Arizona republican., 1917-06-17

years ago. in the steam whaler Karluk At Nome, Alaska, the expedition wa. divided into northern and souther, parties, Stefansson, on the Karluk taking command of the fol mer, whic Was 10 seek new land north or th. mouth of the Mackenzie river, and Dl huuoipn Al. AnuuI sCn, N.lh TNO shan ei vessels, proceeding toward tn
 ore.'HllUla u IL co~ni4y , east 0f u Mackenzie delta, to make a geological Jotanlcal anu b4olog4cal survey or U county, beside charting channels ano stddyi- the i1sAimJs 4ome of whom die -=,--- eu .t IS supposed, iron .--i- .>.-.----sIc OI D- su In tne u. '7-----. '-'--.-i' -g.oE5 o- ~.eenland
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 Tie KarluE stopped a: Point Bal itfs. ,A- most mol ,herly point (. Al ~~--. a~p~ei..,~-, iSi,, @i 'v,t t..cl VI, t-u-1 ,Js the ice . Serte:..Sec II the snip was apparent Iozen n iOr the winter, and Stefans. Son. cccn. pai.ed t5y two white me and t"o faNinios, \. enJ ashore 10 hun caIIoou Tor WH-ter meat. While he Wa
 t-u.ei.L StOlm arose and blew the kariuk out to sea. The Karluk N--s -VOlA dttv. Wa.d again gIIppe4l b4 the ice and carried westward, oein. hndiiy crushed oy the ice January l. 1874, east os Wrangeh lsianu, WnIch |. nCroh of .5iLCl.a. The men took to tn, ice, but became separated, and sev. eial Were never seen agaln. The oth CTS, under Captain Robert Bartlett Iel~ile,. Nrangell Island. and eight men were rescued in September, lyll by :; vessel sent to the island for tho purpose, Captain Bartlett having made his way over the ice to Siberia ana Nome with the news of the disaster
 Mean @nie StefanssCn and his as sociates moved eastward along the shore of the Arctic and lell in witt. the Anderson party in winter quar- ters 1t Martii Point, west of tht mouth of the Mackenzie river.
 Ste-anssor anu TWO companions SC out in March 1914, over the ice wit dogs and made their way due north discovering large island or eontinen northwest of Prince Patrick Island and making a safe return To Banks Island. Stefansson passed the summers of 1915 and 1916 in exploring this new land, having established commmica- ton in 1915 with the Anderson party through the powerboat Polar BeaI which had gone to Banks land with supplies. Stefansson purchased the Polar Bear, and has since made it his headquarters Most of the crew of the Polar bear remained with him. He has ali abundance of food, and a large stock of gasoline.
 All in Coed Health
 Dr. Anderson, who returned from the Arctic iii 1916, brought news thal Stefansson purpOsed to pass the win ter of 1916-17 at Winter harbor, Mel vilie ls!and. It was his purpose, as soon as the ice broke, to head east ward with the Polar Bear in an effort to accomplish the northeast passage and end his adventures with an ascent of the St. Lawrence river to Montreal Stefansson at last accounts had a large number of dogs and was in the pest of health.
 III d letter to Read Admiral Peary. dated Cape Keliett, Banks Island. Jan uary Il, 1916, Stefansson said: Should y0d not hear from us by November, 1917, it is to he presumed that some thing beyond our control has delayed us. am of the opinion that in the spring of 1918 a ship or ships should be sent north from the Atlantic to look for us if We have not been heard from than" In this letter Stefansson
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