The Nome daily nugget., 1916-08-15
ALASKA RETURNS WITH SOUTHERN
 PARTY OF SUPERVISION EXPEDITION

After more than three years spent
 the wilderness of the Arctic, the trim little schooner Alaska, one of the ships of the now world famous ex- plorer. Viihljalmur Stefansson, drop ,,ed anchor in the harbor, shortly be-
 ore five a. m. today bringing the first and the new land he has discovered far to the north of the shores of North America.
 Aboard the Alaska were the mem- bers of what has been designated, the southern branch of the expedition, which departed from Nome during the second week in July, 1913, en route to Herschel island and the Coronation Gulf region under the leadership of Dr. Rudolph NJ. Anderson, d noted ex- plorer and scientist.
 All of the little party returned with the exception of Daniel Blue, who perished from disease at Bailly island during the month of May, 1915. The bronzed and hardy looking crew aboard the Alaska are Dr. Rudolph NJ. Anderson, explorer and scientist J. J. O'Neiil, geologist; John R. Cox, surveyor: D. tennis, phrenologist; J. Johanssen, oceanographer; and ento- 1 mologist; Mir. Wilkins, photographer, and two other one of whom is the steward and the other the engineer. The schooner is under command of Capt Sweeny, who joined the expedi- tion while it was in Arctic waters. ] The several members of the little
 band are all in good physical condi- ton and express themselves as hay
 ing thoroughly enjoyed their long ex-
 perience in the Arctic despite the many | hardships encountered in land so re-
 mote from civilization. Most of the time since the spring of 1914 the party has
 been in quarters established at Bern ard Harbor on Coronation Gulf, far
 to the east of the Mackenzie and in one
 habitable earth.
 Dr. Anderson, the noted leader of the expedition was in the section before
 having been associated with Stefans-
 son during an earlier trip of the ex-
 plorer some years ago.
 
 | According to the statements of those
 aboard the vessel, Stefansson will not
 return to civilization during the pres
 ent season but will continue his work
 of exploration on the newly discovered land north of Prince Patrick Land. The last man of the party to see Stef-
 ansson was Mir. Wilkins, the official
 was one of those who departed from | the ill fated Kraluk shortly before that vessel was carried away in the l grip of the northern ice pack in the fall of 1913 to be later crushed near
 Herald Island. MT. Wilkins was with Stefansson last winter at Banks Land | having rejoined the explorer last year. After spending some time with the 1 Stefansson party Mir. Wilkins made | the trip to Coronation Gulf over the ice and rejoined the Anderson party | where he remained until the present The Alaska party has been exceed | ngly busy during their stay and has conducted extensive investigations | along the coast line bordering Union | and Dolphin straits and in the Cor | onation Gulf region
 The bulk of the scientific work of the expedition has been carried on by this branch and much valuable scien- tific information has been gained from the frozen and barren reaches of the north.
 The first winter after leaving Nome the Alaska party spent at Manning Point near Camden bay after having failed to find a passage through the heavy ice to the eastward. The fol- lowing spring Dr. Anderson proceeded to the east and reached Coronation Gulf during the summer of 1914.
 Quarters were established at Bern ard Harbor and became the base for the work of the expedition. The sum- mer and winter of 1915 were spent in various scientific labors in and around Coronation Gulf and the party depart ed for Boring sea on the 18th day of June of the present year. The pas- sage southward was beset by no diff iculties Although travelling in the track of the Teddy Bear and Challenge the Anderson party saw nothing of