New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-30
KARLUK CREW SAFE;
ship SUNK BY ice
Bartlett's Message to h. L,
Bridgman Solves Arctic
Mystery.
SEVERAL NARROWED
ON WRANGEL ISLAND
s,effansson's Aid at ST. MichaerS
After Perilous Trip
None Lost.


Dos,i,e news was received in this
CITY Yesterday telling Of the safety oil
con,oin Bob" Bartlett, Of BROOKLYN
nd solving the mystery Of the Karluk,
ebich, carried Stefansson. the explorer
90 the Arctic. There have been no It'd
,,ss Of the Karluk since her disap-
rcarapce in a snowstorm in September
to.3 leaving on the ice the explorer
and rsrt Of his party. who had gone
ashore 10 hunt.
The brief message relating to her fate
is as follows:
.Karlul1 crushed in ice and sunk Jan
nary sixty miles off Herald Island,
BARTLETT arrived here tonight. Nhaler
Norman. OF Siberia, gone 10 assistance
Of CROW left on Wrangel Island
The dispatch came from st. MichaeIs'
Alaska. II was sent by Hugh J. Lee
Donutv United states Marshal there to
Herbert l.. Bridgman. Of 6O4 Carlton
az BROOKLYN. Lee was member NJ
pearv's 1885 expedition 20 the Pole.
Further information makes 1t clear
that the marooned men have plenty of
food and wood.
Mr.. Bridgman said last night he was
not al all surprised 10 hear that Bart
lett had made the perilous Journey to
c. ,s,obaeI,s .,,s<S
II is assumed, that as soon az the
davs became Of sufficient length after
the disaster to permit OF travel, Captain
Bartlett. accompanied probably by the
i've Eskmaus on board, set out for
Bcring Sea.
The frozen sea was quite safe for
travel Probably he drove his dogs
oycr Siberia from North Cape 10
wbalcr Bay. on the Bering Sta shore
of Siberia. where he met the Herman.
The loss of the Karluk and her
stores is likely TO delay Stefansson
vcsr but will not deter him from his
search for the unknown continent sup
posed 10 ne beyond the mainland, said
Mr.. Rridgman. Now that We know
Bartlett and the rest are safe, the
actual loss Of the vessel need not be
regarded as serious.
The men from the karluk are owl
IDENTIFY marooned on Wrangel Island.
They had plenty Of chance 20 save
from the ship ample provisions; she
had supply for five years aboard.
The Stcfansson expedition is COM
mcrcial on sent out by the govern
mont Of Canada. Vilhjalmur Stefans-
son set out from New York on his
Journey on May -, 1913, and sailed
from Victoria, Z. c., on June II. The
Karmk was commanded by Captain
Robert 4. Bartlett, the skipper Of Rear
Admiral Peary's Arctic ship Roosevelt.
Bartlett did not like tho looks of the
Karluk when he first saw her at Nome
Ho doubted if the old whaler was
strong enought to weather the ice.
The Karluk was beset by ice on Au-
gust r. 1918, fifteen miles from shore,
In longitude III. Five days later she
Was frozen in hard, but drifted with
the ice until September 10, when il was
thought she was fixed fast for the rest
Of the winter.
on September 20 Stofansson went
ashore with DR.. ID. Jennes, anthropolo-
= Iist of the expedition; Burt NJ Wilkins,
the photographer: *. NJ. Mcconnell, the
moteorologist, and three Esquimaus on
4 hunting trip. Two days later ter
fog. To the amazement of the ex-
plorcrs. when the weather cleared on
September n the ice was gone and so
VAS the karluk.
Aboard the Karluk were DR.. Henry
Bcauchat, anthropologist; Or. Alister
Forbes Macksy. Bjarme Mamen, geol
ogist; ". l.. Mckinley, terrestrial mag
netist; James Murray, oceanographer;
George Malloch, topographer with
members Of the crew and five Esqui-
maus-twenty-fiv in all.
Last month Frederick s. Denen-
bsugh, secretary of the Explorers
Club. this city, received a letter from
Stefansson, dated from Fort McPher-
son. February II. saying he was not
sure the Ksrluk was safe, but was GER
tain that Bartlett would know how 10
take care of himself and party. Stefans-
son added that if the Karluk were lost
he would still go on in the power boat
Mary Sachs as soon as the ice broke
san Francisco, May 29-Ths following
message via wireless. descriptive OF the
fate of the Ksrluk. was received here to-
day by H. Liebes & Co, from Captain c..
r. Peterson, Of tho whaling steamer
herman:
Brought Captain Bartlett from 81
heran coast Karluk wrecked near Her
aid Island last January. Crew camped
Wangell Island"
The message was sent from St.
Michaels. Tho Herman picked Captain