New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-25
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pointment the members of the expedi-
ton felt in finding that the goal tow
ard which they had been struggling for
d year and half was only a phantom.
Macmillan cannot now send his re-
port until his men can drive dog
team and sled TO Upernavik, Western
Greenland in other words, not until
midwinter, when the sea is frozen
over. 1t will wait until spring at Uper-
navik for the first Danish boat to con-
vey it to Copenhagen. The report will
then be cabled TO The Tribune from
Copenhagen, arriving probably IN
April or May of next year.
Peary Still Believes.
When Rear Admiral Peary was in
formed by The Tribune Bureau in
Washington last night that Macmillan
had failed to find Croker Land where
Peary had left il he said:
81 believe ! sighted Croker Land
in 1906, but ! do not care TO make any
comment until ] read the full report
or letter given 10 Rasmussen by En-
blaw."
The only other word from the OK
petition is contained in letter which
Mr. Ekblaw hastily wrote before the
Rasmus en- motor boat turned south,
but il is enough TO assure the friends
and relatives Of the expedition party
that the explorers are safe. These are
abstracts from the letter:
"knud RasmUs en's boat has got
hunting camp where Jot Small and
have been kept for six days by ice and
wind. unable to return by our motor
boat past Cape Alexander TO Etah, and
X. RS boat cannot get by either. Since.
Lis shin must leave for Denmark day
after tomorrow on accent Of cOndi-
tions. his motor boat cannot wait for
better conditions 10 20 to Etah after
our mail and Macs cablegrams. Jot
and ] came down here with three Es-
quimaus to kill walrus for our winter
supply, and have been unable TO get
back since August q.
"Thus we met Rasmussen's boat.
can't say, OF course, what TO do. ]
shall say, however. that we are all well
and have given up hope for a ship from
America this year; Mac has said that
we must get back next year; are trying
against heavy odds TO get a wireless
through this coming winter; are plan
ming a strenuous years work for the
coming season; everything has thus
far been eminently successful-explor-
alton, scientific work, etc.
~ am very much concerned to know
what effect this inability of X. RS
beat TO get to Etah will have, but we
have been up TO the very base of Cape
Alexander Ia quarter of an hour ago.
and the sea is raging. Apparently
there is no hope to get any of our mail
back until winter sledging begins. Then
we shall be able to get our mail
through as we did last year from
Upernavik."
"Tanquary and spent the summer at
Umanak, North Star Bay, studying the
geology and biology OF the region there.
had to return from Bay Fjord because
Of a frozen foot (all well now. Only
three Of US started, with seven Esqul-
maus, ten sledges in all.
"At the best | have only few mo-
ments to write, for X. RS men will
stop only long enough when they reach
our Camp again to unload the supplies
and mail. for the seas and ice neces-
state their immediate return to North
Star Bay. Ice conditions all along the
coast have been bad this year.
All Well and Busy.
an conclu Con. let all our friends know
that we are we'll and contented; that
for another year at least we have plenty
Of everything we need 10 keep the wolf
from the door of our igloo. Tell our
friends that though we think Of them
often our work is not yet done. and
until it is we shall not be homesick.
Finally, best regards TO everybody.
also commend X. Rasmussen for his
answering. continued and exquisite
courtesy toward our expedition. think
some public mention should be made of
IT,"
The only other news of the expedi-
ton is from Knud Rasmussen, who
wrote Mr. Hovey that he had the story
Of the chief results of the explorers
adventures, but that he considered II
brotherly duty to withhold it until
Macmillan had a chance to tell it him
self.
Donald p. Macmillan and his party
sailed from the New York Navy Yard
in the Diana on July ., 1913, with plans
for an expedition of about three years,
TO be spent in the exploration OF Crock
or Land.
He had experience in Arctic work
as one of Admiral Peary's men during
the successful quest Of the North Pole
in l90S-'09. lie is graduate of Bow
don College and Fellow Of the Royal