The Washington herald., 1913-06-22

skirting IT to avoid ice. Cape York will
be reached about August /. where dogs
and dog drivers will be secured. IL Flag
Ter Bay Ellesmere Land, Is clear Of ice
by August 20, the ship will push its way
in and discharge its cargo and the ex-
petition on the north shore. II ice con-
ditions are unfavorable for the carrying
out Of this plan. the landing will be made
/ at Payer Harbor, PIN Island The ship
will then return to New York.
The first task of the expedition party
will be the erection of the permanent
headquarters. These viii consist of a
house for the white men of the expedi-
ton party. another for the Eskimo dog
drivers and their families. and third
for the protection of the seismograph.
The wireless telegraph, too, and other
apparatus must be installed as. soon as
is practicable. While this work is going
forward a reconnaissance will be made
to determine the best practicable route
through the mountains of Grfnnell, Files
mere, or King Oscar Land to Cape
Thomas Hubbard. AS soon as sledging
can be undertaken, hunting parties will
be sent into the hills to procure the win
ter's supply of fresh meat. During the
Fate fall, and in the moonlight of the
arctic night, supplies will be sledged to
the secondary base. which Is to be estab-
lished on ~ape Thomas Hubbard. caches
Of food being made along the route at
intervals of about twenty miles.
Party VIII Divide.
The start for Crocker Land will be made
with the coming of dawn in February,
1914. Unless Unforeseen difficulties are
encountered, the trip over the sea ice
will be made in about two weeks. Ar
irving at Croker Land, the party will
subdivide into three sections; one to go
northward, one southwark. and one into
the interior. The length of stay on
Croker Land will depend upon the char
acter of the ice encountered on the Polar
Sea and upon the amount of food il
has been possible to carry.
Returning to Cape Thomas Hubbard
early in May. the party will spend a
month in exploring, mapping, and study
ing the unvisited regions in the vicinity.
In the winter of 19l4-19l5 the foregoing
programme will be repeated, except that
a section of the party will be dispatched
into the region southwest of Cape Thorn
as Hubbard in search OF new land.
If all the predictions and observations
are erroneous and "Crocker Land does
not exist. a journey to the summit of the
Greenland ice cap will be undertaken in
the summer of 1915
At least one or two men will be at the
permanent headquarters on Flagler Bay
continuously for two years caring for
apparatus and making observations on
the weather. the seismograph. and tides.
and receiving and transmitting messages
with civilization through the wireless
telegraph.
The chief items Of the outfit for the
expedition are as follows: Not less than
three years provisions for seven or eight
white men, their helpers and their dogs;
clothing: all the kinds of instruments
lit, zH Nd
records necessary 10 carry out the ex-
tensve scientific programme which has
been outlined: moving picture and other
Photographic apparatus; a powerful mo-
tor boat and a large whale boat: salaries
for some of the members of the scien-
tific staff; a steamship to take the party
northward in 1918 and another to bring
II back in 1915.
Raising the Money.
The original estimate of the cost was
that not less than $4,000 would be need
ed for the necessary requirements OF
the expedition. This estimate was based
upon a stan of only four or five white
men and a less ambitious scientific pro-
grsmme. The expenses incident to halt
ing the plans last year and to increas-
ing the stan and extending the pro-
gramme raised the cost of the expedition
to SIS, 600, more or less, depending upon
the expense OF chartering ships for the
two journeys.
Mr. Macmillan generously continues the
original arrangement by which he serves
as leader of the expedition without
salary during the period of its absence
from New York.
On the proviso that SUFFICIENT funds
were to be contributed from outside
sources, the American Museum of Natu-
raj History started the enterprise by
agreeing to appropriate $500 in money
and assume its organization and man