Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-03-14
Explorer Lectures at Audi
forum on Latest Expedi-
ton to Polar Regions.
HAS NO DEFINITE
A FOR FUTURE
Submarine May Become
Useful in North, But Dog
Sled Still Superior.

II didn't always intend 10 De al
explorer" said Vilhjalmur Stefansson,
the nan of Arctic fame, who arrived
in the city this noon and will lecture
this evening on his adventures II
achievements in the bleak uncxplorcd
country of the north. Six. years ago
Mr.. S~tefansson spoke to the people or
Grand Forks on his initial venture
n the polar lands, and after flvc
more years of strenuous living and ar
duous endeavor he is back again to
tell his friends something of the mys~
terry Of the north and the JOY of hav-
ing succeeded in accomplishing what
others believed imII ssible.
A virile nan-keen. alert. calm
Mr.. S%tefansson's personal appearance
betrays no evidence of the rennous
tasks which he has accomplished
other than deep lines which seam his
friendly face.
BY living SO long in the solitude of
the north tho great explorer has lost
men and affairs. When asked how
soon in life he conceived the desire
to explore the Arctic regions. MI.
%Stefansson replied that he did not al
ways lave such a determination. AT
one time l wanted to be a police
nan" Mr.. Stefansson said; then a
cow-puncher on a North Dakota
IdlCH. dlttt NIlJtf Il S'tibSill III Liz ''i
versity of North Dakota my one am-
hition was to be a poet Mr.. Stef-
ansson was keenly interested when
told of the dramatization of his skit
on the %escapadc in "PreXy's' bed
room, written in the days one by.
wn,cn was produced last year by the
Dakota Playmakers.
May Explore Again.
Mr.. ~Stefansson has no immediate
plans for continuing his exploration.
but he said that no doubt he would
MAKE other explorations in the north.
He will use the old method Of dog
team and ship. as means of trans
%portation. he said, and although he
believes that the use of the subma-
rine in exploring the ~ice-covered re-
gion would be a most practical one,
he himself has no intention of adopt
ing this method. His heart is in the
land of ice and silence. and the call
to undiscovered lands will no doubt
be too strong for the man who has
made the north his home to resist
for very lond.
He said tina while he was in
Drayton recently he came across an
old friend whom he had first known
as a fisherman in one of the Alaska
coast towns, during one of his expe-
ditions. He intimated that his own
SCIiLlIllChlS "SI III llS
words of this mar who, when Mr..
~Stefansson asked him whether he
would rather be farming in North
Dakota, or fishing in Alaska, W
ed that if he had his say he would &c
back to Alaska.
Friends Greet Traveller.
Mr.. S~tefansson expressed his pleas
ure at being back again among so
many of his old friends. During the
time he vas a student in this city he
won many staunch friends and was
warmly greeted at the station today
by a group of personal friends and
alumni of his former university.
Alumni members of the university.
as well as other local people. have ex-
pressed their pride in associations
which the world famed man has in
their city. and are anticipating the
story which he will tell them tonight,
his message from the north and his
answer to their expectations. For his
discovery of the blonde Eskimo: for
his discovery Of entirely new and in
the north region: for his extensive ex-
plorations. and his invaluable contri-
buttons to science, Mr.. Stefansson has
gained a renown that has spread
throughout the civilized world. But
Of all his achievements, the one of
primal importance in the mind of the
explorer himself is the proof of his
wv theory that the Arctic region will
yield enough food to supply explor-
alton parties for an indefinite time.
without relying on food supply from
stations.
A most stirring account of how he
has accomplished his deeds will be
given in Mr.. ~Stefansson's lecture to-
night in the city auditorium, begin
ming at $3.50 o'clock, when he APP
pears under the auspices of the North
Dakota Alumni association.
Herald Wants BRING Results.