Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-10
VESSEL CARRIED AWAY;
EXPLORER is STRANDED

safely frozen in an ice pack. But the
leader of the expedition is not with
the vessel and is unaware of its where
abouts, according to a despatch re-
ceived from the explorer himself to-
day by George J. Desharats, deputy
minister of naval affairs and acting
minister of marine and fisheries.
Stefansson's message states that,
believing the Karluk safe in the ice in
longitude west lat, fifteen miles off
shore, he took a party ashore with
him to hunt. The next day heavy
gales sprung up and then fog. When
the weather cleared the Karluk was
not in sight and had undoubtedly been
carried away by the wind, which
drove the ice pack off shore.
So far, the search for the Karluk
has been unsuccessful, but as there
is a crew, of twenty-five men on
board, no anxiety is felt for its well
fare.
dated October 80, from Point Bar
row, Alaska, and was sent overland
from there to Circle, from where it
was dispatched on December 5. The
message reads:
"The Karluk; beset by heavy ice on
August II, in longitude west lat, fiji
teen miles off shore Ship frozen in
on August II and drifted with the
ice until September 10, when the
drift stopped. On September 20, be-
lieving the ship fast for the winter,
and as it was necessary to secure
fresh meat, took Jenns, Mcconnell,
Wilkins and three Eskimos ashore to
hunt. Northeast gales sprang up
September %, with snow and fog.
When the storm cleared on the Oath
the ice had gone and the Karluk with
it. The ice undoubtedly went west be-
fore the wind. The Karluk may pos
sibly have broken free and steamed
east, but she probably remained fast
and drifted west with the ice. Fol-
lowed the coast west to Barrow, but
the Karluk has not been sighted. The
schooners Sachs and Alaska, with
southern party are safe at Collision
Point. The schooner Belvedere with
cargo of freight and provisions is
wintering near the international
boundary. l am planning an ice ex-
pedition from the 145th meridian to
the Mackenzie delta, making survey
and taking soundings for steamer
route.
'The Karluk has on board COM
pany of twenty-five, including Beu-
chal, Mackay, Manen, Mckinley,
Murray and Malloch, with the mem
bers of the crew and five Eskimos.
"STEFANSSON."
The last message previous to to-
days was received from Stefansson
early in August. At that time he re-
ported that the Karluk had behaved
well in heavy storm and had round
ed Point Hope on July 81.
DR.. D. Jennes of Wellington, N. H.,
assistant anthropologist; Burt M. Will
kins of Montreal, the photographer;
B. Mcconnell, Los Angeles, Califor-
MIA, assistant to Stefansson, and met
eorologist The other scientific men
who remain on board the Karluk are:
P. Bachalat, anthropologist; Alister
sMackay, Edingburgh, Scot
land, surgeon; B. Bjarme Mamen,
Christiana, Norway, assistant geo.
logist; w. L. Mckinley, Glasgow
Scotland, expert in terrestrial mag
netism; James Murray, Glasgow,
Scotland, oceanographer; George NAL
loch, Ottawa, chief geologist and
topographer.
The power schooner Mary Sachs,
which Stefansson said in his message
was safe October 80 at Collinson
Point, was wrecked in the ice off the
Arctic coast of Alaska some time to
November %, the date on which let
ter was received at Nome, Alaska,
from Peter Barnard, captain of the
vessel, telling of her loss.
The ice crushed the schooner into
small bits and all provisions and
scientific instruments were lost. The
letter from Captain Barnard gave no
details of the accident. AS nothing
was said of any injury to the men on
the Mary Sachs, it was presumed that
they were safe. The Mary Sachs was
purchased by Stefansson at Nome for
use of the southern party of his Can
adian expedition. She was gasoline
schooner of thirty-five tons, gross
register. She carried crew of three
men and was built at Benicia, Cali
fornia, in 1898.
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