New Britain herald., 1920-02-20
MACMILLAN PLANS
 ARCTIC EXPEDITION
Mill Seek Secrets Of Bafin Land
 Next Year

Boston, Feb. 20.--Secrets of Baffn Land, one of the portions of the Arc tic still uneHplored. will be the objec- tive ot the MacMi1!an expedition which is in preparation now for de
 parture in the summer of 1921 AL though the region was visited sever
 al 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 rich est and most alluring fields of re- search in the north.
 It's 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 mountains in the interior but white men have never visited that section. Its flora and fauna have never been studied; little is known of the moveme ents of the tidal currents along its shores: and facts of geology, Inineralosy and meteorology await the coming of scientific observers
 The party headed by Donald Mac Milan, Peary's lieutenant on the ex- petition that cached the North Pole, plans to leave Boston about July 1, 1921, and to reach Baff1n Land in less than a month. with good luck. The following winter will be spent on the western shofe in latitude 69. The camp will probably be just south of the entrance of the dangerous Fury and Hecla strait where the ships of Captains Parry and Lyon. seekers of 8 northwestern passage, were blocked a century ago. That is 160 miles north of the Arctic Circle and TOO miles south of Etah on. the shore of l,
 Williams Crockerland expedition pass cd four winters.
 Will Be Gone Two Years.
 + During the winter attempts will be made by dog teams to explore the coast, northWard and in the following summer the interior of the island will be penetrated. The plans for the ex- petition call for an absence of two years from this country. In case a longer stay is necessary, no relief ex- petition will be sent according to present arrangements. If the ship is crushed in the ice, the party plans to retreat by dog teams to Fort Churchill. the trading post at the foot of Hudson Bay and to return to ] civilization by way of north-western Canada. fE-s
 The schooner Bowdoin, named for the college of which MacMillan is d graduate and a present faculty mem- Der. will carry the expedition. II 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 sum- mer. It is to be of the Gloucest CT fisherman knockabout type, of 110 tons displacement, of un usually strong construction and sheathed on the out side with ironwood to resist the grip of the ice as far as is possible. It will be approximately s7 feet in length with a draught of 9 1-2 feet, and will be equipped with crude oil engines capable of developing GO horse power. In addition to 2.O00 gallons of crude oil, 500 gallons of kerosene and 20 tons of coal, the Bowdoin will carry in her hold stores and supplies for six men for two 1 years.
 The MacS1il1an Arctic association l just organized with Lieutenant Peary ] as president will back the expedition. 1 II is composed of Bowdoin college 1 alumni and other friends of the ex- :! r11ore7.