Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-03-24
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thc only steamers known to be In the
western arctic, and the B%elvedere lies
near Icy reef. The report has passed
through several relays OF natives on
It's way from Richard Island 10 the
head of the delta, but in the form In
which We got It there seems to be no
room for doubt, for although we have.
hard nothing this year of the Rosie
II and the Teddy bear, both schO01l-
ers, we suppose them to be at Cape
Bathurst safe.
News Changes Plans
This news changed all my plans at
once; the Ice trip cannot be given up.
so | sent S%tOrkerson and Olsen west
10 commence preparations. A perrna-
nent campbwin be erected at Martin.
Point, and gear and supplies ASSEMBLE
ed there from Collins0n Point and the
Belvedere. Martin Point Is conven-
iently situated between our two
sources of supplies, and Is over onb
hundred m~ilesSeast of Leffingwell. and
" kkelsen' $ route OF SIX years ago. No
has Yer by ship; or otherwise beenu
over fifty miles on the coast In this
vicinity, and it is, therefore, a. good
spot from which to start north. 1T is,
of course, idle to speculate more tAah
has already been done on the possi-
bilities Of finding land by such an lee
journey as this is planned to be but ut
any rate we should, with ordinary
luck, penetfate~-sam
iritory.
Our present plan is to take on this
ice trip six men, four sleds, twenty
four dogs and provisions to last two
months. But for this news OF the
lkarluk we should have started late
in February; it is now probable we
shall start about March 10. 1t is in
tended that three men with two sleds
shall return to land at the end Of 4
ten days advance, and the other three
Mt the end of a thirty days advance.
No doubt a longer advance might be
planned, but we want the dogs to use
again next year in our hoped.for work
from Prince Patrick island as q base,
and We do not care to take great risks
Oh CNlIy III CuC CADCultIVus .lyhE .w'' o.
Shortage Of Dog Feed.
1t is naturally a disappointment to
me that | cannot s~uperintend person.
ally the preparations for the ice trim,
but 1t seems clear l must first Of all
look into the story of the Karluk's
being sighted, for she may be now
somewhere within reach. l should have
started east along the coast at once
on. receiving the report. had it not
been expected that in about eight
days Mr.. Phillips, the Hudson's Bay
company's trader at Kittegayuit, OPP
pOsite Richard Island, would arrive at
Mr.. Stuart's. He would be almost GER
tain to bring either confirmation OF
the news or the opposite.
An additional reason for waiting for
Mr.. Phillips is that it is said dog feed
is nowhere to be had along the coast
to the east, and fish are so scarce in
the delta now that it is difficult for
us to get together enough for o,iir
dogs to take them to Collinson Point.
If it becomes necessary to send a sled
east we shall first have to make q
trip to the Arctic Red River. thirty
miles up the Mackenzie from the head
OF the delta, to buy dry fish for dog
feed. II, however, the Karluk should
be reported safe In some winter quar-
tiers, | should not plan to visit her I'M
Ill after the ice trip in .,lay.
Should the news we get from Mr..
Phillips when he comes require no
personal attention on my part. We
shall start at once for Martin Point.
in the hope OF getting there early
enough to enable us to get out Oh tho
ice by the first OF March. 4
7 Besides our two main projects, the
ice exploration and the delta survey,
VIC plan for this spring the geological
exploration of the mountains south OF
Herschel Island. This will be the work
of II g%eologist, j. j. O'Neill. DR..
Anderson will also in the spring un.
dertake some geological journeys TO
secure mountain sheep, barren grouAd
grizzlies. and other rare mammals
and birds.