The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-18
SAFE, is
GOING FURTHER NORTH
Explorer, Missing II Months,
Reaches Banks Land and
Gets a New Ship.
HE DISCOVERS NEW LAND

NOME. Alaska. Sept. 17.-with the
arrival here to-day Of the little power
schooner Ruby came the first direct
word In a year and a half from With
jalmur Stefansson. the Arctic explorer.
S~tefansson Is safe on Banks Land. The
explorer says so In dispatches he gave
the Ruby's captain for the Canadian
Government.
Nor has the famous Arctic explorer,
given up by the world as lost long ago.
any intention OF returning to civiliza-
ton before he has completed the task
he set himself when he started for the
polar regions on April II, 1914. In his
dispatches he says that at Baillie ISL
and. a rendezvous OF whalers. he found
the power schooner Polar Bear. Capt.
Louis Lane, saw in this we'll tested Arc
tic vessel the one chance he had
been longing for since he lost the kar-
LUX and bought 1t for $4,000. He then
proceeded TO equip II.
St.fansson said that he intended to
continue his icy pilgrimage for two
years more at least.
Ole Anderson and Storker Storker-
son. Stefansson's companions, who are
said to he as strong and resourceful
as the explorer himself. are assumed
to be safe also.
According to Capt. Cottle Of the Ruby.
stefansson has by far exceeded his
hopes in his explorations. He discov-
cred new land southwest of st. Patrick's
Land. To ascertain the full extent OF
this new territory is the aim for which
he 10 now Quitting on Banks Land
BY this date he may have started.
The new land discovered by Stefans-
son he. places at - degrees - minutes
north latitude and rs degrees ~ min
utes west longitude.
He told Capt. Cattle that when about
seventy-hve miles of the shore of Prince
Patrick Island. near IS degrees ~ min
utes north, he was forced to the con-
clusion that there was no hope Tor
northering at so late a season on
broken ice drifting rapidly southwest
They attempted then to make the shore
fast ice on Prince Patrick Island in
that latitude. but were carried fifty
miles south before they lande about
ten miles south OF the land which had
been first seen on June !.
Going northward they finished chart
ing the coast line between the further
points reached by McClintock and
Mechas from their winter base At DAILY
Island on the south coast OF Melville
Island. Fogs and thick weather ham
pered them in this work.
Predicted Time Of Arrival.
Probably the most amazing feature
Of Stefansson's expedition to date is the
mathematical precision with which he
had figured out not only the course he
would and could pursue but the time
~. mould arriya m Ranks Land. ON
April -. 1914. As he bade adieu TO his
supporting party on Camp Separation. on
the north coast Of Alaska, Stefansson
sa!d
IF I'm not heard from do not send
rescue parties after me. will be all
right. All I wish you to do is TO have
supplies sent to Banks Land
To-day. exactly seventeen months ar
ter he gave those instructions. comes the
word that the discoverer OF the blond
EskimlS is on Banks Land, or was
for Il may be assumed that he FASTENED
his preparations as much a. possible to
delve deeper into the Arctic mysteries.
The message Stcfarss1n sent TO the
Canadian Government Is signed by him
self and is dated Baillie stands, August
81, via Nome. Alaska, September l6, and
reads as follows
As unavoida BILE delays threatened and
the running cost OF chartering Polar
Bear was high. | purchased her and en-
gagged her on terms similar TO karluk.
, Engaged Hon. engineer of schooner
Ruby, TO take place OF Blue of Alaska,
Engaged five extra helpers for southern
PARTS, who have ample outfit for oue
year, and Polar Bear for two years,
plan continue northern exploration 10
las west and So north. IL northeriy
curse is secured"
suffered Few HardshIps.
Stefansson in his talk with Capt. COT
lie said that except during a few days
before reaching Banks Land he and his
two companions suffered no particular
hardships. Although on very short ra'
tons during the entire seven months
on the ice, they always had enough food
to keep hunger away. They did not miss
a meal during the whole journey. al
though living seven months on food de
signed 20 last three.
Capt. Cottle reports that the south
ern party. Of which Or. Rudolp.
Anderson OF Iowa is commander, Were
all well al last accounts. The only
misfortune experienced by the Ander
son party was the death OF Engineer
Blue OF the power boat Alaska, which
occurred at Ballle Island in early
spring. Blue was one Of the origlna
members OF rhe expedition. His was tht
thirteenth death among members OF the
expedition.
Before departing from Herschel Isl
ard for Banks Land Stefansson estab'
lished communication with the south
ern party, and also sent a man cas-
with the power boat Mary Sachs e
continue explorations TO the eastward
and establish supply bases for future
operations of the southern party.
Jack Hadley. a member OF the karlul
party, rescued from Wrangel Island las
year by the King and Wing. has agalr
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