Arizona sentinel Yuma southwest., 1916-04-13
ID SAIL ID ARCTIC
 REGION FOR PLEASURE
Associated Press)

CHlCA0O, ApTIl lf.-N u0H ILS us schooner Great Bear sails from Se- attle about the middle of May, on fishing and hunting trip to the far aorth-a trip which has been planned partly as a summer vacation and partly as commercial venture-she will start on a journey that will take her about 5000 miles from Seattle and will not end till about the middle of November Incidentally John Bor- den, Chicago capitalist, sportsman and traveller, and one' of the vessels owners, will help the explorer, Will hjalmur Stefansson-if help is needed relocate the continent he discover ed in the polar regions.
 Mir. Borden on his journey will be accompanied by Capt. Louis Lane,
 long time resident of Nome, Alaska, and for years gold miner, fur trader, and whaler, and by three Chicago guests, who are going just for sport Norris H. Bokum, c. K. Knickerbock- CT and R. B. Slaughter-and the big schooner will carry crew of twenty four sturdy seamen.
 With Mir. Borden, Capt. Lane is the joint owner of the vessel, which, in cluding her equipments, cost $75,0OO and is 137 feet long, 32 feet beam, with draft of 14 feet and speed of seven knots per hour. She carries three sails and, as an auxiliary force, an oil-burning engine of 160 horse power. Her oaken hull is sheathed in ironwood, heavy timber from the Philippines, almost as impervious as
 ts name indicates.
 The Great Bear" will carry 25,OOO gallons of fuel oil, and about $3,OOO worth of provisions-canned vegeta- oles and fruits, sugar, coffee, flour, meal and salt meats-enough to last the entire journey. A complete kitch- 9n will be provided and will be in charge of chef of long experience. A medical chest fitted up according to the list authorized by the govern ment for it's vessels will be a part 0f the ships equipment No physician will accompany the expedition as MT. Borden says his experience in north 7rn waters has given him sufficient raining to handle any ailments, De- cullar to the northern country, that night come to himself or his men.
 There will be private state rooms for each of the guests and comfortable )erths for each man of the crew. Cards, books and big phonograph VIII be among the things on board to provide entertainment for the long Arctic nights.
 Capt. Lane, though only 36 years of age, is as much at home in a boat )n the icy seas of the north as would 1e a~landsman in an automobile trav- cling city streets. He has been a 1Weller in the Alaskan country since ne was a child of twelve and has spent much of time on the water. He Will be in active charge of the boat IS captain but will cooperate with MT. Borden in all matters of manage ment except the actual technical de- talls of handling the vessel. It was Gapt. Lane who last August came to the rescue of the explorer Stefansson with timely supplies when Steffans- son and the remnant of the original party that went to the northern re. l gions with him had been given m | for lost eI
 MT. Borden is we'll fitted by expert, ence for his proposed long journey. Though he did not go but half as far north as his present plans will carry nlm' he made notable voyage in the of 1913 in his 10O-foot sailing yacht, "Adventurer, from the coast ot Maine, around the American conti- lent, through the straits of Magellan hence to the Pacific coast and on to point about three hundred miles 10th of the Aleutian Islands. It was he delightful experience that he had 'n this trip that got the salt of the ea into his veins and caused the lure { T the north to call him again, a call ft 70 Insistent, he said, that his forth oming trip is the result (