Douglas Island news., 1920-09-10
POLAR EXPLORER
 IN VICTORIA LAND
Capt Harold Noica Engaged m hop- ping Territory of Which
 Little Is Known


 rc. One worlds younsot explorer chat he .s engaged u mapping and exploring VIc,oria Land and thot he expects to return homo ncyt sumo mcr mya tbc Seattle Times Thm ie irc fut dIroc. word of hIa whcro- abouu received In scotro since Che summer of 1919 Although only 90 years old. ho hos ranked for thc last few years aa one ol Che mos, inc roId lcadcm In desperate Far North ventures
 Thc ncws or his whereabouts and work s given in % letter received hy his parents Mr. and Nr H &. No.oo. 2I w. Garfield st Tho le,- ter was written by Captain No.cc March lt Hc vas then ouampot ou Trco Rycr Victoria Land. having arrived Che previous day from ha 1g1a-faeO winter quarters i'm Che .orhoa.terr section of ,hat rcr.on. Ar hc has no ship. Inc ia cut oG from communication with Che north shore of One continent oveon. when che Arctic vater arc covered with Icc
 The route followed by Che lottu s indicated by Che posmmE or Fort Norton. Norlhvo. Territories one of Che Groat slaye IaEo ou,rosa of no RovaI Canadian Mounted Police. formerly known as thc Royal North- ve.. Mounted roHcc .Tao letter or- mmuy was eaat by a runner ovu hc Ice from Victoria Land to che mam'and and tfcnco .ol.hvari to Che Grcat s'ayc lase The Fort Nor tor no1mars bar Che date Of July el showing Cha. moro chan four mouths vas required to utc tho letter from tbc famous young ox- nIorcrs Victoria Land camp to Che police s.ouon Prom tho Groat Slave Lrtc Che Ieuor it a inferred wn carried south to one ol Che Canadian noroTlees bv patrols at tho mounted ro'.r and thon was mailed to soat- ue through Jhc regular channels.
 Whom tha Arctic ships swing around thc northern shore ol Alaska and metc the.r way Co Harehd H- rrd tboy have ryc.cI only ono- nnI nc distance from Che Boring strait Co Victoria Land. Q compaH- son hat shows ,he extreme remote nas of tlc young Seattle explorers present whereabouts
 Captain No.ec s a former Queen Ammo High School student m 1915 hc joined ,ho Arctic expedition of Capt. Louis L Lmo in tho power
 schooner Polar He1r voyaers far to thc eastward. It was or chat voy- rec chat Capt. Lano discovered stof- dneon. Che Canadian explorer who had been lost for nearly two ycan
 and who wa. believed by many Go have ncrahcI Captain Lnc broke he ucae io stonnaon chat Europe had gone to war Che previous yow
 Young No0cc ieH the po.ar Bear and Joined Che stefanaon expedition and remained wIth It unu two years ago. becoming one ol s,elau0ou' right hand mon Uc thu branchcl ont ou hIs own hook as am Arctic explorer and navigator Ha made 0 desperate oCort Go au through tho Nor.hwc. pa.aec. travelling from west to cast but was haG.ol by thc condition of hH ship and uniayor- able fec conditions 40 that time ho was only 2a yoam old. but Arctic
 students an over tho world followed his venture win tremendous inter- ce.
 "Ths is Che Gn, word we have received from o1r son in Q year"
 said Mrs. No.cc "and it a one of ho most welcome letters have ever received. thoueh , did hope thot he would be wih us One coming Christ mas Ho has been gone since March 2i 1915. and he has received only hrae ol che many letters ] have written him.
 Captain No.ccs letter to his parents follows n parts
 "Arrlycd horc today from my wine ter quarters in Southeast Victoria Land This tmc last year J had hoped .o have ho pleasure of seeing you before us reaches you but as tbe war Is now ovor ! have decided Go stay in another ycar Laat spring l90 we lolt our very pleasant winter quarters at Point Ar.ak on April 10 and s.ar.ed eastward ore irving m Southeastern Victoria Land about a month a,or having spent a number of days witch Che noe t'ycs Of nc Kent Peninsula We
 pent che rrne hunting and dsh- ing af a place which the natives can