The Red Cloud chief., 1913-07-03


(N of the Donald B. MacMil.
Ian expedition. which Will
leave this city this month
In search OF Crockerland, the unex.
plored continent In the Polar Sea,
which Peary saw through powerful
Held glasses and named in 1906.
BY means of the giant wireless.
members of the expedition, which will
spend three years exploring and map.
ping the land which Peary observed
Tar to the northwest OF Canada expect
to be able to report daily progress or
the work to New York city-to be
able to talk" to the Museum OF Nat
ural History. father OF the quest and
TO their families and friends during
the long absence In the Arctic wastes.
The wireless calls sent out from ex-
pedition headquarters in Flagler Bay.
Eilesmere Land. will be picked up by
, the big Canadian government station
I at Wostenholme Island. LOO miles
tdtstant In Hudson Strait, and thence
will be relayed via Port Nelson and
other stations to New York
In addition to the huge wireless
plant which will be established to con.
meet the Arctic with the United States,
sledges used by members of the ex.
pedition In exploring the Polar wastes
will be equipped with portable wire.
less outfits that at any time can be
set up and communication established
with the main station at headquarters
on Flagler Bay. In this way. scouting
parties and the sledges that make
the dash across the frozen sea for
Crockerland will always be within
talking" distance with the base OF
supplies.
Had Captain Scott. the ill-fated Eng.
lish Antarctic explorer. been equipped
with such portable wireless and a big
receiving station at his base OF sup
plies. he could have sent for aid when
he and his heroic companions were
trapped In blizzard on the great ice
barrier.
In addition to the wireless, Mr.. Mac
MILAN, who gained distinction with
Admiral Peary on the successful quest
SA sAo A$oAeh oiS' bCNCtdi Oth0i
Innovations In Arctic work he will put
into operation on his Crockerland
search.
He hopes to grow fresh vegetables
in hothouses by the aid of burning
glasses which will be brought to focus
on the sheltered plants during the
summer season when the sun Is Wis
ible.
Scurvy is one OF the chief enemies
he expects to encounter, and he hopes
that, II he Is successful in raising
fresh vegetables during the period
while the sun Is up, he will be able to
hold at bay this grim-visaged spectei
of the deep Arctic sllences.
Then. too, he may take with him q
Great South Bay scooter. the first
OF her genus to invade the Arctic
Circle. The scooter Is an amphibious
craft, native of the Great South Ba,
OF Long Island. She Is built like Q
boat. but equipped with runners OF
the bottom. and goes as well on tn,
water as on ice. On smooth ice tn,
scooter sails at the speed of sixt,
miles an hour. and In the water a
the speed OF regulation sail boat.
The trip Macmillan and six com
rades will make Is believed to b.
one OF the most perilous that coul,
have been selected. The safety Of tn
expedition depends wholly upon tn
consistency Of the winter ice in tn
Polar Sea. and those who have spen
much of their lives In the far mort
have learned that Polar Sea ice is a
uncertain quantity on which to pi
life.
Briefly, the plan OF the expeditio
is to leave New York on July . or
to push north, with several stops fo
the last supplies, until Cape Yorl
Greenland, is reached about August
From there the party will proceed
Flagler Bay, Ellesmere Land. wher
he headquarters camp will be bull
The ship, probably Peary's famou
vessel. the Roosevelt. which Mr.. Ma,
MILAN is now negotiating for, wi
return to New York and the seye
members Of the exploring party wi
set about preparing for the long, dar
winter.
Some Of the party will then pus
north through the mountains of Ellie
mere Land into Eureka Sound, an
through Nansen Strait to Car
Thomas Hubbard. the point fro