The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-06-29
ANOTHER ARCTIC EXPEDITION.
To Rescue Lost Explorers and in
the Interests of Science.

In the spring of 1892 Alfred Bjorling,
botanist, aged 2 years, and Evald Kali
s;enius. zooloyist, aged "a years, left
their homes in Sweden for st. Johns \.
F., where they purchased a vessel, and
on the 22d of June sailed for Greenland
on an exploring expedition, an reached
Gothavn July 18th. The We sci was seen
in November, 1893, by Captain Mckay,
of The whaler Aurora OF Dundee, totally
wrecked and buried in the ice, and not
far away was found pile or stones con-
tanning the body of a man. A tin can
was found cont lining four open letters
written by Biorling. These, with lot
of books, clothing, etc., were packed In
box and sent to Stockholm. The let
tiers give some particulars Of the loss OF
he vessel, and one OF them states that
after he lost his vessel he tried to reach
Foulke ford in der to winter there, but
was obliged by circumstances to return
to Cary Islands, where he remained some
time on az count of bad weather. AT the
time of writing he was starting to meet
the Eskimos at Clarence Head or Cape
Faraday, if he did not succeed in finding
a whaIer to relieve himself ard his men.
This letter was dated October 18th, 1892,
since which no news of these daring ex-
plorers has been received. i be ques ION
now arises, is there any ground for hope
that they may be alive.
These two young men went entirely ON
their own responsibility and at their own
expense, so that their re cue is not in
cumbent on any individual or society,
but is 81 duty of common Humanity. 1t
is now proposed to attempt a rescue, and
the plan is to get as quickly as possible
to Clarence Head, where III .rling intens-
| ed to deposit records, and 1t is thought
%k,;o hc hn Scof.h uholi
fl ct seeks the north water of Baffln bay
at The earliest possible date (the begin
| ming of May J and passes in sight of Clar-
ence Head every year about the begin
| ming of June. On this fact the plan of
the Elesmere Land expedition had been
| based before the news of the wreck had
| been received, and they will regard the
rescue of these dari men as their first
| duty. Baron NordensSiold. the famous
Arctic explorer, has promised his coop
GRAFTON, has secured for the expedition
contribution of $1,000, aud designated
| Mr. Ohlin, geolOgist, as one Of its mem
bers.
The results expected from this expedi-
| ton are the res cue of four human beings,
| the establishment of a permanent refuge
| station for whalers aud explorers, which
will render disaster practically impossi-
BILE in northern Baffin bay, the most fie-
quented part of the Arctic; the estah-
| lishment of permanen base OF opera
irons, from which exploration can be car
ried on leisurely and without risk,
since the whaling fl ct, passing in sight
of the station every year, will keep it In
assured communication with civiliZ ton
series of observations, probably con-
tinued for many years, on magnetism,
gravity, meteorology. tides and currents.
soundings and dredgings, Elections OF
marine and terrestrial animals and
plants. physics geology, researches into
the E kimo antiquities with which that
land is known to be studded, and the
study of an Eskimo tribe never yet seen
by white men, and probably the discov-
cry of valuable minerals and OF new
whaling grounds.
1t is safe to say that no Arctic exoedi-
ton ever promised so many valus bio re-
| suits attainable with so little risk and
ex, ense, the main advantage being that
the station can be reached by simply
taking passage on whaler-Ex.