Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-06
MACMILLAN SENDSP[EA
FOR ANOTHER RELIEF SHIP.
Croker Land Expedition Has Food
Only Until August-Found
Coal and Game.
By the Associated Press.

4 BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Juno 6.-The arst de-
tailed news from Donald b. MacMil-
Ian. head Of the so-called Crocker Land
companions had only enough supplies
| to last them until August OF this year.
and urging that another relief ship be
| sent to them, has been received by DR..
the American Museum Of Natural His
tory and chairman Of the Croker Land
committee. 1t was announced that tho
steam sealing vessel Neptune, chartered
recently by the committee. probably
would sail about July l from Nova
Scotia. under command Of Capt. Rob-
| ert A. Bartlett, for Etah.
| Although the expedition has been ono
OF the costliest on record. 1t is said that
| from a scientific viewpoint the results
have fully justified the expenditure.
While Crocker Land. which Rear Ad-
miral Peary believed he saw, proved to
| be a mirage, tho Macmillan party dis
covered new islands, mapped and ex-
plored Finlay Island. and gathered
geographical. botanical. archaeological
and chronological material of great I'M
portance.
Written In February.
The message from Macmillan. which
| was written about the middle OF Fen
ruary. was transmitted through the
| American minister at Copenhagen by
I, DR.. Harrison j. Hunt of Bangor. Me.
surgeon Of the expedition, who LETT the
in the Farce Islands in company with
| w. Elmer Ekblaw. the expedltion'
| geologist and representative Of the
University Of Illinois. The message
"Pians Tor 1918 trip carried out success
fully Left Etah March %. with seven
Eskimos eight sledges. eighty dogs for ex-
ploration Of Finlay Land; the King Chris
about sixty-four years ago by Franklin
search expedition. but as far as am
able to learn has never been visited by
white man. Plan to go light. go fast and
live largely upon resources OF the country:
in order to get back before Smith sound
broke out in spring. Crossed Ellesmere
Land by old Eskimo pass. ascending river
bed at the head Of Flagler bay to height
Of land thence to height Of glacier to
altitude of 1000 feet. descending into the
head of Bay Fjord.
| Passed through wonderful game coun-
try-wolf, caribou, musk OK, seal. hare.
ptarmigan. lemming, fox and polar bear.
Sledging surfaces throughout trip excel
lent. Secured sights for longitude and
latitude at all important points. also line
Of azimuths from seventy-third meridian
across magnetic meridian to 1881. Much
coal all through this region, Evidence of
recent uplift Of land on all shores. Large
numbers Of bears and musk OK kept dogs
in good condition. Two sledges sent back
to headquarters with specimen skins for
American Museum from Eureka sound
Heibergland. Game failed, however, from
ninety-seventh meridian on Reached
Finlay Land April 10, twenty-nine days
| from Etah.
| Discovered Islands.
| ION the return. swung south for ex-
ploration of North Cornwall, which
| was seen in about 1850. Tracks here
Of musk OK, wolves and caribou. Map
ped northern. eastern and southeastern
| shores of Finlay Island: much larger
! than recorded and very different in
! shape. Discovered five islands off its
| shores, also good sized island off east
ern coast of Amund Ringnes Island, in
latitude IS degrees. Is. Built cairns
| and Enclosed records at all prominent
points on the trip.
Members of expedition have done
good work In botany. geology. glaci-
ology, ORTHODOXY, ethnology, archeol-
| ogy, photography and meteorology.
Very fortunate in securing two sets of
eggs of the knot, which were found by
DR.. Hunt at Umanak.
| Capt. Conner had obtained some very
| favorable results in archaeology at
| Umanak: he will continue his work at
| Etah and vicinity until the arrival of
the ship in 1917.
| "Dr. Hovey has begun work in geol-
ogy. seismology and glaciology Ex-
tensive plans for future exploration in
spring. Work to begin about March 1.
can have large number Of dogs, wal
rus meat for food. whale-wheat biscuit
and pemmican for trail. Sun now well
on way south. having left us on Octo-
Der "a for 11S days. Men all happy and
| confident of good health"