Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-09-12
DOUBLE HUNT FOR
STEFANSSON PARTY
Nome Millionaire Sends out
Private Search Ship to
Look for Explorers.

Ottawa, Sept. 11.-Heroic search
for the men marooned in the Arctic
ocean,, north of Siberia. by the crush
ing of Stefansson's expedition steam
er, the karluk, is now being p%rosecut-
ed again by two boats. The United
States e cutter Bear returned
to Nome last week after an unsuccess-
full attempt to reach Wrangle island,
where IA of the Karluk's crew were
left last February by Captain Bart
lett. Others of the party are sup
posed to be on Herald island. The
Bear has re-coaled and left Nome last
Friday in another effort to reach
Wrankle island before the close Of the
short season of open navigation. On
on the same mission. This was the
Corwin, chartered for the trip by
Jafet Linderberg, the founder OF
Nome, and a millionaire resident Of
that place. He has wired deputy min
lister of naval affairs. ]. G. Desbarats,
that he had chartered the Corwin, a
trading vessel. and had despatched the
boat from Nome on September 5 to
search for the Karluk's men.
In his telegram, Mr.. Linderberg
stated that he has provided the Cor
win with a first class crew. with a
party of hunters and an outfit of dogs
and skin boats. He had the Corwin
provisioned to keep forty men for a
year in case 1t should be necessary
for the boa to stay in the ice all win
ter. The relief expedition is a purely
voluntarily one and Lindberg, who Is
a warm personal friend of Stefansson,
will bear the whole expense. A thor
ough search will be made by the Bear,
and the Corwin parties for the missing
karluk men who number thirty. There
is a risk of the searching parties be-
two h ca1ryN1 m ,-A L. 49,
frozen in for the winter.
Another report from the north
brought out by a man from the south
ern party under DR.. Anderson, states
that the schooner Mary Sachs, which
was one Of the Stefansson-Anderson
fleet OF exploring schooners had left
Herschell island Aug. IL. for Banks
land to establish depots for Stefansson
should he succeed in reaching Banks
land across the ice this summer and
be compelled to remain there all win
ter. On March % Stefansson with
three mon, set out from Martin Point,
which is IN the 145th meridian and
not far from Herschell. With three
men. Stocker Storkerson and Ole An
derson, six dogs and a sled. Stefansson
started due north with a supporting
party which went due north with him
about forty miles. and Isl to tho
10th meridian. When they left Stef-
ansson told them that he intended to
continue north across the ice for ff-
teen days and then turn east towards
Banks Land In the hope OF discover
ing the unknown land. which. il be-
lieved to lie to the north Of Canada
at this, point. He intended to i've
chiefly. on what his rifle brought him
ana hoped to reach Banks Land be-
fore the Ice broke up. The support
Ing party reported that when, they left
S~tefansson, game was plentiful ana
the party was living well. Reports
from the north that the Ice last spring
broke early make 1t appear that Stef-
ansson may have encountered dffHcul-
ties in carrying out his plan of trav-
cling across the Arctic Ice. Open wa
ter was reported In The vicinity OF
Baltic Island and Banks Land IN
April