New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-27
STEFANSSON TO EXPLORE
UNDER THE UNION JACK
Museum and Geographic So
ciety Here Release Him to
Canadian Government.
TO MAKE F0UR-YEAR TRIP
Will Revisit Land of the Blond
Esquimau and Make Moving
Pictures of Him-May
Try to Reach Pole.

Nilhjalmar StefArsson. who discovered
the Akuliakattaks. or blond Esquimaus.
will start next May on another four years
OF Arctic exploration. This time Dr.. Ste
fansson will sail under the Union Jack.
Canada having obtained bis release from
the National Geographic Society and the
American Museum OF Natural History.
which were planning to send him north
under the Stars and Stripes
The second in command. DR.. Il. NJ An
derson. who went with DR.. StefanssOn on
his l90S-l912 trip. is an American. but it is
likely that most Of the other SCIENTIFIC
men who will go along. nine or ten in ali.
will he British. Before they return TO
civilization. i'm 1916. Or. Stefansson hopes
To have explored many uncharted portions
o. the sub-polar region.
Within the next ten days the 2h-ton
steam whaler Karluck barkentine rsged.
will sail from San Francisco for
FsQuimault, British Columbia. where II
will he fitted out by the Canadian govern
mcnt which purchased her from her
american owners. The karluck accord
inc to u. Stefansson. * one Of the three
best vessels in the world for Arctic work
Next May. or June at the latest. the
Karluck with a crew of fourteen. will
sail out of EsQuimault with two years
supplies. She will carry the expedition az
far north as the ice will permit. II condi-
lions he good. the explorers expect in Sep
TENDER TO reach land somewhere i'm the
Beaufort Sea. now uneXplored. There
they viii establish winter quarters send
ing the vessel back. TO return the follow
Ing spring.
If western winds prevail which means
that Beaufort Sea will be filled with ice.
the expedition will establish a primary
base on Hersche Island and a secondary
base on the southwest corner of Northern
Victoria Land.
The explorers will erect wireless sta
tons at their two bases to keep in daily
touch with the world. These STATIONS viii
bc capable of sending 1.0Hl miles. DIR.
Stefansson is thinking of taking also q
receiving station with him on the sled
tourney. He will also establish net
work Of magnetic stations over Victoria
Land for the Carnegie Institute at Wash
inston.
Should the Karuck be frozen in. the
party will drift with the foe, as Amund-
ser is planning to do and will sled IN
whatever direction they desire.
The karuck will be the second vessel
10 sail through Boring Strait on a polar
expedition The first was the Jeanette.
which was frozen in and lost large
number Of her men.
viii you 20 TO the pole Dr. Stefans-
son was asked yesterday.
That is not part of the plan" said the
explorer. but If we find an open road we
will go
He said that he would Try to explore
Beaufort Sea by ship. but that most OF
the exploring would be done on dog sleds
These he will gather along the shores Of
Beaufort Sea. and the number will depend
largely on the supply.
BY February next he said he hoped 10
begin the sled journeys, and would take
along a moving picture machine and sew
cral thousand feet Of film TO picture
tie everyday life OF :he blond Esquimaus
VIII YOU bring back any Of the blond
Tsmimaus" he was asked.
40; TO do that would be murder They
could not stand our civilization
Or. SiefAnssOn has no fear Of ScurVy.
pe said that this disease is unknown
where men live on land. The expedition
viii live largely OIL Arctic game. wolf.
FOX. grizzly and polar bears. musk OK.
caribou. ptarmigan, seal and fish. on
their sled journey they will take along
matted milk and pemmican but they viii
also depend on game.
That there was no rivalry between the
government at Ottawa and the Americans
who originally planned TO send DR.. Ste
Mn,son north was shown by the CORE
spondence between r. l.. Borden cana
dian Prime Minister; Gilbert n. Grosve-
nor. director OF the National Geographic