New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-17
ESPECIAL Correspondence. to n. Tribune

SIDNEY. n. S., July 16.-The auXi-
iarv schooner George B. Cluet'' De
longing to the Grenfell Association OF
America. arrived at Sydney this morn
ing from St. Anthony. Newfoundland
She was chartered by the Ameri"an
Nnseum Of Natural History OF New
Vork CITY. and will leave to-morro"
tor Ftah' North Greenland, LATITUDE
~ "a degrees 20 seconds north; 10
bring hack TO New York the members
OF the Croker expedition.
The expedition was sent to the polar
;. IONS in July. 1918, by the museum
an3 the American Geographical Society
IN cooperation with the University OF
Illinois. as a memorial TO george
Rorup. assistant curator OF the mu-
SCUM and one of Admiral Peary's as
sistants in the famous dash TO the
North Pole. He was drowned in Long
Island Sound in April, 1912.
The main object was the veritcatlon
and exploration of the land mass wnlch
Pearv saw in June, 1906, from Cape
! Thomas Hubbard and Cape Colgate.
and determined as lying about 10 sea
miles northwest Of Cape Thomas hub
bard. off the coast of Axel Helberg
Land. Donald B. Macmillan, leader OF
the expedition, has reported that IN
the spring of 1914 he and Ensign Fltz-
/ hugh Green, u. s. ~, went out over the
| polar sea ice to a point beyond the
spot indicated by Admiral Peary, and
could find no indication, either by
sight or sounding, of the existence OF
any land mass.
Mirage Deceived Peary.
Pearv had been deceived by one Of
| the wonderfully realistic mirages OF
! the polar regions, just as Macmillan
/ and Green were deceived on the pres
/ ent expedition. Unfortunately, their
/ standard sounding apparatus had been
! lost in the rough trip over the ice, but
an improvised line gave them no bot
/ tom at $50 fathoms. In spite OF their
! disappointment at not finding Croker
| Land the proof of its non-existence
| is considered fact of great geographl-
| cal Importance, worth the effort re-
| CURED to establish 1t.
| Macmillan and Green returned safe
| ~ to Axel Heiberg Land from their
perilous journey only q few hours be-
/ fore the breaking up of the sea ice.
/ Meanwhile other members of the staff
made important geographical, geologi-
cal, geological, botanical, electrical
and other scientific studies. and the
whole party returned safely and in
good health to spend the second winter
at Etah.
/ The programme arranged for 1918
I included exploration work by MacMil-
/ Ian and Green in the unknown region
north of Parry Island and west of
Cape Thomas Hubbard. Ekblaw was
to go with Macmillan over the Beistadt
/ Glacier into Bay Ford thence north
/ through Eureka Sound and across
I Grinnell Land TO Lake Hazen, in Grant
/ Land. returning by Kennedy Channel
and Kane Basin to Etah. Tanquary
/ was TO 90 north through Kane Basin
and Kennedy Channel to Fort COnger
| and Lake Hazen, returning to head
! quarters with Ekblaw. Each party was
| to take two Esqumaus for sledge and
other work.
Expect to Find Party at Etah.
} DR.. Hunt was to cross Smith Sound
10 Cape Sabine and travel south along
/ the shore as far as Jones Sound. es-
! tablishing caches of provisions for
I Macmillan and Green on their return
| from the Parry Islands region. If all
these plans were carried out the ex-
/ petition has accomplished all that
could have been expected of it,
Unless something unforeseen hap
pened, all parties returned to Etah
early this summer and made prepare