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most difficult, as 500 miles each way, or 1,000 miles in all, have to he fought 

 over ice and snow. The Italian prince is, however, of a splendid physique 

 and an indomitable will, and he has with him the best equipped party that has 

 ever started for the North Pole. (See Nat. Geog. Mag., p. 3(52, vol. x. 1899.) 



St Petersburg: 



1 £ lies me re Land. 



2 Gree/y Fd- 



3 Cape Sabine. 



4 Cape Joseph Her>r^ 



5 Smitt) Sound. 



^eott-nd. 



If Peary's plans have been successfully carried out, Cape Joseph Henry is 

 now in his rear and he is sledding across the frozen sea ahead of Lockwood 

 and Brainard's farthest north. This is Peary's third consecutive summer in the 

 Arctics. Last year he passed in establishing a " road " lined with caches of sup- 

 plies to Cape Joseph Henry, from which he was to make his dash this spring. 

 (See Nat. Geog. Mag., pp. 414, 415, vol. x, 1899.) The Windward sails early in 

 July on the third of the series of annual reinforcements. She will be equipped 

 for three years, so that Peary may keep her with him as long as necessary. 



Sverdrup in the Fram is an unknown factor. His first year he accomplished 

 little, as his ship was frozen in 50 miles to the south of Peary. It has been 

 stated that he has given up his original ambition of gaining the Pole, and is 

 confining his work to a careful exploration of northwest Greenland. 



Robert E. Stein, with two companions, has passed the winter in Ellesmere 

 Land, near Cape Sabine, where, it will be remembered, he was left by the 

 Peary relief steamer last summer. Stein hoped to return this year on the 

 Peary relief steamer, but, as the Windward will probably not return this 

 fall, the chances are that his party will have to remain north another year. 

 He may have already cast in liis lot with Sverdrup, or later, when the Wind- 

 ward appears, he may join the Pearv party. 



G. H. G. 



