Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-02-15
BAFF IN LAND To
BE EXPLORED IN
SUMNER OF 1921
Party Headed by Donald
Macmillan WiIILeave Bos-
ton in July of Next Year
in Schooner BoWdoin.

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Boston, Feb. 14.-Secrets of Baf-
fin Land, one of the portions of
the Arctic still uneXplored, will be
| the objective of the Mcmillan eX-
redition which is in preparation
now for departure in the summer
of 1921. Although the region was
visited several times before the
Pilgrims crossed the Atlantic to
Cape Cod. Baffin Land, from the
point of view of explorers and
scientists, is still one of the richest
and most alluring fields of research
| in the north.
Its whole western shore, more
than 1000 miles In length, is but
vaguely defined on the charts.
Eskimo have told wonderful tales
of vast lakes and towering noun
tains in the interior but white men
Lave never visited that section. Its
flora and fauna have never been
studied; little is known of the
movements of the tidal currents
along its shores; and facts of geol-
ogy, minerology and meteorology
await the coming of scientific OBJ
servers.
The party headed by Donald
Macmillan, Peary's lieutenant on
the expedition that reached the
North Pole, plans to leave Boston
about July !, 1921. and to reach
Baffin Land in less than a month,
with good luck. The following
winter will be spent on the west
ern shore in latitude 50. The camp
will probably be just south of the
entrance of the dangerous Fury
and T1ecla strait, where the ships
ot Captains Parry and Lyon, seek
ers of northwestern passage, were
blocked a century ago. That Is
100 miles north of the Arctic cir
Gle and 700 miles south of Etah on
the shore of northwestern Green
land, where MacMillan's Crocker-
land expedition passed four win
ters.
During the winter attempts will
be made by dog teams to explore
the coast northward and in the fol-
lowiga summer the interior of the
islaad viii he penetrated. The
plans for the expedition call for an
absence of two years from this
country. In case a longer stay Is
necessary, no relief expedition will
be sent, according to present ar
langements. If the ship is crushed
in the ice, the party plans to re-
treat by dog teams to Fort Church
i'll, the trading post at the foot of
Hudson bay. and to return to civil
lization by way of northwestern
Canada.
Tho gahnnnnv IOnulAtD ~ nI
for the college of which Macmillan
is a graduate and a present faculty
member, will carry the expedition.
1t IS expected that the vessel, which
has been especially designed for
the work required Of it, will be
launched at East Boothbay, Me,
the coming summer. 1t is to be of
the Gloucester fisherman Knock
about type, of 10 tons displace-
ment, of unusually strong construc-
ton and sheathed on the outside
with ironwood to resist the grip Of
the ice as far as possible. It will
be approximately eighty-seven feet
in length with draught of nine
and half feet. and will be equip
ped with crude oil engines capable
of developing sixty horse power.
In addition to 1000 gallons of
crude oil. 500 gallons of kerosene
and twenty tons of coal. the Bow
Coin will carry in her hold stores
and supplies for six men for two
years.
The Macmillan Arctic associa-
tion, just organized with Lieuten-
ant Peary as president. will back
the expendition. 1t is composed of
Bowdoin college alumni and other
friends of the explorer.