The sun., 1916-01-02
AN ESKIMO CHIEF AND
PARTY FROM I0LOLICK.

have doubtless proHted by his example When
DR.. Nansen proposed a trip to the Arctic he
planned his voyage along the lines Of De Longs
trip to the polar seas.
"Datoms found on the enst coast Of Green.
land are similar to those brought back by
that great explorer Nordenskiold from re-
gions to the westward and comparison showed
that these specimens were Of the same type %
the diatoms brought from Cape Wandarum, In
Asia
THE finding Of these diatows proved that q
passage existed from the Pacific to the Allan.
tic but did not indicate the time It took for
them to pass through from sea to sea. Later
an American harpoon was found by an English
whaler In the Atlantic Arctic sen, which proved
also that there was a passage by which q
whale could 90 through
Then later on wreckage Of the Jeanette
and some part Of the clothing Of two members
Of the Jeannette's crew came ashore on the
west const Of Greenland ut Julianehaab. This
proved to me that II the Jeanette had not
been lost she would have drfted into the At.
lantic Ocean In about four years and half
1t also proved that there is q passage from
ocean to ocean.
when the Fran was caught In the ice she
drifted into the Atlantic ocean from the Pacific
which also proved my theory OF free passage
When Admiral Melville and President Bryant
OF the Philadelphia Geographical Society placed
casks In Bering Strait and set them adrift they
demonstrated the time 1t took to pass from
ocean to ocean.
Now the last link In my theory Is illus
trated by the wreck Of the Karuk stefansson's
ship. which was caught In the Ice of Point
Barrow 1t was not good place to start but
she drifted In short time to latitude 73
nOrth, ana would hive completed her voyage
to the Atlantic In about four years. because she
wns drifting fnster than the Jeunnette."
Although holding these theories for some
years Capt Berner has not yet realized his
nMbiti"n tn nuke voyage to the north TOe
by way OF the sea opposed to q voyage by
sledge. He has been III the service Of the
Canadian Government for a number Of years,
anu has been commissioned to establish q force
Of the mounted police In Hudson Bay and to
ttRe possession OF the Arctic urchpelugo be.
tween the region Of l4l degrees west to go de-
grees west and all the adjacent Islands as far
as w degrees north latitude. but he could
never obtain permission to go to the north
pole, being under orders to patrol the waters
or the Arctic instead and to chart the islands
or the archipelago. He IL confident, however
Wat his voyage VIII DE accomplished event.
ually.
THE time will come" he said when this
voyage Will he undertaken. und 1t will be over
the route that l now point out"
What Is your opinion Of Stefansson's ven.
ture into the Arctic regions ana what are the
probabilities of his success In discovering un
unknown land or country up north" Capt.
Bernier was asked.
"StefanssOn has good courage" he said, land
he Is young nnd fired with ambition to sue.
cee'l. Although greatly handicapped by the loss
OF the karluk and part Of his balld Of explorers,
! admire him for going OH almost single
handed aild continuing his work of exploration
III the polar regions. He deserves to succeed
and l believe he will be rewarded by finding
new land up there, for l am certain that un-
known territory exists.
THE tides are irregular ut certain points In
the Arctic. and this indicates that they are
hnIhl~retl presumably by lind not vet charted
nh the mnp StefnnssOn has II good chance II
he succeeds In holding out and can find a food
supply. OF discovering new land In the Arctic
| believe he will do IT,
Capt. Bernier, who arrived in New York
recently from Canada. also takes a keen In.
terest IN the Macmillan CrOckerland expedi-
tio'I ana In the relief expedition, the latter In
command Of Dr. Edmund Otis HOvey Of the
american Museum Of Natural History. He
KNOWS Capt. George Conner. Ice pilot Of the
%iicf expedition, nnd he Is confident II any
navigator IL able to pilot the relief ship Cluett
ont of North Star BAY into the open sea, that
man IL Capt. Conner.
ber0re next spring or summer Capt. Ber-
nier Will le sailing the northern seas on q
new expedition. aud will command the Guide
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