South Bend News-Times, Volume 30, Number 284, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 4 October 1913 — Page 2

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Dining En Route. Tourists on This North Pole Summer Cruise Will Not Suffer from Fatigue and Can Cover as Great a Distance in One Hour as a Dog Sledge Can Make in Eight DaysJ:

r.v r. yi. m:v3i.x. Tt may i-oiind straiit' to har people talk a!u)-.jt oin. to tlu" north pole and back as a Minwnrr cruise, lmt Onint Z-ppelin and ITir.ce Henry. th- latter th- brother of the kaisrr, are ronJident that tourists will soon le able to visit the north pole the fiords of Norway and to : ee the land of "the midnight sun.' Count Zeppelin and. Print.? Henry, assistrd hv the German em: ror. have alre:id- 5uidertaktn th.e first Ion- step in making tlii ir M.'rintr ilre.im n strum' rt- iliti.ai e;tr iney weni up as lar as "puzierKen on one or ir.e uerman .qoamcrs whii.-h makes this trip regularly during the which makes this trip letil trlv during the fummcr months. Count Zeppelin had with hin: an air balloon and they made a number of aseent.s to study nu te-u-. -Io.b al conditions near the north pole. They had with them !T)f. on Heresell, a Uerman cientist. v. ho has a reputation as an aerolocist ;tnl Is president of th' international committee lor seinti!U' aeronautics. In planniniT a dash to the north pole, though they wit! have to jr.ru re with the "irul, tba-y will have easier work than the men who made the journey with snow sledges. Andrew was eomptdled to adhere to certain wind conditions. He was driven from his eourse and was probably drowned. The darr-rer fre:n snow is also unimportant, but the ras of the sun will furnish Mme d itlieult i- s. for the sun is constantly in tb.e heavens anl in the pure atmosphere throws off strong rays. Miimner Temperature Annual Zero. In the unexplored jmlar dt riots landings fro mairships will !... pn.-iale ordy on ice llof.s. which are splendidly suited to that purpose. The reasoeut front these tlocs is purely a balloon er.trineerimr problem. The low temperature is of small consideration, lor in July and August. the two hot" mouths, and the period in whuh the Zeppelin expedition are planm-d to take place.the thermometer is nev r more than slightly below ;a ro. For. that arch enemy of the aeronaut in fill latitudes, is a frequent phenomenon in the polar regions in the summer. Xansen. .durinis' his three years' voyace u the Pram, found an average of foir-y das in July and Aui:st. On the other hand, the polar fosr is never so thick but it leaves the surface of the ice visible from an airs'rp and i therefore an ol'!aele that causes Count Zeppelin few qualms. These dirbeullies are few- and easy compared with the trials ar.J hardships encountered with sledges and dots. The doirs often die and many of the sledges are lost elten die anu many d tne sledges are lost before half the trip is over. With the Zeppelin aTships every precaution known to engineering skill will be used in their -quipment and there will be two sh;ps, the a-companirur one to be used in cas Cf at title Mi. Nine miles a day is considered jood Fpf-ed with do-'s and jr.an.v hundreds f mii s have to b- traver.d, w hile w ith the Zeppelin the ."t" mib s can be made in ci'ht hours. laht hoars of combat with winds and storm is nothing compared with h blinding storms ;tnd low temperatures that the northern explorers have striiirirlcfl with for tbivs ar.d d ts at a time. Kxploreis Jn the past have had to endure these hardships, sufferirr- front huri-'tr and resting or travalir in darkness, while the airship can fce tiuip;)cJ vith ;b.iny of food for a. da.v'

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journey and will not have to combat with total darkness. Air Trawl. acl I)eli"htfnl. 'an airship will not sutler think of exhaustion, and The traveler in from fatigue nor still C4n make as great a distance in one

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. . ,,,, it many panoramas were unfolding them$0' a pa spencer. Though this is a goodly 1 .... . . ... tV,iriT Sflves slowly and gradually for mv pleassum lor an eight hours cruise, it is nothing J & -

compared with the cost of fitting out a northern expedition. To be sure, each of the airships will cost In the neighborhood f tU lliot;S- bu,1. tho ,,xPp,n?e " be reimbursed ov the many travelers who cortainly be "eager to make his voyage. I have ridden in the Zeppelin dirigibles

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man I fcn mm VVVJ w'. ' FsCVS ; '. s ' . J - aJ S7j A r777 - J,4w "t- :: t .' X ..- . ' , . , - - i 1 - r. i. - ; - ,rr 7 4 ' , tary airships; Prof, von Iryga!ski. the famous Muinch northern explorer, and Sverx Heden, Swedens intrepid explorer, all believe that the time is near at hnd wh-n Zepjielin's wonderful dream will be a reality. The lirst tep has b en taken, for two ordinary buildings have beeii built at Kind's bay, the station clu'-s'-n for the ascent. Tw,, German scientists are placed there and they will live in du-outs during th'- winter. In makirg the :':-:bl the party will go as far as pitzbergen in a German steamer auci then will Ily north in the uirshiy.

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