El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-18

busy That is why, says MACMILLAN
he found the last four years the
/ shortest Of his life. Many times he
went So TO 40 hours without sleep.
pursuing his scientific studies And
he had considerable time 10 devote
] TO these studies. for actual eNplor-
ing can only be done in three months
out Of the twelve
Macmillan is eager 10 return 10 this
l bleak but interesting region Of the
! North Pole and viii undoubtedly DO
/ so as soon as he can find sufficient
/ financial backing.
VIII Fly Over Ice.
{ His next trip will be something en-
1 tirely novel in Arctic exploration, for
| he proposes TO use an airplane 10
widen his radius Of action. u expect
10 do as much in a day with an air
] plane as I can do in 20 days with
the dogs he explained.
Macmillan was greatly pleased 70
I learn Of the progress IN aviation
which has taken place on account OF
the great war during his stay away
from the world. He thinks aIrplane
construction has now been carried 10
a point Of perfection where he can
rely or certain types OF filters as fully
as he does on his -huskies' and his
snow shoes.
Macmillan left Sydney. Nova SEQ
tia, aboard the Diana in July. 1918.
pThe ship was wrecked off Barge
Point. Labrador. but was finally
pulled off and taken to St Johns
where the supplies were transferred
10 the Erik
Three Rescue Attempts.
In the second ship the party reached
Etah. on the west Greenland coast
August 20.
II was more than two years ago
that the first relief expedition was
sent out Dr. Grenfells's Labrador
missionary schooner. the George B.
CIuett, started in July, 1915. for Etah,
but was unable TO get through the
heavy foes Of ice encountered.
Dr. Edmund o. HOvey. OF the Amer
lean Museum, then fitted out the Den
mark but this ship failed also, and is
believed to be still frozen in the ice
off the Greenland coast. 1t was capt
Robert Bartlett. companion Of Peary
on the trip when he reached the
North Pole. who finally succeeded
where the others had failed He used
the staunch sealing steamer Neptune,
and by his feat he adds considerably
TO the reputation he made on ms
several voyages with Peary- Bartlett
says the ice on this trip was the
heaviest he had ever met MACMILLAN I
was also one Of Peary's Ieutenants /
on the Polar trip
Many of the things Macmillan has /
accomplished in the far north Will I
he appreciated only by the scientific /
world But even the layman can IN
derstand his work in mapping great 4
stretch of the coast of Elesmere ]
Land, across Smiths Sound TO the I
west Of Greenland. discovering the ]
second biggest glacier. in the north
ern hemisphere: locating two new
islands and disproving the existence
Of two more showing that Croker I
Land. seen by Peary from the summit
Of an immense cliff. is only mirage,
and penetrating many miles over the
F-n-rw nnT-nrn the DnHmH here .
Croker Land was supposed TO begin
Reached just in Time
When rescued by Bartlett at Etah,
Macmillan and the members Of his
party were living on dog biscuit and
ducks eggs. but were in good health
They would probably have endured
severe hardships next winter. how
ever, II they had not been reached IN
time
Macmillan crossed Smiths Sound
once every. wear he spent in the north
and every time came through without
a mishap. = remarkable feat in Itself
He found rich mineral bearing
rocks and extensive coal fields. The
exact nature Of these discoveries IS
not yet entirely disclosed. A complete
report viii be given out by the Amer
lean Museum. The expenses Of the
trip were borne by the museum. the
American Geographical society. the
University Of Illinois and various per
sons interested in Arctic exploration
Has ChIId's Treasure Box.
With his thousands OF specimens so
-aluable 10 the scientific world. Mac
MILAN brings back an Insignificant
tin box. which TO one person in the
world means more than a hundred /
whale skeletons Macmillan told the /
story OF this little box as follows.
4 gave this box to a little Eskimo |
girl. who will cry her eyes out over
he loss Of it. She insisted upon COM
nE with US from Etah. Forty miles
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