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the way of sites for depots and cairns. 3. Standing on Cape 

 Flagely, Payer saw, 60 or 70 miles to the northward, the highest 

 outlines of an ice-covered land of apparently large extent. 

 This he called Petermann's Land, and that land lay undoubtedly 

 in a latitude as far north as any yet reached. It is this land 

 which Mr. Jackson and his party will try to reach next spring, 

 after having marched over the ice of Austria Sound. 4. The 

 great abundance of animal life on the southern shores of Franz 

 Josef Land during the winter, and all over the known country 

 in the summer, make this a desirable starting point. 



A specially constructed aluminium boat, each section of 

 which will float by itself, a copper boat, and three Norwegian 

 boats were taken by Mr. Jackson ; eighteen sledges, each of 

 which is capable of carrying one thousand pounds, are among 

 the articles of equipment. These will be drawn by the Siberian 

 dogs. The party will take with it a complete set of meteor- 

 ological and other instruments for scientific work, and Mr. Jackson 

 hopes to be able to add much to geographical knowledge, as 

 well as to our imperfect information concerning the natural his- 

 tory of the Arctic regions. The expense of the expedition 

 headed by Mr. Jackson is borne by Mr. Alfred C. Harmsworth, 

 and is known as the Jackson-Harmsworth Polar Expedition. 



R. D. S. 



