Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-19
GREAT EXPLORERS RACE
 FOR UNKNOWN CONTINENT
chartering of crocler Land In Far North To Be Undertaken By Arnund- sen, MaeMiIian and Stefannson.

seHs MacsHIiiaf1 and StefanrSon.
 A thrilling race for the exploration of Crocker Land, the new. Arctic con- tinent and the farthest north land in the world, will result from the present student at Harvard University, vilh- jalmar Stefannson and Captain Roald Amundsen.
 Last Unknown Spot
 MatNfillan. the adventurous young instructor, who accompanied Admiral Peary on his successful dash to the top of the world in April 1909, is con- hdent that he will win the race to the earfhS s. last unknown outpost.
 For months he has been planning his expedition. and he hopes to start for the northland this coming July from Sydney, Cape Breton. Unless his carefully laid plans miscarry, he will be charting the unknown fastnesses of CrOclSer Land in the spring and early summer of 1914
 Stefansson has been commissioned to make the dangerous trip for the Canadian Geographical Society. He plans to sail through Boring Strait, penetrate the icy solitudes along the northern coastline of the American Crocber Land from Cape McClintoclS, on the polar tip of Prince Patrick Island
 An1undsen Planning, Too.
 That Amundsen, the conqueror of the South Pole, has designs on Crocker Lard, was not known until recently.
 He already has made public the de- with the ice packs across the Arctic solitudes, over the North Pole and back to civilization along the eastern edge of Greenland.
 He hopes to drift along the northern edge of Crocker Land close enough to head an expidition for the charting and exploring of this mysterious con- tinent. where the foot of man has never trod so far as science can say.
 T sail from San Francisco in June of next year." said Captain ,Amtind- sen. Along the western coast of I shall follow about the same course as I understand MT. Stefansson has decided upon. But after passing through Bering Strait I shall head di- rectIy for the North Pole. The Arc tic ice pack has a constant drift from the Strait across elae pole and south erly through the rwegian Sea, be- tween Norway and Greenland
 Several Years Trip
 Tt may be several years before get back to civilization. The drift is exploration expeditions on the way. Of course. I am interested il. Crocker Land. Everything that has to do with the far North and the South is in- tensely fascinating to me
 T hope to pass so near the northern edge of Crocl>er Land that I can ex- pIore and chart the territory. As yet we only know the location of this land; no one has yet been there and cone back to til his story.
 T am glad that my good friends and Stefansson are going to try for Crocker Land, too. It will make it so much more interesting and worth while cessful try for the North Pole in 1906 that Peary-. first made known the ex- stence of Crocker Land One day he stood on a summit of ice at Cape Thomas Hubbard and through a tele scope saw far off to the northwest capped mountains rearing their jagged peaks above the gray horizon.
 Discovered by Peary.
 Peary located the new land as about l30 miles distant, in 100 or 105 degrees i west longitude and about 89 degrees north latitude. He christened his dis 1 cOvery -Crocker Land, in honor of the ] ate George Crocker of the Peary Arc l tic Club.
 The clear day greatly favored my work in taking the round of angles" le said later, and with the glasses I ;ould make out, apparently a little 1 nOfF ttISLtnctiy. tie eei1OW W-Cle10 SltIi1- nits of the distant land in the north vest above the ice horizon"
 The year after their return with oeary, MacA1illan and George Borup, If his expedition. planned to make the of CroclSer Land. Their itin- rary was arranged and their expedi- ion was to have started last sum- ner. Then Borup was drowned on a -acation trip. in Long Island sound vitb a Norwich boy, and the plans were temporarily abandoned by Mac lillian.
 MacMillan now expects to add so materially to the worlds scant store of nowledge of Arctic tides, geology, anthology, meteoroIogy, zoology and indred subjects that the ranI1est ceptic will think twice before saying gain, Whats the use of it all ?"
 He will sail north from Sydney, long the Labrador coast. drought Davis Strait Baffin Bay, and Smith ound to Kane Basin. At Ftah, the letropolis of the Greenland Esqui- aaux. ile will prpare for a dash across he bleak wastes of GrineH Land to ape Thomas Hubbard. From there he eXpidition will go over the Arctic