(SIDI TROIRIAUL, 
Wait_E polar exploration is less in the minds of the public 
than it was last year, it is quite probable that the results of the 
current season will prove more ample. Reports from the north 
indicate more favorable conditions and there is ground to hope 
that the exceptional severity of the weather which so seriously 
interfered with the work last year will be offset by an excep- 
tionally open season. Peary, Jackson and Nansen may all 
possibly return laden with rich results, though the last cannot 
certainly be expected, even though he should be ultimately suc- 
cessful. Lieutenant Peary is quite certain to return and there 
is good reason to believe that the success of his earlier attempts 
will attend him this season. The expedition which goes to the 
north to bring him back is under the immediate direction of his 
brother-in-law, Mr. Emil Diebitsch, a civil engineer, who was a 
member of the expedition last year. Professor R. D. Salisbury 
goes as the geologist of the expedition, and, unless circumstances 
are peculiarly adverse, he may be trusted to bring back much 
valuable data. His field will be much the same as that of the 
writer during last season, but it is expected that a larger portion 
of his time will be devoted to southern Greenland, the purpose 
being to develop more fully the differences in the effects of lati- 
tude which were found to be very notable last year. The 
expedition is expected to return about the first of October. 
Much interest is being awakened in the exploration of the 
Antarctic regions, and the subject received earnest consideration 
at the recent International Geographical Congress in London; 
indeed the discussion of this subject appears to have been the 
notable feature of the congress. Although the meager reports 
of the press do not indicate the precise plans recommended, it 
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