The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-17
Stefansson Continues His
Surveys in Arctic
Region
WILL NOT RETURN
TO CIVILIZATION
Six Members of His Party
Back in Nome-Bring
Specimens

| Nome, Alaska, Aug, f-NllhJalmul
Stefansson, the Canadian arctic explorer
who went into the polar regions in the
summer of 1918, probably will not return
to civilization during the present session
but will continue his work of exploring
newly discovered land north of Prince
Patrick Land. This news was brought
by six members of the Stefansson party,
who returned here on the power schooner
Alaska.
The party aboard the Alaska was I'M
der Dr. Rudolph Anderson, Stefansson's
chief subordinate, who had been explor-
ing and charting the coast line bordering
Union and Dolphin straits and the Core
nation gulf region, far east OF the mouth
of the Mackenzie river.
All of the party which left here on the
! Alaska in July, 1918, returned with the
exception of Daniel Blue, engineer, who
died at Bailey island in May, 1918. The
members + the party here are DR.. An
derson, j. J. O'Neill, geologist; John Cox,
surveyor; DR., Jenness, anthropologist; j.
johnson, oceanographer and entomolo-
gist and George wilkins, photographer,
The schooner was under the command of
Captain Sweeney, who joined the expedi-
ton while it WAS in arctic waters. The
entire party was in good physical con-
dition and expressed themselves as hav-
ing enjoyed their long experience in the
arctic, despite the many hardships en-
countered.
Most of the time since the spring of
1914, the party has been in quarters at
Bernard harbor on Coronation gulf, east
of the Mackenzie river, one of the last
known sections of the habitable earth.
Bernard Harbor as Base
The last member of the party to see
Stefansson was the photographer, vii
kins, who was one of those who departed
from the Karluk shortly before that yes
sci was carried away in the grip of the
northern ice in the fall OF 1913 and later
crushed near Herald islands. Wilkins |
was with Stefansson last winter, having |
rejoined him last year. After spending |
some time with the Steiansson party,
Wilkins made the trip over the ice to
Coronation gull and joined the Anderson
party.
Most of the scientific work OF the expe.
tition has been carried on by this branch
party. The first winter after leaving
Nome, the party spent at Manning point,
near Camden bay, after having failed to
ind a passage through the heavy ice to
The eastward. The following spring DR..
Anderson proceeded to the east and
reached Coronation gulf, during the sum I
- ,,-bt ,t, +ah I
ished in Bernard harbor became the base ]
or the expeditions work. The summer
md winter of 1915 were spent in scien- c
life labors about Coronation gulf. I
The party left Coronation gulf for the i
3ehring sea in June of this year, and I
he southwark passage was attended by t
10 difficulties. b
A Second Greenland.
Mr. Wilkins learned from Stefansson
hat the new land which the explorer a
iscovered may be described as second +
ireenland Up to the time that Stef-
nsson left the new land, after his mem !
rable trip across the frozen sea with a
torker S. Storkerson and Ole Anderson, r
he explorer traced about 200 miles of its q
hore line and found high mountains p
pom it. Mr. Wilkins says that it was I,
tefansson's intention to return to the n
ew land last spring to continue the T
'ork of exploration. +,
The Alaska brings about thirty tons OF IL
pecimens gathered during the years n
oent in the North, in addition to mass u
data of great value from scientific n
,andpoint. They will be shipped to OF N
IVA, where the final results of the ex- q
edition will be completed, Most of the m
laska party viii proceed to the states, q,
ut DR.. Anderson may return North to Il
'ntinue his Investigations. a,