The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-01-19
INTERESTING STORY WAS ALSO
RELATED BEFORE TIE
ROTARY CLUB.

RELATED SEGOSHS Ano
ROTARY CLUB.
NTH the statement that Il seemed
lG' 4 Tow weeks since n" had le't the
:. ID OF ice and snow behind aim am
l.Ard IN Eskimo mother tel mr. chit
cen oC tbs FIRST visit OF the white m;,a
10 that country. Donald Il. Macmillan. -
e.. rin;. his address to an audience IN"
,,...ked the EIks Club auditorium iASI
-at. said tHat h" p'annci :" r"JArh
;.t.vr NNN' spring and remain w" years.
,.-.tNx wh:. n ti;re - wuuld devote H.
go scientific research. LeciGTia%
the Riddle OF the Arctic and sh4w-
% 5000 feet OF moving picture rim
r.ne1 by himself, together with l@7
LEA showing various scenes n the
AT north!and. NJ. &acM Ian. VINO &C
0rpaalcd Rear Admiral Ferry on NJ
-" 20 he pole, he'd the audience spell
.und - he related the many wonders
e. rho frozen north.
As q suitable beginning 10 one OF IN,
most tnterssI',S lectures ever detSSrt9
81 ;hs city. he related tine story tolu
b.. ;hs Eskimo mother to her children IA
!. %. was preparing them for bed during
s'ny oc the Harty that d. ScoTered the
- The legend. rs handed down from
!, r~"2tiOT 20 generation: n SAID Seen
cl {. indicate tha. /: r"serred 70 visit
81 the .Norsemen to that country many
hundreds OF years aSo. The mother toId
her child how the white man came 4ons,
lorg ago was met by the Eskimo men
ard killed IN battle and that they hao
never returned to that country. From
listening to the conversation which was
carried on in tho native LANGUAGE. WIN
which the explorer is familiar. he SAID
that q left no doubt in his mind but
that ., had been the Norsemcn who had
pnnctr ted that land.
On this trip the party OF which MT.
Mcmillan was one, sailed out OF the
Boston haroor In 1913, with the tnten-
ton Of ascertaiuins for certainty
whether or not there was \ great CONT
neut covered by Ice and snow and wnicn
no white man had yet visited, The yes
Se!. that bore them to the land of ice and
snow returned TO the United States. with
instructions TO return In two years me
two years expired and the third ana
fourth rolled around and still no return.
After the party had reuaine for four
years the vessel finally reached them
and they were returned TO the United
States.
Referring 70 the proposed trip. oil
SAl,ch he plans to embark next spring.
ne said that II was his intention u
rnahe every effort 20 bring eacA NOT
only many specimens OF animals tnat
are found In no other p~rt OF the
world, but that he would endeavor to
return with many things Of great value
10 the scientists. The party th2t VII
accompany him will be made up o; eX-
pet scientists and stIdy Of the north
will be made. Little is known Of the
resources OF this land at the present
time and II will be the aim or the eN-
pedition to give TO the world an accGr-
ate idea Of this great land that is TN
home of the Eskimo and land that is
referred to as the land OF the midnight
sum" he said.
Starting out of Boston. moving PIC
lures were taken as the vesse! proceed
ed along the northeastern coast Of the
American continent and the west coast
OF Greenland. Arriving at the northern
extremity of this land Mr.. acNiIlan
~ i'd, It was found Impossible 70 proSeea
farther with the vessel and landing
was effected. Here the party erected
perranent headquarters and 1t was
from this point that the party proceeded
,rto the region Of the pole and hnailS
-,,anted the Stars and Stripes At the
During the stay within tho Arctic cir
- more than 10000 miles were covered
~ dog team. The party had more th'a
"a dogs over the ice and snow covered
portions Of he north and while u"
members OF tho party suffered innt'0-
,.ra VI, hardShiDS. some of them haHi!S
heir feet and faces frozen the trip was
crowned wiki success .naSmuca hN ~ Nr-
i.rmpl shed its purpose, Na'" the
referring 70 the thickness OF the ice,
=. said that IN one year the zee Won
- I'm 20 ? thickness OF nine feet. The
,.-eat 'CchergS that arN Su'A menace
80 4hipping in ,he uorta Atlantic during
~, Snrinr are formed through the Snp"
yg.iing ana becoming compact re
Trough the great pressure. This fna:-
', finds its way 10 the sen where II
6foeks off IN great pieces Of pure Ice
a~i floats southwark whore L me!ts ms
Z. = touched by the war':l"r waters tnat
TIoyr from tho south. he said that ice
b,.-lrS had been reported as being 90
miles long and as high as l.OOO Feet
above the water and that as only ABOUT
ors.cighth OF them showed above tot
rrster II was easily discernabl" th2t
their bulk was something beyond corr
nreh.nsIon, The highest he had zen
he said was perhaps 900 feet t!gA &H-
about six miles long
Danger to Shipping.
Tne difficulties encountered IN CIT
,n1 a ship through the great ice flo"S:
"a their danger OF being caught ana
crushed like an egshen. He said thft
% ships has been smashed in TINS n;'N-
rner and their crews lost.
We related his experiences with the
particular tribe Of esouimauN that IN
habit the northern extremity OF Green
land There are 26l persons IN the
trihe" and that so far as they knew
Syhen he arrived there they wore the
oniy people in the world They had no
knowledGe Of any outside world: and
while they were an extremely hrlght
race OF people they still lived in a
primitive state. Their home IS on the
anow 10000 feet above the sea. and II
10 here that they live and are happy.
Never Had Bath
Persons living there who arc esti-
mated to be so years old-an estimate
il all that can be HAD on the age or an