The Red Cloud chief., 1921-09-08


Its interior its west CoaSt and gets back to tell
the tale, two three years from may be
hearing something new-and seeing 1t, for he In
tends to bring back moving pictures Anyway, he
and his schooner, the BowuOin. are off for Baffn
Land. -
The truth Is that Baiin Land Is an undiscOv-
cred country. 1t was discovered" away back In
the Seventeenth century Q5S4-1622) by william
Baiin-that is, that hardy English explorer dis
covered and charted Bafiin bay, which lies be-
tween Greenland and Bain Land. So he neces-
sarily discovered the east coast of Bafiin Land.
But no man has ever sailed around Bain Land.
And no white man has ever penetrated to its In
terror.
Macmillan therefore does not know what's
ahead of him. But the Eskimo who live the
big island have told him wondrous tales of tower
ing mountains with great glaciers vast lakes;
birds new to science and of great size beautiful
flowers; herds OF reindeer. The island, it is
timated, is about 600 miles from north to south
from Lancaster sound to the Gulf Of Boothia. 1t
Is anywhere from 200 to 800 miles wide east to
west. Its east coast line Is an ice-capped plateau
with altitude of from 5000 to 5000 feet. The
Interior Is supposed to be largely of rock, covered
with Ice. The western coast, vaguely indicator
the maps. is drawn from statements made by
Eskimo
This western coast according to stories told
Macmillan by Eskimo, Is inhabited by people who
have never seen white man. SO, of the re-
suits OF the expedition may be moving pictures of
a primitive people untouched by civilization.
Macmillan thinks there is coal, oil and mineral
wealth Of various kinds the island. Then
there is terrestrial magnetism to be studied from
observations taken near the magnetic pole. Also
the aurora boreas Is to be photographed
Macmillan is a veteran In Arctic exploration.
He was born in Provncetown, Mass. in 1874. and
was n '08 track and gridiron star at Bowdoin.
In early life he taught the young idea how 10
II, tn, fhn Dn,.x Aa.si Ia 1N,l,N Nn,tI,
Polar Expedition of l00S-Oa frozen feet put him
out of consideration for Peary's final dash to the
pole. lie was II member of the Cabot Labrador
party in 1910 and did chronological work among
the Eskimo of Labrador In 1911 and 1912. He
headed the Crocker Land exploring expedition In
1913 After four years during which time two re-
lief parties were dispatched in search Of him and
a third formed word came through that the
little party safe at Etah, Greenland. He
had learned that CrOcker Land was largely a
myth
The Bafin Land Arctic ExporatiOn--the official
title of the little company that Macmillan will
commands being financed by group of
Bowdon men. The plans provide for alb
sence of two years. The plans do not provide
for relief expedition II the Bowdoin is crushed
In the ice the party will retreat by sedge 10 Fort
Churchill, the trading post mt the foot of Hudson
bay and return to civilization by way of North
ern Canada.
Macmillan has carefully selected his compan-
ions. The members OF the expedition, in most
instances, he has known for years and several Of
them have been his shlpmates on previous vOy-
ages. His mate is Jonathan Small ("Jot") Of
ProvncetOwn, Mass, who was with him for four
years on the Crocker Land expedition and whMn
| the explorer describes as ughand-through
sailor, and the best story teller met" An
| other former shpmate Is Thomas McCue of Bri-
| gus, Newfoundland, the cook. who with the
| explorer trip through Hudson hay last year.
| Harold Whitehouse OF Boothbay harbor another
| experienced sailor. is engineer.
Ralph y. Robinson OF HaverlIill, Mass. will be
the explorers general assistant during the expe-