Another Polar Expedition.

Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 131, 13 November 1884, Page 2

Another Polar Expedition.

Despite the fearful horrors of the last Polar expedition^the spirit of adventbre^ has not been cowed. Even while the dispute was raging at its fiercest about the ( reported cannibalism, ofthe Greely,survivors, another 1 ' expedition 'was resolved • ob. * It ttanie 1 about iii -this way :-—^he New York Yacht Club, of which James" )Go/don Bennett, Jay W. Field,, junr., are members, entertained the officers of the Greely relief party at a dinner m Philadelphia on August 15. Cnief Engineer Melville, of Philadelphia, made a long speech, m which he set forth the -feasibility of settling once for all4he question of an open. Arc tic se«, and that, too, without lose of life. He stated his . wttKngness to take command of suet an expedition^ and thacia modest sum would be suficientt9 cover 'all the expenses. Jktr Field, m answer, said that he was convinced ofthe truth of the theory advanced by Chief Engineer Mejvjlley and that he was perfectly willing to advance half the sum required to, meet the expenses-: of the expedition, 1 ; | provided the^bther menibers^ the ¥a|cht Club present wouWput their names aqwn for the remainder. , This they at once agreed to. The money, was subscribed on the spot, and there is no doubt that au Arotic Expedition, under MelviUe's 06ihrrtat)d, will sail from an American port m the autumn of 1885. Lieutenant Melville-will obtain leave of absence from the i navy, (without , pay^for two years for this purpose, . .