The Alaska daily empire., 1914-10-17
POLAR BEAR HAS IN
 TERESTING ARCTIC TRIP

NOME, Sept. 2S.-The Polar Bear arrived here from the Arctic yester- day evening after two years stay inI those waters.
 The Polar Bear started last year for a one years cruise carrying party of Bostonians consisting of Samuel Mixter, the head of the expedition; John Hoard. IT,, and George silsby and others.
 This party was on a hunting, pleas ure and scientific expedition and had intended to spend the summer in the Arctic and return in the fall, but were frozen in and compelled to stay the winter and the second summer in that region.
 The story of Capt. Louis Lanes trip out over the ice and his return to the Arctic this spring Is a familiar one. but the story of the men who win tered near Demarcation point, wait ing for their ship to thaw out of the ice has not yet been told aud will probably be written by some one of the party when they return to Bos- ton. One of the party. however says that the monotony of the long winter was broken by card palying, reading good books of which there was a good supply, visiting the various camps es- tablished by the Stefansson parties and the ships which, like the Polar Bear. had been caught in the ice for the winter. Besides there were hunt ing expeditions for bear, deer and ptarmigans which kept the party in good spirits and humor. The party was comfortably quartered, in good health and enjoyed the experience which they had started out to got
 The Boston people had started out to hunt mountain sheep, polar bear, whales, etc.
 No reports of the success of the party in hunting mountain sheep is given but it is learned that polar bears were found in plenty without hunting in one case 1t is said that bear visited their camp and had started a meal on their kiak when 1t was killed by a native.
 Capt. Louis Lane upon his return started with the Polar Bear on the summer cruise and succeeded beyond expectations in capturing these mon- sters of the sea. The record catch for a schooner in the Arctic is 12 whales which was nearly reached by this ex- petition which captured ten, nine of which were of large size.
 The Polar Bear cruised in the vicin- ity of Wrangell island and was within easy reach of the Karluk survivors and would have rescued them but the party supposed they had already been rescued by the revenue cutter Bear.
 The Polar Bear met the boats be- longing to the Stefansson expedition early in the season at Baily island. The Mary Sachs intended to cruise along Banks Land as far north as St. Patricks land to look for Stefansson while the other parties of the expedi- tion, on the Alaska and North Star, would continue to Coronation gulf. It is the opinion of Capt. Lane that Stef- ansson will never be able to reach land to the Eastward as the ice move ment is westward and 1t is his opinion which is confirmed by Capt. Bernard that Stefansson, if able to reach land at all. it will be on the Siberian coast. It is the opinion of Capt. Lane and also Capt. Bernard, of the Teddy Bear, that Stefansson will never be heard from again. Capt Lane has been very successful on this cruise, having obtained 15,O0O pounds of whalebone and a large number of fox skins. Capt. Lane will sail in few days for Seattle leaving the Boston party here, who will finish their trip from here to Seattle on either the Sen atOr or Victoria.
 Capt Lane made the trip from Seat tie to the Arctic over the ice in 65 tie to Nome and from there over the ice to the Arctic, the whole trip being made in 65 days.-Nome Nugget. days.