The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-17
SUBMISSION IS FOUND WITH TWO COMRADES;
 WILL CONTINUE TRIP

OTTAWA, Sept. IT. - VilhJalmar Stefansson. noted polar explorer, and two of his expedition. who since 1913 had been thought to have perished in the Arctic. are safe and sound. News to this effect reached Ottawa early today from Nome. Alaska, and was given out as official, by the Canadian government. which had financed Stef- ansson's voyage to the North on the gas-schooner Karluk.
 To Continue Exploration.
 Stefansson and his two companions, York F. Vorkenson and Ole Ander- son, are on Banksland, and have mo- ti6ed the Canadian government that they will continue their explorations to 145 degrees West and S5 degrees farther North. The men were found by the Seattle trading schooner Ruby. in command of Captain Cottle. Cottle arrived at Nome last night, with news of the safety of the explorer and his comrades. He had messages from Stefansson, which were flashed to Ot- tawa this morning.
 Later today the Canadian naval de- partment received a message from Stefansson, which was dated Banks land, Arctic Sea. August S1, 1915. It also was sent from Nome.
 Canada Financed Expedition.
 Stefansson, early in 1913. interested the Canadian government in an expe- dition to find out whether polar con- tinent exists in the Arctic, to map the islands far to the North of the Mac kenzie river, and to study the ''blond Eskimos." Stefansson had found these people on the mainland, near Coronation Gulf fin 1911. and had an- nounced to the world that the race undoubtedly was descended from the Vikings after the time of Jeff Brick son. Canada finally consented to fi- nance the expedition. Fourteen men were selected by the explorer and were assembled at San Francisco. The whaler Karluk was purchased for the voyage to the Arctic and early in the summer of 1913 the expedition set sail from Nome. Alaska. It had ex- pected to remain in the North until 1916.
 Explorer Was Given Up.
 During the winter rumors reached Nome that the expedition had met with disaster. Reports came from Es- kimos and were later verified when Capt. Bartlett, commander of the Kar- lux, reached Nome with two of the Karluk's crew. Captain Bartlett had left the Karluk fast in the ice near Wrangell Island. He said that when the Karluk was frozen.in in the ice pack, Stefansson, Vorkenson and An derson, realizing the seriousness of the expedition's predicament. set out over the ice-hoes in search of fresh meat, as scurvy had developed among the members of the party. Days passed and the trio did not re- turn. It was shortly afterward that news was published that the explorer and his two companions had been swallowed up in the vastness of the Arctic. The theory was that break ing ice had cut the communication of and his companions, and had left them alone on the ice, com pletely surrounded by water. and adrift toward the North.
 Karluk's Crew Rescued.
 When Stefansson was given up for dead, Captain Bartlett and two men started for Nome and af.er a series of hardships, reached that point. The power schooner King & Winge was secured to go ino the ice for the purpose rescuing the remainder of the Early this spring, al- most two years after the expedition started out. the Karluk's men were found in a frightful condition. on Wrangell island. which they had reached after the ice had ground the Karluk to pieces. Several of the men were almost insane. Two or three had died or met death when the ice crumbled their ship. The King & Winge and the revenue cutter Bear brought the survivors to Nome and Ctnfo ,,.oo rrf,ro,,