The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-01

yet the man was scientist and explorer
whose accomplishments in the past four
years have been the wonder of Arctic ex-
plorers all over the. world. He was An
drew j. Stone.S of the American Museum
of Natural History, the man who made
trip of 5000 miles along the extreme Arctic
coast of the North American continent,
changed the entire coast line by his dis
coyeries, and who, through the discovery
of numerous specimens of new mammals
has won worldwide reputation in 20
illogical circles
MT Stone returned last fall from a
three years stay in Alaska and left ST.
Paul the other night for the coast, pre-
paratory to making another trip into the
frozen north. He spoke somewhat diff
h"enty at first of his accomplishments,
but at length the reserve wore off and he
chatted freely concerning his adventures
on his most recent trip. He said:
Arctic exploration isn't all fun It's
hard work-harder than the ordinary Jun
on people have any idea. On the trim
from which l have recently retljTned 7
covered 5000 miles on foot and With
SieueSes, 400 miles Of which was made on
the return with sick Indian whom We
had TO haul on sled the entire distance
until we found ratiVes again Il would
nave been murder to have left him and
though Just recoN eIing from eleven DAYS
SLOW DIlldneSS undertook the work
SINty-tkree days during the exploration
Trip, while We We're skirting the southern
ShOTe OF the Arctic ocean, the sun never
set. 1t stood low in. the horizon and The
glare across the ice fields vas so1pethirr
grand at first, then weaTisome and final
~ eNcrnclatingly painful The effect Of
the constant light was peculiar We couI1
not sieep without bartdaging our ewes
and hnally the effect OF perpetual day-
light affected our vision in such a man
me- that We seemed able 10 look right
through our eyelids To close them
brought no relief whatever. Glasses Of
lief
The largest half Of the North American
continent, that portion north of 81 degrees
north latitude, a country almost twice
The area of the United States, is SCARCELY
known. 1t is country of extensive
mountain ranges, great inland seas
rivers ti&It are among the largest In the
world, vast areas Of forest and immense
tracts barren of timber, every section Of
which supports life in some degree
FROM the Atlantic ocean to BehrinS sea
mere ihan 10 degrees OF Longitude. are
mineral resources valued az millions of
dollars, and islands and mainland which
produce three-fourthS OF the best furs in
tho world.
The Aleutian islands and the Alaskan
peninsula are the home of the sea otter.
and to the north, in the Behring sea, are
the Pr1bioV seal rookeries. which If prop
eriy protected will never fail to yield a
bounuful supply of skins.
NEGLECTED COUNTRY.
This is The country that investigators
and their supporters have ignored in the
lace of the fact that more of real inter
est could be accomplished here for hun
dredS OF dollars than on the more barren
islands further north for thousands A
greater amount of money has been spent
In geographical and scientific work in
Gre aI.laEd or even Spitzbergen, than iii
this great mainland Of Northern North
Investigation in natural history and
zoology IN North America has progressed
fairly well along the Atlantic coast &C
FAR north as Hudson bay, and on the Pa
cihc coast west and north to Behring sea,
and even around BehTing sea north to
tOlht bafroW Sueh collections and OBJ
Servauons almost invariably consists Of
birds and small mammals
1t was with d realization of the posi-
bihtles of such vast and varied field for
research that / spent three years of con-
slant travel through the inland wilds of
the North, making possible the most ex-
tended single personal observation of the
mammalia OF the region. In planning the
expedition it was my purpose to observe
the fauna of the country and collect mu-
scum specimens, study and work the
geographical distribution of the larger
and more important mammals; to faniI-
laTIze myself with the physical features
OF the country, its mountain ranges, riv-
During the expedition I Travelled more
than three thousand miles on SledgeS. the
longest Sledge journey every made by an
expedition in high ATTITUDES in any one
winter. l covered the entire arctic coast.
20 10 u degrees north latitude Ill., to
l40 west longitude, from Herschel island
to Dolphin and Union straits twice
Sledged the Mackenzie delta for its entire
length three times, and crossed the Rock
les twice at G. deg. 80 min. north latitude.
ms was done from October 1885, to May.
I59J, about l55 days of actual travelling
CHANGED THE MAP.
During this expedition l changed the
map of the Arctic coast from 70 to 70 de-
grees north latitude and 40 to $40 degrees
west longitude, and made many editions
to our geographical knowledge of that
extremely interesting country. For in
stance:
Esquimau lake, as represented on the
United States photographic chart No
llS9, does not exist. Instead there is a
vast low, level country covered with nu-
merous lakes forming a chain. Some of
these lakes are of considerable size and
are connected by narrow channels
Nicholson island is not located as chart
Hd, but should be the island represented
lust off Maitland Point, as laid down in
the chart, and which is really a PENN
sula, as the sand spit between it and the
peninsula is not always covered with wa
ter.
The canal of Louis Napoleon III of
Emil Petitot does not exist
There are no such islands as the lies
de Lesseps, de la Societe de Geogra phiuue
and Gibbs of Petitot, but instead a con-
tnuous strip of land terminating in Cape
Daihouse