248 IN THE FROZEN SEAS.

He is also a practical boatman, and it is owing largely
to his skill in this direction that he has been enabled to
add many new devices to his balloon and the methods
of its management. His scheme is said by scientists to
be much superior to the Peary method, inasmuch as
it is decidedly quicker and Andree will be out of the
reach of the dangers and
obstacles that overland ex-
peditions encounter.

The object of the trip is

to locate the Pole, ascer-
tain the temperature and
conditions surrounding it,
and photograph the new
country. To accomplish
this Andree will take with
him an intricate photo-
graphing outfit of twenty
cameras and instruments,
which will be operated all
the time or in constant suc-
cession during the entire
trip, an average of one pic- M. ANDREE.
ture a minute being taken.
The photographs will be taken in double sets. One set
will be developed aboard the balloon, so that in case of
accident the negative can be rolled into a small package
and saved, while the other set will be kept in plates and
developed at the end of the journey. These pictures
are for the new school geographies and must be as com-
plete as possible.

The balloon itself is a wonderful affair, and embraces
all the contrivances that modern aerial science has