The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-07-07

RELIEF SHIP SAILS
FOR CROKER LAND
PARTY IN FROZEN NORTH
WILL NEED FOOD BY
AUGUST 4

NEW YORK. July 1.-The steam
sealing vessel Neptune is ready to
leave st. Johns, Newfoundland, to
make the third attempt to bring
back to civilization the members
of the Croker Land Expedition,
marooned in the Arctic. Captain
Robert A. Bartlett, who accompan-
led Rear Admiral Peary to the
Arctic, regarded as one of the
most skilful of navigators of the
frozen regions of the north, is
in command of the Neptune.
The departure of this-the third
relief vessel to be sem to the res
cue of the Crocker Land expedi-
tion-marks one of the most costly
enterprises of exploration. The
other vessels, the George B.
Cluett" and the Denmark made
Intellectual attempts to bring back
the explorers who four years ago
went in quest of the mysterious
Crocker Land, which Rear-Admiral
Peary believed he had seen in
1906.
The expedition was SEN out UNI
der the joint auspices of the
American Museum of Natural
History, the American Geographic
cal society and the University of
Illinois, under the leadership of
Donald B. Macmillan. What APP
peared to the eyes of the discover
err of the North Pole, was declar-
ed by Mr.. Macmillan to be mere
ly a mirage and the party has
looked for Croker Land in vain.
The Macmillan party, mean
while, has been conducting explor-
atoms on it's own account and has
discovered six new islands, eXplor-
ed new lands, found extensive de-
posts of coal and other minerals
store of scientific knowledge.
These scientists are proceeding
with their professional work as
calmly as though they were not
exposed to dangers of starvation.
DR.. Harrison j. Hunt, the sur
geon of the expedition, who a few
days ago came back to this coun-
try, after a thrilling journey of
IA miles over the ice of Melville
Bay, reported that unless help was
sem his companions would be in
dire extremity by August 1. The
scant supplies were even then be-
ing rationed out to them.
After midsummer they will be
obliged to subsist as best they can
upon the country and after the
manner of the Eskimos. Walrus
meat and caribou may possibly be
obtained, but they will be depend
ent largely upon the fortunes of
the chase. DR.. Hunt says that UNI
less help is sent he fears fatality.
The Neptune" which will be
soon on it's way to Etah-the base
of the Crocker Land expedition
is a vessel especially well equipped
for such a mission. 1.-The Queen
of the Sealing Fleet as she is
called, is one of the stoutest YES
sells afloat and her stout ribs may
well Withstand the pressure Of
the polar pack.
In addition to her regular stores
she is carrying eight tons of food
for the use of the Croker Land
party.
r. Henry Fairfield Osbon, pre-
sident of the American Museum of
Natural History and chairman of
the honorary committee of the
expedition, said the other day that
he considered the scientific results
obtained by the expedition fully
justified it's enormous cost. He
expressed the hope that the gen-
eral public would aid the institu-
lions concerned in bearing the ex-
pense. George H. Sherwood, act
ing chairman of the Committee-in-
charge, says that he feels confident
that, barring accident, the "Nep-
tune" will be back with the Mae
MILAN party in the early autumn
and that the expedition will reach
a triumphant close.