Arizona republican., 1909-09-02

A triangle of thirty thousand squar, miles has been cut out of the terres. tial unknown.
 How It Was Possible.
 "The expedition was the outcome o summer cruise in the Arctic seas or the schooner Bradley. which arrived al the limits of navigation in Smiths Sound late in August, 1907. Here con conditions were found favorable VI launching venture to the pole. J. R Bradley literally supplied from his vessel suitable provisions for local use. My own equipment for emer- gency use was served well for every purpose in Arctic travel
 Many Esquimaux had been gath cred on the Greenland shores at An natosk for the winter bear hunt. Inn mense quantities of meat had been collected and in camp there were plenty of strong dogs. The combina- ton was lucky. for there was good material for equipment All that was required was conveniently arranged for at point only 700 miles from the boreal center.
 "A house and workshop were built of packing boxes by willing hands and this northernmost tribe of 25O per sons set themselves to the problem of devislng a suitable outfit. Before the end of the long winter night we were ready for the enterprise and plans were matured to force the new route over Grinnell Land northward along the west coast out on to the Polar sea.
 "The campaign opened with a few scouting parties being sent over the American shores to explore the way and seek the game haunts. Their mis- sion was only partially successful be- cause of storms
 The Start.
 At sunrise on February 19, 1908, the main expedition embarked on it's voyage to the pole It consisted of eleven heavily laden sleds. The expe- dition left the Greenland shore and pushed westward over the troubled ice of Smith Sound. The gloom of the long night was relieved only by a few hours at daylight. The chill of the winter was felt at its worst As we crossed the heights of Ellesmere Sound to the Pacific slope the tenn perature sank to minus S3 centigrade. Several dogs were frozen and the men suffered severely, but we soon found the game trails along which the way was easy.
 We forced our way through Nansen sound to Lands End. In this march We secured 1O1 musk oxen, seven bears and 1885 hares. We pushed out into the polar sea from the southern point of Herbert island on March IS. Six Esquimax returned from here. With four men and forty-six dogs and supplies for eighty days, crossing the circumpolar pack was begun. Three days later two other Esquimaux form ing the last supporting party, returned and the expedition had now been re- duced by the survival of the fittest The two best men and twenty-six dogs were picked for final effort
 The Bitter Cold.
 "There was before us in an unknown line of 460 miles our goal The first days journey proved a long march and we made encouraging pro- gress. The big lead which separated the land from the ice of the central pack was crossed with little delay.
 Low temperature was persistent and windsamade life a torture. But cooped up in our snow houses, eating dried beef tallow and drinking hot tea there some animal comforts occasion ally to be gained.
 "For several days after sight of known land was lost the overcast sky prevented an accurate determination of our position. On March 30, the horizon was partly cleared and new land was discovered. Our observation