The Cordova daily times., 1915-11-15
CAPT. LANE TELLS OF FINDING
 EXPLORER
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 starve. Why two trappers who have been in the Arctic for years made the last trip with him, and one of them had to quit. He is now on the Arctic coast trading and trapping. It was . too strenous for me- was what he told me. That is the best kind of proof 1 that Steffansoon is on the square. He is the greatest man in that country that the world has ever known
 Made Fast Trip. Captain Lane made a very fast and very early trip. He left Herschel island on the 30th of September. The 1 25 miles to the mainland he made in an open boat. He was accompanied on the trip by two prospectors who had been in the Arctic for years and who are bound for the outside. They came down the Old Crow and the Porcupine rivers, hiring dogs until they reached Circle. From there he got horses to bring them over to Chatanika, and from there he came to Chitina in an auto. Captain Lane will leave for the outside tomorrow morn ing. He is going direct to Seattle where he will get another boat and a new outfit.
 The trip he made from Herschel Island is a record one both for time and for the earliness of the season. His wife was waiting for him in Nome and went to Seattle on the last boats from there.
 A Great Man.
 q have met a lot of men in the Arctic, but Stefannsson is without doubt the greatest that I have ever met. He can live here where most men would die, and is a wonder for travelling. He has some important discoveries and believes that he will make others this winter. And his be- lief is shared by every man who knows the country and knows Stef, ansson."
 What He Left.
 Captain Lane said that the Polar Bear had on board about 165 tons nf supplies and fuel when he turned her over to Stefansson. That is an outfit big enough to last the party for two years with comfort and for three years if necessary. "Of course, they would run short of some knicknacks, such as butter, but they have a dandy outfit" said the captain.
 Referring to the boat, Captain Lane said that the Polar Bear had probably bucked more tough ice than any boat of her size, or, in fact, any other size, that had been in the Arctic, He has had her for five years. When he turned her over to Stefans- son she did not leak drop The boat had been pumped out but twice this season in her forward hold. and each time only about two barrels of water was pumped out, and this got through a broken hawser plate, which could not be mended by cement.
 Captain states that the boat is so constructed that she can stand freez- ing in without damage. Stefenasson was we'll pleased with the boat and tickled very much over the outfit.
 Back Again.
 Captain Lane knows where he can get just the boat he wants to make his annual trip to the Arctic and says even if he cannot get 1t he will have time to build before he has to start again for the north. Captain Lane leaves Seattle about the first of April and trades along the Siberian coast first He cannot get past Point Bar row until between the 18th of July and the 5th of August. Asked how the war had effected his Siberian trade, the captain stated that 1t had been benefited by it.
 The Russian traders do not operate along the coast new, and the goods from Russia are not shipped to the Siberian coast. Therefore the de- mand for American goods is greater then ever, although the demand has always been good.
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