Arizona republican., 1917-06-06
MACMILLAN SENDS
 WORD FOOD WILL
 LAST ID AUGUST
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 NEW YORK, June 5.-The first detailed news from Donald B. Mac Milan, head of the so-called Crocker- land expedition announcing that he and his companions had only enough supplies to last them until August of this year. and urging that another re- lief ship be sent to them, Was re- ceived here today by Dr. Henry Fair field Osborn, president of the Ameri- can Museum of Natural History and chairman of the Crockerland com mittee. It was announced that the steam sealing vessel Neptune" char probably would sail about July rom Nova Scotia under command of Captain Robert A Bartlett for Etah
 The results of the expedition have fully justified the expenditure While Crockerland, which Rear Admiral Peary believed he saw, proved to be a mirage, the MacMillan party dis covered six new islands. mapped and explored Finley Island. and gathered geographical botanical. archaeologi- cal and ethnological material of great
 The message from MacMillan which was written about the middle of February, was transmitted through the American minister at Copenhagen by Dr. Harrison J. Hunt of Bangor. Maine. surgeon of the expedition, who left the MacMllan party and reached Godhaven. in the Farce Islands in company with w. Elmer Ekblaw the expedition's geologist and represent ative o'f the University of Illinois. The message said in part:
 s"All well at Etah headquarters, Crockerland eXpedition Relief ships of 1915 and 1916 failed to reach us. Dr. F. O. HoVey and Captain George ! Conner arrived by powerboat from North Star 'oay in September. Will spend year with us. Hunt and Elk blaw proceeding home by way of south Greenland and Copenhagen. Have good warm house, plenty of fuel and adequate supply of food until August. 1917 A third intellectual at tempt at reli9f will compel us to re- sort to Eskimo mode of living 1 igloo for shelter. skins for clothing and meat for food.
 Plans for 1916 trip carried out successfully. Left Etah March 22 with seven Esi;imos' weight sledges eighty dogs for exploration of Finley , Land the King Christian Island of Sverdrup. This land was seen about siXtYNour years ago hT Franklin expedition but as far as I am able to lNdi II iidS ltNNt btNfi fi94NNh i'H W t+4Nt man.
 Planned to go light. go fast and live largely upon resources of the country in order to get back before Smith Sound breaks out in spring. Crossed Ellesmere land by old Eski- mo pass. ascending river bed at the head of Flagler Bay to height of land thence to height of glacier to altitude of 4O0O feet. descending into the head of Bay Fjord
 Passed through wonderful game country wolf. caribou musk OK. seal hare. ptarmigan. lemmins fox and uolar pear Sledging surfaces throughout trip excellent. Secured sights for longitude and latitude at all important points also line of Azi- nuths from 73rd meridian across magnetic meridian to lo3rd. Much coal all through the region. Xvi dence of recent uplift of land on ali 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 and two from Capt Southwest of AXel Hei- berg land Game failed however 1 from 97th meridian on.