Automobile Expedition to the North Pole
The latest proposed project in connection with arctic exploration is that of an attempt to reach the north pole by automobile. A Canadian explorer, Captain Bernier, is the author of this daring scheme. He proposes to use an automobile, traveling on rollers instead of wheels, which kind of machines has, he says, been successfully used in crossing ice packs in Russia. His plan is to go by ship as near to the pole as possible, then travel over the ice, planting poles as landmarks, and establishing stations at intervals of fifty miles. A wireless telegraph outfit will be taken along. This project certainly possesses some points of superiority over Andre's ill-fated plan of reaching the pole by the balloon.