Abstract
THE position and prospects of polar exploration have been given great attention in the daily Press during the last few days. No precise information as to Dr. Cook's journey to the North Pole has yet been published, but the general narrative of Commander Peary's expedition leaves little room for doubt that Commander Peary reached the neighbourhood of the pole, and probably the pole itself, though an element of uncertainty must exist until his observations for latitude are examined critically. The Berlin correspondent of the Times reports that an executive committee for a Zeppelin polar expedition has been formed, the object of the expedition being denned as “the scientific investigation by means of the dirigible airship of the unknown Polar Arctic Sea and the development of the dirigible airship for the carrying out of scientific labours.” Announcement has also just been made that a British Antarctic expedition will start next August under Captain R. F. Scott, who commanded the National Antarctic Expedition of 1900–4, with the object of reaching the South Pole.
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