The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-31

Explorer StefanSSon
Comes Out Of Frozen
North; Reaches Dawson

DAWSON. Yukon. August 3u.-N I'M
jalmnh S,cfansson. who headed the Can
df;.n cxrrdition exploring the Arctic re-
! gionS north of Canada which sailed
from F.SQuimliI. Il. c.. under TIL" dlrrc-
tion If the naval department IN /! s.
arrived here today cnrnutc To Esquimalt
VilhiaImur St"ranssnn. discovercr "f
no 'hlnhl ESliIniu". has spent over
five years exploring AMI studying bar
rem Arctic w;!t"s for Ia" Canadian gov
rrrmrni
\ nt;y continent or arg" island WAS
found by SlrfanSSun on tho Trip just
closed The few lard ~ north Of Prince
Patrick island and was found in 1914.
Illness haStrn"d tt" md nf the cNr'T'I-
tiun. Rr:'urts RECEIVED from St"lansSnn
in 1917 said IL hoped Ia make further
explorations in 1915 anc 1919 and end
his travels in 1870. Instead Of going
nurthward howe ."r. St"fanSenn spent
most OF the 1918 summer in Il hospital
~ Fort Yukon. Alaska just inside IN"
Arctic circle, recovering from I'm attack
of typhoid which brought him inland
| from the Arctic in March l?lS.
| StefanES"n last saw the outside world
| when hr sailed from Victoria +. -.
! juno Il. 1919. Mt the head Of an cxpcdi-
| ton in search If rev lands which had
| been rcportc'! II have been Seen far 10
tho north of any explored arch 1c also
| intended to stu " the topography and
ocean currents Of The north and gather
| flora and fauna.
ono of his original party was ca plain
| Robert Slrt lett. who had been Rear y J.
n'Iral r. r. Prary's: Arctic sailing mas
! ter. Another was Or. l.. NJ. Anderson,
with whom StcfanSSon had studied 1T the
University of Iowa. About 4 score of
! The mn who left with StGf;nsson have
! died from various causrs. among them
! suicide. exposure and disease.
! When the expedition left. it was IN
! board the karluk. nE old steam whalcr.
| ON it's arrival. at Nome, Alaska SietanS-
son bought other boaIs and sent Or. An
| drrsnn an da number nf The party 10 the
Coronation Gulf country Ia study the
land and thr natives. The ran "Nncdi-
| lion continued north in search OF new
shores
After The Karluk. carrying Stcfans-
son. rounded Point Barrow. UP at the
"curnrr e tn" continent it wills grippad
by the L." and apparently frozen in FOR
! tho winter. Stcfan&son and four COM
panionS went ashore Ia hunt. When
they returned Lh" karluk had been car
rird away ly II storm.
StrfanS@on. believing the mon aboard.
under Captain liarIl,tt. were safe. dis
MISSED the loss Of the karluk ftS an in
cidcnt ind set out eastward afoot. The
| karluk it WIS Learn "d laicr was car
! rird westward ny the ice and crushed
: hy In" fln"S east of WranErll Island.
/ which * nJrth ~ western Sih -ra- Tho
! men took To the &c, IN several were
meyer seen aC;un. Pressing eastward.
St"fanssnn spent the 1924 winter
, with the Anderson party and in the
! summer of 1914 discovered the new
! lands. The 1915 and 1916 summers
were spent exploring and mapping the
/ Cnuntry. for almost two years. NOT him;
/ was herd from StrfanSSun AMI Il WAS
hclIrvrd' n" was WORK ing his wl! east
ward. Suddenly he appeared near Her
/ Sch"l Island off the Gar ndIn coast III
/ laIS and reported he had found moro
new Islands
! Ono of he secondary objects Of Stcf-
auSSou'S trip was tu navigate the north
! west ;IlsSat:" 30 the Atlantic and end
! ms rip with III s,'nt Of he st. Law
| renee river /" Montreal IN 1871 or l9iS.
! In this h" failed for reasons not clearly
| determined.
J Although the war had not start I'd
when Strfansscn left. In 1913. no plans
! Ia enter war work. according to -cports
end will tour tho l'nii'Hi states ana
! Canada giving lectures for the benefit
of tho Rcd Cross. Although he hops t.
~ back to the -Arcti.: he has no definite
| nlanS