The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-08
STIFF ANSS0N IS REPORTED ID BE
 LOST IN ARCT|S

That Nilhaljamar Stefanssons ves- e.I. Karluk. ss caught in the Arctic ice floe and that the party k prob ably lost is the report which was hroushl to Fairbanks by four Arctic traders, capt. Lewis l.. Lane. Eben $ brapsr. N | Hudson and Dunbar Lockwood. who arrived from the Are lie reeiaH last week. and are on their way Outside Capt. Lane. who has aad experience in the Arctic region For IL" last twenty years, states that is his opinion as well as the ns
 ives in the vicinity of Pole Island, where Stefanssons converted whaler Narluk Was last sighted
 When on his trip of exploration a year ago, Stefansson discovered a col ony of blonde F.skimos on Victoria Land, north of Canada and east of the most northern part of Alaska. To make further explorations and to obtain more information concerning the new found tribe. the explorer de- cided upon another Arctic cruise Aft tr fitting out at san Francisco he left Victoria. B. c for Nome where the party and ships gathered for the start last August Stefansson sailed on the karluk which was in command of Captain Bartlett, who was in charge of Commander Pearys vessel, Roosa- welt, when he made the successful dash to the North pole Two other schooners, the Mary Sachs and Alaska in charge of Dr. Anderson, comprised Stefanssons present expedition
 pr. Anderson's division of the expe- iition was to conduct the research among the Eskimos on Victoria Land, while Explorer Stefansson made an exploration trip further north Dr Andersons two schooners are winter ed at Collision Point about l5O miles from Herschel Island
 Stefansson had planned to reach Herschel Island where the Karluk would spend the winter but when an ice floe north of Pole Island. about l75 miles west of the objec- tive point. The natives had little hope that the vessel could extricate it. self from the ice and believed that the entire party would be lost How ever, the karluk is better fitted than any other vessel to withstand the ice crush and as the party is experience ed in work in the Arctic. there IS the rigors of the Arctic region
 Fearing for the safety of the Kar- luk Dr, Anderson and his party con lucted a search for the missing ves- sel and although they went as far west as Point Humphrey they failed to obtain any encouraging news On October 22nd the Anderson party in tended starting from Point Humphrey and would go further west and north in an effort to locate the Karluk or Stefansson's party. Since news of the probable disaster to the Stefansson party has been wired Outside, the faculty of the University of Chicago has formulated plans to form a relief expedition to assist in the search for the explorer
 The Arctic traders who arrived in Fairbanks last week with the story state that there are plenty provisions in the Arctic this year and that if the Stefansson crew escaped from the karluk there is an excellent chance that they are encamped somewhere. They assert that the ice conditions in the Arctic regions are very uncer- tain and the unexpected may always happen. When the Karluk was last sighted it was caught in an ice floe which was bearing North, away from land and out of it's course.