The Nome daily nugget., 1915-11-05
STEFANSSON'S NEW LAND
 HUNDRED MILES LONG

shore water we agreed something had gone wrong somewhere. Accordingly We cached our meat safely and pro- | ceeded south along the coast with pack aogs. At Cape kellet we found the Mary Sachs in winter quarters.
 Apparently it was uniformly held by most whalers, and others at Herschel island last summer that we are all aead because we failed to come back on the North Star. l learned she had as l had directed.
 | Some seventy-fiye miles off shore, near 75 degrees 40 minutes north, we were forced to realize that we could hope for no great northering so late in the season on broken ice drifting rapidly southwest. Therefore we tried to make shore fast. The ice off Pat rick island carried us fifty miles south before we finally made land. i Proceeding northward we finished charting the coastline between the farthest points reached by McClintock and Mecham in 1853 from their win ter base on the south coast of Melville island. Fogs and thick weather ham, pered us greatly On June 15 we reached the north top of the island and found there the record left by McClin- tock. dated June 15, 1853.
 On June IS from a 40--oot high Ice cake near our camp Storkerson sight ed new land to the northeast. We landed on it next day at point dis tant about II miles near 78 degrees north, IF degrees west. We followed the coast east for three days only. We coastline, running somewhat south of east from the landing place but noun tains were seen, at least fifty miles farther east, at a height of 20o0 feet. Twenty miles inland still higher hills were seen in all directions. From north to east the distance was estimated at over fifty miles of land; therefore, it is of considerable size. It is low where we first landed, but becomes higher and more rugged as one proceeds east ward. Caribou and other Arctic ani- mals, excepting bears, are abundant As Summer was now coming on rap lidy we turned towards home on June l22 We discovered small islands be- tween Melville island and New Land and took formal possession of these lands and left a record of our dis covery. We followed the west coast of Melville isalnd south, crossed to the Bay of Mercy and stayed there from July IA to July 20.
 We caught a sledge at McClure's wintering place and travelled diagon- ally across Banks island to Kellett, ar irving home on August to find every thing well.
 Beside the provisions we brought from home we used about 10000 pounds of meat and fat for food and fuel. Seals furnished most of this, excepting seventeen caribou, four bears and two musk oxen.
 We had no great hardships at any time and never were in imminent danger. On August Il the schooner Polar Bear came into Kellett, and re- ported the North Star long overdue at Baillee island, and the expedition and supplies arrived at Herschell isl- land.
 Fearing the non-arrival of the North Star I chartered the Polar Bear to get supplies from Herschell island, hop ing to land them to form more north ern base for next years work, either on Banks island or Prince Patrick island. I planned to make a further journey next year into Beaufort and explore further the New Land already :. discovered. We sail for Banks island tomorrow