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at position close to that in which the Jeanette
was first gripped by the ice in September 1879.
Why should all these vessels have been moved
continually to the west by the Arctic drift? Sim
ply because, as Mr.. Harris and others have ex-
planned the incoming tide from the Atlantic has
to sweep to the eastward and around some great
obstruction that reaches down from close to the
pole to a point fairly Alaska and the upper
most shores of the Dominion of Canada The
ebb tide in passing out in turn has to follow the
same crcuitous route, but its movement is to the
westward, and probably stronger in its general
effect than the incoming flood tide. Why
should this be?
Look at the little map that goes with this arti
Gle. The curving lines with time marked in
Roman numerals show how the advancing high
tide from the Atlantic and the other fig
and decimas indicate the measure of the
rise Plainly, the further the water sweeps into
the pocket ending at Beaufort the smaller
the tidal fux and the slower the water moves in
the interval of tide change; the water, so to
speak, is being crowded Accordingly on the ebb
the sweep is freer, as it is trending toward the
great open Atlantic, and this probably accounts
for the aggregate net gain in the westward drift.
In this fashion. with the tidal data available,
the photographer has been able not only to COM
pute the general area of the unknown continent
archipelago, but to approximate its broad con-
tours. True the Karluk never reached her OBJ
jective, and Stefansson did not even Croker
land but his ship, in her unchecked wanderings
in the grip of the Arctic pack, confirmed the
istence of the barrier in the Arctic basin and
will inspire further efforts in the direction Of its
exploration.
After the Karluk sank Captain Bartlett and his
made their toilsome way southwark the
pack ice to Wrangel island, where they encamped
with such of the ships stores they able
to carry on with them. From Wrangel island
Captain Bartlett and Eskimo made sledge
trip to the Siberian coast and Providence bay,
thence crossing in the American whaIer Herman
north Of the St Lawrence island to ST. Michael
the Alaskan shores From st. Michael news
Of the predicament Of his Wrange1 island
was dispatched to the United States, and steps
were at started looking the early relief OF
the shipwrecked crew.
AT this time the United States revenue cutter
Bear is on her way into the Arctic ocean and
would undoubtedly have gone sooner had it not
been learned that the Arctic pack was still as far
south Point Hope, Alaska. The work cut out
for the doughty little steamer is perious, for she
will probably have to her way north and
westward against good deal of opposition as it
is. We can best gather idea of the task by
reference to the kindred duty performed by the
ship in the early summer of 1898 when she got
the crews of the eight whalers of their hazard
Gus positions the northern Alaskan coast.
Capt. F. futile, then in command of the Bear
started from st. Michael July z and on the
18th of that month stood northward through Ber-
ing strait Arriving on Point Barrow about July
80, the Bear made fast to the solid pack 1t