The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-03
DESCRIBES LONG
TRIP BY SLEDGE
Prof. Tanquary Tells OF Hard
ships to Macmillan Party
in Arctic.
CROKER LAND Is A MIRAGE
One Hundred Dogs Used in 1900,
Mile Journey Across Melville Bay
to Holstenborg-Long Wait
for Relief Ship.

wise bearing no signs of his three
years stay in the Arctic as member
of the CrOckcr Land expedition under
The leadership of Donald Il. MacMiI-
Ian. Prof Maurice G. Tanquary, who
recently returned to New York told OF
his trip from Etah by dog team and OF
the work Of the expedition.
Professor Tanquary expressed the
satisfaction of the members of the
expedition at the success which had
attended them. While Croker Land,
he said, is doubtless Il myth, the mi
RACES in that vicinity were of such
brlliaucy that they deceived complete
" those who were In search of land
and 1t was necessary to see them dis
appear by approaching them to know
that land did not exist.
by arrangements which were made
when we were landed ut Etah,' said
Professor Tanquary, "we were to pur-
sue our work for two years, when u
relief ship was to come for Ms.
Long Wait for Relief Ship.
1--WE were all waiting in Etah, our
headquarters, for the relief ship when
was to come for US in 1913. When
August passed and no ship arrived we
gave up all hope of being brought out
that wear. We found out later that
the George b. Cluctt, which had been
sent out for us, had been forced to
stop at North Star bay, about one
hundred and fifty miles south of Etah,
because her propeller shaft mad
broken. Or. Edmund .. HOvey of the
museum was on the Cluett, and he ar
ranged with Mr.. Peter frcuChen, who
has charge of the Danish exploration
base mt North Star bay, to take him to
Etah in motor boat.
con t!.r morning of September 10,
when tar motor boat arrived in Etah,
Mr.. Macmillan had gone south along
the shore to hunt warus and Doctor
! Hunt had gone on a long trip uorth
after caribou. As 1t was imperative
| that we start at once if we warned to
| get away before the ice shut rs in,
! those of US who were at Etah got our
supplies aboard the motor boat rs
quickly as possible, leaving Mr. Mac
| MILAN and Doctor Hunt to look af-
ter things at Etah or join ia later II
! they wished.
eve reached North Star bay and
| the Cluctt ON September II, but could
not start from there on account of
storm which held MS tao days.
"Whrn we finally did start in the
CIuctt tie ice at Cape York was 50
bad that we could not put through
and anchored in an extremely pre-
! curious position under the shadow OF
= tnll cliff ut the entrance To Parker
Snow bay. The captain made several
attempts to continue south through
| the ice, bur we had Ia take refuge In
Parker Snow bay ami the ship was II
unlly iced In there on october l.
Start on Long Trip.
"Both Mr.. Macmillan and Doctor
| Hunt visited Us there, coming down
from Etah by slcds, and it was deter
1 mined that four OF ms were to attempt
| the trip by sled across Melville bay
! and along the CoaSt of Danish Green
| land to lIolstcuborg, a distance oi
about 300 miles, wlrrc we could gel
the first ship out for Copenhagen. The
Cluctt was So crippled that 1t coult
not make the trip north 10 Etah.
I'VE finally decided to rake eight
sled.cs. drawn by nearly one hundred
dogs. and the party was to be com
posed of Doctor lEovey, Mr. Allen, In
sign Green and myself. We left Par
ker Snow bay on January IL and mad'
Cape York the first day.
ION March 3 we reached Uminsk
There We met the high priest o
Greenland, Knud Bale, who was jus
starting south to his home nj EgedcS
minde and who volunteered to guild
Us. We reached Egedcsmnde %
March u aud were taken into MI
BALES home ns his guests. 1t wa
decided that we should remain ther
until the annual Danish mail left t
catch the boat At lIolstcnborg.
when the time came To leave
was not deemed advisable to have n
three Of us make the trip out. W
saw that II was possible to get on
man through aud IL was decided thi
! should come.
! II reached Copenhagen on May y
4 When got in touch by cable with III
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