Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-14
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RUNI N TAR NORTH
CHICAGO MAN AND FRIENDS TO
PENETRATE ARCTIC SEAS IN NJ
SEARCH or GAME.
WILL SAIL DURING MAY
ON SHIP GREAT BEAR,
Expect to Roach Point 5000 Miles
From Seattle NJ Ship Well Equipped
and Provisioned For Trip in Seas
Where Swim the 5ewhead Whale
and Elder Duck. IN &as

tSSs<s 8H To-
Chicago. April 12.j - When the
schooner Great Bear sails from Seattle
about the middle OF May, on fishing
and hunting trip to the far north-a
trip which has been planned partly as
summer vacation and partly as q
commercial venture-she will start on
q journey that will take her about 5000
miles from Seattle and will not end till
about the middle of November. Incl
dentally John Borden, Chicago capital
LIST, sportsman and traveller, and one of
, the vessels owners, will help the ex-
plorer, Vilhjalmur Stefansson-if help
Is needed-relocate the continent he
discovered In the polar regions.
Mr.. Borden on his journey will be
accompanied by, Capt. Louis Lane, long
time q resident Of Nome, Alaska. and
Tor years q gold miner. fur trader and
whaler, and by three Chicago guests,
who are going just for sport-Norris
II. Bokum, &c. II. Knickerbocker, and
4. B. Straightforward the schooner will
carry crew, of twenty-four sturdy
Seamen. "a \ IT, ~ 50. Co. RI
With Mr.. Borden, Captain Lane is
joint owner of the vessel, which, in
Guiding her equipments, cost $4,000
and is 1877 feet long, 80 feet beam, and
with draft of fourteen feet and
speed OF seven knots per hour She
carries three sails and, as an auxiliary
force, an oil-burning engine Of 100
horse power. Her oaken hull is
shea tined In ironwood, heavy timber
from the Philippines. almost as i'm
perVious as its name indicates
The Great Bear will carry $4,000 gall
Ions OF fuel oil, and about SO, 900 worth
OF provisions-canned vegetables and
fruits, sugar, coffee, -four, meal and
salt meats-enough to last the entire
Journey. A complete kitchen 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 government for lis
vessels win be part Of the ships
equipment. No physician will accom-
pany the expedition as Mr. Borden
says his experience in northern waters
has given him sufficient experience to
handle any ailments peculiar to the
northern country, that might come to
himself or his men. ~ i
There will be private state rooms for
each Of the guests and comfortable
sberths for each man Eof athe crew.
Cards, books and q big photograph
viii be among the things on board to
provide entertainment. for the long
Arctic nights.
Captain Lane Experienced. ~
CAPTAIN Lane, tho only IS years Of
age. is as much at home in boat on
the icy seas Of the north as would be
landsman in an automobile travelling
city streets. He has been q dweller in
the Alaskan country since he was a
child oG u and has spent much Of his
time dns;the water. He will be in active
charge bfathe boat as captain but will
cooperate with Mr.. Borden in all mat
tiers of management except the actual
technical "details of handling the yes
sci. It was Captain Lane who last
August CAME to the rescue of the ex-
plorer Stefansson with timely supplies
when Stefansson and the remnant of
the original party that went to the
northern regions with him had been
given up for lost. ~ 5 10,
Mr.. Borden is we'll fitted by expert
ence for his proposed long journey. Tho
he did not 60 but half as far north
as his present plans will carry him,
he made a notable voyage In the sum-
mer OF 1913 in his 1OO-foot sailing
yacht, Adventurer, from the coast Of
Maine, around the American continent.
thru the straits of Magellan, thence
to the Pacific coast and on to point
about 800. miles north Of the Aleutian
Islands. It was the delightful expert
ence that he had on this trip that got
the salt of the sea into his veins and
caused the lure Of the north to call him
again, a call SO insistent, he said, that
his Forthcoming trip is the result.
The route of the Great Bear will take
her thru the Pacific ocean for dis
lance Of about 1000 miles on the first
leg Of the long journey from Seattle,
on which she will reach the Aleutian.
Islands, where, as she turns northward
she will expect to encounter much
floating ice. This, however, is not ex-
pected to hamper her as her three
great sails and her powerful oil burn
ing engine are regarded as ample to
make the handling OF the boat easy,
tho the desired speed Of seven knots
an hour may. not be made at all times.
Another thousand miles Will bring
her to the Gulfrof Anadyr,5off the ST.
berian coast. Then she will pass into
the Arctic ocean and will circle Point
Barrow thru the Beaufort sea and hay
Ing added another 1000 miles to the
distance travelled from Seattle, she will
reach Coronation Gulf, Off the north-
errl coast OF Canada, where the journey
win end. The return will be made over
the Same route. I
The travellers on the Great Bear are