THE WHITE WORLD 



particular that has ever started for the North. We had 

 simply a sailing vessel, dependent for movement upon wind 

 and tide. Wind was our only propelling power. The 

 Baldwin expedition has three vessels, with all the advan- 

 tages that steam and every modern appliance can give. 

 The number of men taken is nearly three times that of 

 ours, and, beyond this, are scientists of all descriptions. 

 Skilled hunters are carried; men who have had experience 

 in the chase of walrus, seals, bears, etc., and by this means 

 a large amount of game should be secured. We suffered 

 greatly from a lack of fresh meat, and this led to the 

 scourge of scurvy, from which scarcely one of us was 

 exempt. 



The use of dogs, too, is much better understood than 

 in our day, and this is the result of experience. Siberian 

 ponies, of which we knew nothing, are to be employed by 

 the Baldwin expedition. It is said that one of them is 

 capable of carrying as much dead weight as can be trans- 

 ported by a team of twenty dogs. 



We had only boats of a build which now seems very 

 primitive, but the Baldwin expedition has gasolene launches 

 of the most modern and approved pattern, which ought to 

 prove of great service, especially in the narrow waterways, 

 where the ships cannot pass. Portable houses, which were 

 unknown in our day, will be most conducive to comfort. 

 They are constructed so that they can be erected or taken 

 down in an incredibly short time. 



One enormous advantage that the Baldwin and other 

 modern expeditions have over ours is the ability to carry 

 food in a condensed form; for instance, tablets which con- 

 tain a large amount of nourishment and take up but little 

 room. This in itself is a great desideratum for the econo- 

 mization of space, which in the far north is a most serious 

 consideration. 



So far as the obtaining of pictures is concerned, the 

 modern expeditions are incalculably in advance of ours. 

 Photography was then unknown, and we were limited to 

 the taking of daguerreotypes. But now the expeditions 

 are supplied with all the latest appliances for photographic 

 work. They have cameras especially manufactured for the 

 purpose, and fitted with films and plates adapted to the 



