The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-19

Points Out Fact that Commander !,
Thoroughly versed in Arctic Con-
dittons and that There is Little
Probability of His Being worsted.
Ottawa, Nov .l9.-Little credence
10 placed by the naval service depart.
ment in the newspaper reports from
seattle indicating the probability OF
the loss OF some ships of the Stefanns.
son expedition. Indeed, the feeline
Of the department is that "all is we'll .
Even II e ship were caught in the ice
and crushed, the men would have lit.
ne trouble In reaching shore. possess.
ed as they are Of every convenience
TOR travel upon ice. including dogs.
'The department received q telegram
from DR.. Anderson, on board the All.
lska, near Circle, Alaska, dated az
late as November 10 last, DR.. Ander.
son is in charge Of the southern partv
OF the expedition. The telegram reads
10 follows:
."Ctrcle. Alaska-Canadian expedi.
tion schooners Alaska and Mary Sachs
winter in Collinsion Point, Alaska.
Heavy ice conditions prevented furth-
sr advance eastward. All we'll. Sci
Johnson, O'Neill. KarluE did moi
each Herschell Island. Last seen OFF
elaxman Island. about August IA,
Heard no ships able to ret east Of De.
narration Point this year. whaler
Elvtra crushed and sank off Humph.
reys Point September Is. Belyedere
eaught OF icy reef but apparently
lafe."
The telegram was sent by carrier.
10. Circle, Alaska, and telegraphed
lrpm; there. The department has re-
board the Karluk Of the northern
party. that he had got around Point
others, The npsaslgs stated that ~
was Vail, and Il 81 not expected TthHi
any news would be received from stef.
Anssoi. aftSr that. 7''f7' ~ .SF, :
etefAnsson Going North.
~ IE AndeseeeE q y .f0 axplers TIA ~
torta Land, while .stefansson will 60
north. into territory or sea which,
no white man has ever sailed. The
karluk. stefansson's ship, left victo.
ria. B. c.. on June II.
The scientists with the stefansson
portion OF the expedition are v. Stef.
ansson. George Malloch, Ottawa;
Bjarne Mammen. Norway: B. NJ. Nc.
Connell. Vancouver: DR.. Forbes Mac.
kay. Scotland. and James Murray
Scotland.
The scientists with the southern
NJ. Anderson. J. j. O'Neill, Ottawa;
Kenneth Chapman, Ottawa; r. Cox
Henri Bouchet, Paris, and DIR. ennes
Austria.
Brandon. Man., Nov. 1s.-"I an
strongly inclined to believe that Stef.
ansson and his party are not lost and
there ts every probability o ftheir be.
Ing heard Of sooner or later" said
Captain Harry Toke Mum, the noted
Arctic explorer.
from his own experience and from
What he knew of the men COMPOSING
the party. that II they are lost, the
vessel must have foundered in the
heavy weather that is SO prevalent
In those regions. He had private let.
ters received In the spring, that state
that the Karluk was an old whalel
badly IN want of repairs. and thai
Captain Bartlett. than whom there
was not more daring navigator. had
himself told Captain Mum that the
vessel was obsolete. II they had beer
caught in the ice. continued Captain
Mum. they would have had ample
time to get o ffthe vessel with pro.
visions to last them for some time.
For example when Captain Num-.
vessel was caught in the ice last sum.
mer It was thirty-five minutes before
she sank and in that time the part,
landed on the ice with sufficient pro.
visions to last some months. There
could be no doubt that an experienced
man like Captain Bartlett would have
provisions stored on the deck in read.
mess for such an emergency. Another
reason given by Captain Mum why
some time may elapse before anything
will be heard definitely of the party
IS that Stefansson went further cas-,
than whalers generally go. as it i.
we'll known that he was anxious tc
reach Banks Land. In the event OF
the party making Melbourne Island
they would And a large depot Of gov.
ernment supplies. This depot was es.
tablished by Captain Bremier in 1906
who, nhfs second visit in 1908, Ief,
about twenty tons Of supplies.
Among number of instances OF
had been abandoned, Captain Mum
cited the case Of the Polaris. This
ship was caught in the ice in Smith,
Sound in october, 1876, and sank
leaving twelve men. one Eskimo and
his wife on the Ice. This party were
picked UP by the sealing ship Tigrat
in the following April, of the straiti
of Belle Island after drifting 1900
miles.
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