New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02

tons OF pemmiesn, some boats and her outht Of
thermometers and watches. Her next port Of call
IS Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, where she
loaded, among other things, twenty tons Of dog
biscuit and 337 tons Of coal. She sailed ont OK
the heibor OF North Sydney c. July IL, expecting
10 land at Battle Harbor, Labrador, where but
little time would be requi.ed for the loading OF
her thirty foot power boat, the George Borup and
some caribou Gins. Then she was TO start on
the long stretch Of fifteen h--.dred miles 10 Cape
York The Strait Of Belle Isle, however. con-
tanned much ice and dense fog sst In, 80 that
the heavily laden sealer made slow progress
northward. On the morning Of tho 18th she went
hard and fast aground on the rocks OF Barge
Point, Labrador. Fortunately the sea was not
rough and the wireless calls Of distress brought
the government vessel Stella Msris to the rescue.
THE ERIK TAKES THE PLACE OF THE Dis
ABLED DIANA.
The Diana was finally pulled OF the rocks and
the party continued on up the coast to Battle Hsr-
bor It was found that the Diana was unit 70
proceed to the Arctic regions, and the steam sesleT
Erik, Of Saint Johns, chartered to take her
rlace After the transfer Of the cargo and the
power boat the Erik sailed for Cape York, on tie
west coast Of Greenland.
Later reports from Macmillan stated that he
treacherous condition Of the ice prevented the sx-
plorers from crossing Smith Sound to Ellesmsrs
Land, and Etah was chosen for headquarters
According to the last tidings received from Mao.
MILAN, the expedition wntered at Etah, which
was formerly used as base by Peary. Etah 10
historical in the annals Of Arctic exploration.
Peary made his headquarters here on his way for
the famous dash to the North Pole. Etah was the
IL
to assist him on his Arctic expedition after his
party hs6 abandoned the Advance.
Across Smith Sound 10 Cape Sabine, another
famous place and the scene Of sn Arctic tragedy.
To this cape the late Admiral Winfield Scott
Schley, U. 8. ~. Of Santiago fame, led the rescue
party for the survivors Of the Inflated Greedy
expedition In 1884. The survivors rescued by
schley included General A. W. Greedy. Colonel
D. L. Brsnard, Henry Biederbick NOV Of the
United States Customs Service) and Maurice Con-
nell. Sergeant Frederick, another survivor 10 NOT
living, and Sergeant Ellison, who rescued, died
after being carried on board ship. At Camp Clay,
Cape Sabine, nineteen members Of this exploring
party starved TO death.
Such are the grim tragedies Of the Far North
land, where for months the sky is sunless and the
nights arc long and bitterly cold vast, desoists
region.
CAPE ALEXANDER, THE ENTRANCE TO
HADES," IN WINTER.
About ten miles northwest Of Cape Sabine, which
was visited by Robert E. Pesry In 1897, lie Cape
Flsger and Flagler Bay, the proposed hesdqusr-
tiers Of the Croker Land expedition. Cape Alex
ander, where Ekblaw is storm bound, Is known as
one Of the Pillars Of Hercules. It Is about half
way between Upernivik, the most northern Esqui-
mau settlement, and the North Pole. Tempestuous
weather often prevails there, end DR.. Kane, the
Arctic explorer, speaks Of Cape Alexander a. the
entrance to Hades in winter. IT named by
Captain Inglefeld, Of the British Navy, after Ad-
miral Alexander
Albert Operti, an American artist, who accom-
panied Robert Z. Peary two North Polar
petitions in 1896 and 1897, describes Etsh as q
group of rocks bounded by high mountain and
a ford. at the end of which looms the great gla-
cier called Brother Johns Glacier.
When the schooner George B. Cluett sets sail at
St. Johns, Md, next July with the members Of
the Croker Land relief expedition on board the
staunch little craft will face many miles Of Ice.
To reach Cape York the vessel must pass through
Melville Bay, with stretch of 100 miles of 6ost-
ing ice.
CAPTAIN CONFER WILL HAVE CHARGE OF
THE GEORGE B. CLUErT.
Captain Conner is expected to pilot the vessel
successfully through these immense fields Of ice.
He is q sailor of fine physique and has made
many voyages in northern seas, where he has
gathered collections Of curios and trophies from
the Esqumaus for Columbia University, Harvard
University and the American Museum Of Natural
History. His home in Connecticut 10 . vsritsbs
museum Of trophies gathered In Arctic land and
remote parts Of Alaska.
To finance the Croker Land expedition fund
OF over $4,000 was subscribed. Those who con-
trbuted supplies money were: The University
of Illinois, Yale University, Colgate University.
Harvard University, the Pesry Arctic Club, the
New York Academy Of Sc.ences, Bowdoin College.
the American Museum, the American Geographical
Society Worcester Academy, Ogden Mills, Pro-
lessor Henry F. Osborn, Colonel Theodore Rooss-
Welt, Zenas Crane, Mrs. G. B. Alexander, Jacob II.
Schif, tho late Mrs. Morris X. Jesur ard John z.
Thsyer.
The United States Navy also detailed for de-
tached duty on this expedition Ensign Fitzhugh
Green and Jerome Lee Allen, the latter wire
less operator.