice-walls seldom reach the height of 25ft, and he, moreover, affirms that at least one-third of the Polar Sea always remains open and free from ice. Therefore, Admiral Makaroff concludes that an ice-breaking steamer of 20,000 horse-power ought to find little difficulty in reaching the North Pole in safety. It has already been demonstrated in Russia that two vessels of half tho horse-power are just as effective as a single one of double the force.
Admiral Makaroff, from these data, proposes to cover tho 720 miles between the latitude of 78deg. N. and the Pole by means of two ice-breakers of 6000 tons and 10,000 horse-power each.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 8329, 30 September 1898, Page 3
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