. Review of reviews and world's work . condition of the interiorby this explorer agreed with w^hat was found by comparatively smooth ice-cap covered the entirebreadth of Greenland, at least at that point, and therewas every reason to suppose that the same condition pre-vailed still farther north. It is not necessary to detail the modifications whichwere made of the original plan projected by LieutenantPeary. His aim was to attain the most northern pointyet reached by man. This was 83° 24 north latitude, andwas made by Lock wood and Brainard in 1882. To do so he required several things
. Review of reviews and world's work . condition of the interiorby this explorer agreed with w^hat was found by comparatively smooth ice-cap covered the entirebreadth of Greenland, at least at that point, and therewas every reason to suppose that the same condition pre-vailed still farther north. It is not necessary to detail the modifications whichwere made of the original plan projected by LieutenantPeary. His aim was to attain the most northern pointyet reached by man. This was 83° 24 north latitude, andwas made by Lock wood and Brainard in 1882. To do so he required several things : First, he neededto be landed at a point as far north as possible, fiomwhich an expedition could start; then he must ^^^nter inthis locality, so as to take advantage of the earliest possi-ble opportunity to start on his northward journey ; hehad so to arrange matters as to make such caches offood and provisions in the fall of the year as would ob^^-ate the necessity of carrying with him all the supplies 36S THE REl^IEW OF REI^ From Dr, Keely s Voyage of the Kite. Copyrighted. KEELY. BURK. KINEALY. GIBSON. IN ARCTIC ATTIRE. that might be necessary for the journey ; finally, he mustprovide some means of retreat to a civilized settlement,whence he could carry back his party, together with anyrecords of discoveries that he might make. To the expedition he was willing to contribute hisprivate fortune, but more would be required. In orderto prosecute his researches he needed, besides, the publicsupport of some distinguished institution and leave of ab-sence from the government. Government aid was out of the question. The sad re-sult of the Greely expedition had been too recently an-nounced to warrant any hope of help from that Lieutenant, after several rebuffs, lectured before theAmerican Geographical Society of New York and theAcademy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. He en-listed the sympathy of and received such substantial sup-port from these bodies that t
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