New-York tribune., 1913-05-26
.STEFANSSON ON FIRST
LEG OF ARCTIC TRIP
Deserts Broadway for Ottawa
and Sails North in the
KarIuk, June 5.
FAREWELL FOR HIS MOTHER
Explorer, Absent Five Years,
Will Take Leave of Her in Sas-
katchewan Home-Visits
Colonel at Oyster Bay.

vuhia!mur Stefansson the explorer.
left this city at-7.G o'clock last night for
Ottawa on the nrst leg Of his Journey 70
the frozen north. II all goes well ne eX-
poets 20 get a sight OF Broadway three
years hence The discoyerer or the white
Esquimau does not expect 20 De In COM
u1unication with the world for two years
after August OF the present year
We may get frozen in.' ne declared
and the boat wrecked II such an acct
dent occurred In winter there would not
be much danger. for We could get out
The walking would be good then. II the
ship should be wrecked IN summer the
danger would ne greater"
A year ago. when he returned from the
Arctic regions. II was with an expedition
under American auspices. This time he
sails under the British flag. and when ne
returns he hopes 20 have added a large
slice Of the earths surface % the great
empire on which the sun never sets. There
NAV be only ice and water. but Stefansson
has high hopes that he viii hnd land ana
will be able 20 close the last chapter N
exploration In the north.
Originally the National Geographic So
ciety and the American Museum Of Natu-
raj History collected a fund OF S+5.00o
% finance the trip. but the Canadian gov
eminent offered s75. 900 and asked 70 have
the expedition made under its auspices.
Mr. stefansson mas received many mes
sages Of cheer in the last few days one
came Yesterday from Gilbert s Grosvenor'
director ~ the National Geographic so
ciety He expressed the desire CT the So
ctetv t0 help in other ways thar Dy con-
tributing Instruments and good wishes.
a large photograph Or Colonel Roose-
Welt. With his autograph and the wording.
Good luck from a friend ard Fellow
Harvard man revealed visit 90 the
colonel AZ oyster Bay By the explorer dur
ing the last week III was "A very great
surprise 10 mo % hear Colonel Roosevelt
speak so exhaustively on Iceland-c legends
and Arctic exploration. said Mr. Stet-
ansson "He has marvellous memory
The colonel 10 developed. was SO inter
esred in northern matters and asked so
many questions that 10 took the explorer
ha!f an hour 20 ascend the front steps al
Sycamore Hiu
The explorer will visit his mother
whom he has not seen for i've years. m
her home in Saskatchewan. he VII tneu
90 to Victoria. % sal. later IN tnc kariuS
with his party OF thirty. eleven Of whom
are scientific men. % Nome. Two srenos-
raphers Will accompany the party that
far 90 aid the explorer IN putting into
shape some scientific data Of his previous
trip. They will return from Nome. as
will Mrs. Anderson. the wife Of DR.. 4. u.
Anderson. secon. iu command.
Captain Robert Bartlett. who was the
captain OF Peary's ship. the Roosevelt.
VIII command the kariuk- She ls now IN
drydock In EsGlimault. preparatory 70
the start north on June 8. From Nome
the trip viii De made 20 Point Barrow.
With favorable winds IL Is nopec % reach
Hersche early IN August The party viii
divide there StefanssOn VIII head the
northern party and Or. Anderson Will
command the southern.
The following scientific star viii ac-
company stefa7sson. James Murray. VINO
was biologist with ShackIeton. w. T. Nc
I[inIay. magnetician. and George Malloch,
geologist and member or the Canadian
Geological Survey The scientific per
sonnel OF the southern party IS. Or.
r. NJ. Anderson. Fritz JOhansen. y. j.
O'Neul. Kenneth Chapman. J. r. Cox.
Henri Bouchat. DR.. p. Jennes. and DR..
A. Forbes Mackay. who was surgeon u
Shackleton 8 expedition.