St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-03

unfortunate mineralogist, John ". yorhoef,
was lost during Peary's first Afctae EXPEDITION.
Since Mr.. Robert STEMS expedition to- Elles-
mere Land was postponed, DEMONSTRATING the
Abandonment OF his project for the relief of
the missing Swedish explorers, Biorling and
Kallsteinus, the route of this summer journey
to the far North has been extended SO that an
effort may be made to learn the fate Of these
daring young men and the. two Neyfound-
land seamen accompanying them. What has
happened to Bjorling and Kallstenius since
1892 is a mystery hidden by the Attic shroud
that hides the fate of So many Arctic explor-
ers. There is chance of their being still
alive. The probability is that they reached
Ellesmere land after the disaster by which
they lost their vessel, and that they have
since found quarters with good-hearted
Eskimo at a point remote from the track of
the whalers, or other Arctic navigators.
Bjorling and Kallstenius sailed from st.
Johns in June 1892. with a crew of three
men, on board the little schooner Ripple,
purchased by fund, furnished by the Uni
verSity of Christiana. Observation-Disclosures
were afraid to ship on the vessel because she
was pronounced unfit to venture outside the
port and the Swedes were delayed several
we.ks before they secured three men to help
manage their craft. Disaster was predicted
to a certainty, and it came within two
months. Stopping at Cary Islands to obtain
additional provisions from a5store placed
there by the Mares expedition, the Ripple was
driven ashore, and rendered useless. Ac-
counts agree that not only was the schooner
untitled for the expedition, but that the
party were improperly equipped for Arctic
exploration. They must have been careless,
too, in the navigation of their vessel, for it is
said that in crossing Davis Strait from Lab
rador to Melville, that they would sometimes
lash the wheel and go to bed without leaving
watch. Their small boats were ancient
and shaky, and could only be Kept afoat by
constant bailing -
Letters left by Bjorling near the wreck at
Gary Islands were discovered by whalers
last summer, along with the body of one of
the Observation-Disclosures, who is supposed to
have died from disease. The letter stated
that the party were about to start for Files
mere Land in small whaleboat, the only
remaining craft that was fit for use. 1t is a
curious fact that just before this, when they
made trip in that whaIeboat to Northum-
pefldau lSdHd, lIiey ulu uot uiScoNef udtlVeS,
for there are plenty OF them in an old and
well known Eskimo settlement on the
southern shore of the island, where the ship
wrecked explorers would have found shelter
and food, and, might have been directed to
Peary's headquarters, only a few miles
further north. Bjoriing must have been
within short distance of this Eskimo habi-
tation, and the reason he did not find them
must be that he was ignorant of the locality.
Whatever has happened to them since, the
four men appear to have got beyond the
reach of vessels that frequent the north
ern waters. There is a possibility that
Peary's present party have heard something
about them. If so, it may aid our relief
project.
After reaching Redcliff House, origin
ally the northern destination of the sum-
mer expedition, and ascertaining what has
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