Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-19
ARCTIC EXPLORER FINDS
TRIBE OF BLONDE ESKIMOS


the ice in the center of a bay and
hunt seal.
In the summer they go to the cen.
ter of the island. where they eat the
caribou which there abound in thou
sands. Once in a great time they
! capture one of the rare specimens OF
! Barren Land bear.
| Their houses are made of snow,
with a roof of driftwood which on rare
occasions is found on the cost. The
stray fragments OF wood are highly
priced.
I Furs furnish their clothing. Their
! shoes are cut to come well up to the
| thighs Here it is met by a kind of
uTdershirt which reaches to the waist.
The coat is fashioned in almost pre-
! cisely the same manner as the full
dress coat worn at inaugural balls by
their civilized brothers 1t cuts of at
sharp angle just above the waist
| line, and a long tail divided into two
pieces hangs down behind. The whole
outfit is strapped together by means OF
thongs and buttons made from raw
hide and bone.
Never Saw Match.
Professor Stefans son discovered on
the island conical stone house which
, it is said, resembles the houses built
in Greenland and Newfoundland by
the Norseman, who are supposed to be
the first inhabitants of those places.
Tc conclude.
None of the natives had ever seen a
sulphur match or a rife. One tribe ex.
pressed surprise when Stefansson kill
ed caribou with rifle at a distance
o. more than 1000 yards. They told
him of wonderful man who had once
lived in that country who had bow
and arrow that would shoot over
mountain and kill dear or bear on
the other side.
Al ,hough Stefansson must have en-
dured untold hardships during the five
would think so from talking with him.
woul d thin o from talking with him.
He travelled on foot more than 10000
miles and sustained himself and DR..
Anderson with his, rifle. He look
neither shotgun nor fishing net, al.
though once in while he obtained
fish from the natives.
There are but two specimens of the
Barren Land bear in the United
States. Stefansson got nineteen.
Thirteen were killed with a rife and
six by natives. They will be brought
down by DIR. Anderson, who left Inc
chores of the arctic on whaier. DR..
Anderson also is bringing many other
biological, geological, and botanical
specimens.
The winter temperature in this lati-
tude is about 55 degrees below zero on
an average. Professor, Stefansson and
his associate wore wollen underwear
lin summer and winter, which Is near
Iy all OF the time; wore clothing they
made from the pelts of animals they
killed. Panty and coats were made
with two thickness of fur, one being
placed next to the skin and the other
turned outward to meet the cold end
frost
Worlds Greatest Explorer.
In the five years he spent on the ex.
petition Stefansson killed nearly sixty
tons of meat. He travelled twenty miles
for every one travelled by Amundsen,
Peary, or any other explorer. md map
ped large part of the country.
The MATS of the top Of the world, he
says, are grossly inaccurate. Rivers
which are marked on the charts have
No existence in fact, and mountain
ranges appear where the country
should be fat. He found Amundsen's
maps, however, very useful and gem
orally corerct. s%'
The Indians in the region In which
he travelled provide for themselves
with primitive weapons. The unhunt-
Ell animals, he says, have no more
chance against rifle than a moGquito
would have against pile-driyer.
Scientifically, the work was divided
between himself and DIR. Anderson.
Stefansson did the mapping and the
anthropologieala and chronological tasks
while DR.. Anderson took care OF the
biological, botanical, and geological
tasks.
Stefansson will return to the arctic
By the way of the Edmonton trail and
Mackenzie River. -.
He has planned to devote twenty
years to arctic exploration, and he has
still fifteen years work ahead OF him.
Re believes he will be able to learn
much more about the primitive white
race he has discovered before traders
and others are able to reach thelrt
hebitat and corrupt them.