The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-24
MACMILLAN SAILS
FOR EXPLORATION
Will Attempt to Map Vast
Arctic Island Near
Greenland
MAY FIND MINERALS
NVill Spend Winter Near En-
trance TO Dangerous Fury
and Hccla Strait

WiSCNSSET, Maine July ~
Donald -. Macmillan ma ak nf-
vcnturous followers sailed down Tho
Shcepscot river last week bound Tor
Haffln Land. They were chcorod by
2 600 friends and admirers, lnclud -
ing Governor Baxter, the oNplor-
er's clnsafnntc az Buwdoiu college,
ps the little schooner BowGoin left
tho wharf
Resides Macmillan, the expedition
includes g. Dawson Howell. of Bus-
top who has been especially trained
for the work 81 making observations
in terrestrial magnetism Tor th"
Carnegie institute. lIo also VIII act
rs operator ~ tho radio apparatus
sqtiippcd 20 receive messages from
the outside world and To Hcnd NJ
short distances The Bowdoin's call
IL KTDQ.
Dr Macmillan pald today that he
eXpccts to enter Hudson bay about
August 2G. llo will cstablish win
ter quarters As cluac 10 Fury ana
Iiccla strait as the engines ~ the
Rowdoin can force her through tho
Tee.
VIII Mnp Island,
An attempt to map Baffin Land,
the vast arctic island southwest Of
Greenland, whose 500 miles of un-
explored western coastlinc II rs
much n mystery today as when the
English navigator. william Baffin
announced It's discovery in 1910, i7
the main Objective of the Mac MILAN
expedition.
The tiny lt6-ton schooner Row
doin, which carries the party north,
was built at East Boothbly Maine.
a aD nm a
alma mater. has auxiliary power
and embodics all the essentials for
resisting terrific ice packs, The vcs-
ecl ~ Of the Gloucester fisherman
knockabout type. ahcathod with
tronwood. 81 feet long with n
draught OF i-2 feet Crude oil
engines capable of developing 60
horsepower are included In her
equipment. AZ well as 2,0O0 gallons
Of fuel oil and 500 gallons OF kcro-
Rcne. The Bowdoln also carries
stores and provisions sufficient to
last her crew two years,
The head OF tho expedition wns
poary's chief lieutenant on the lat
ter's successful dash to the north
pole In 1903, He has made cight
voyages into tho arctic regions. Ac-
cording to MacMillan's plans, he In
tends to reach Baftin land about
August 26 and establish n camp
south OF the entrance to the danger
GUS Fury and Hecla strait, where
the ships of Captains Perry and
Lyon. seekers OF tho northwest pass
age, were blocked century ago.
Location Of Camp.
The location Is iG0 miles north of
the arctic circle and 700 miles south
OF Etah. Greenland, II Is not far
from the point where MacMiilnn'a
Crocker land expedition passed. the
four winters OF 1913. 1914, 1915 and
1915. on that occasion the cNpedi-
tion was once reported lost and two
relief expeditions were scnt out for
Il. but Macmillan finally returned,
He announced that Crocker land
was not land" as believed possible
by Peary. but an ice mirage.
During tho winter of lo2l-1N22
attempts will he mnde to explore
the coast of Baffin land and the fol-
lowing summer an effort viii be
made to penetrate the Interior
where. according to Eskimo talcs,
there exists one Of the richest and
most alluring fields OF research In
the frozen north. The island Is said
60 have great mineral deposits aud
10 possess high mountains and beau
tiful lakes which have never been
seen by white men.
VIII study Water Fowl.
Tho region IL believed to bc an
immense breeding ground for water
fowl, whose nesting habits will be
the subject OF study, while the pro-
gram OF the scientists Of the oNpcdi
tion also calls for field work In
zoology. meteorology and terrestrial
magnetism. Special observations
will be taken OF the magnetic pole,
which was located first by James
Ross In 1880. on the further side Of
tho Boothia peninsula, not far from
MacMillans proposed winter camp.
An attempt will also be made 10
circumnavigate Baffln land. In the
event OF n serious mishap 10 the
Bowdoin, the party plans 10 retreat
by dog sledge TO Fort Churchill a
trading post at the foot of Hudson
Bay. and thonce return to civillza-
tion by way Of northwestern Can
ada.
Macmillan was born in Province.
town, Mass, November 10 1874, the
son of n cape Cod sea captain. HC
was graduated from Bowdoin cot
lege In 1898, and took up postErad
uate work at Harvard in l9lO-l2
Before becoming an explorer he Wa
o teacher and public school prin-
cipal. In addition to accompanies
Peary on his last famous trip north
ne was member Of the cabot Ipb.
rador expedition IN 1910, and "a,
previously referred to, the leader
OF the Crocker land expedition thrc,
years later. In 1911 and lsl2 n,
made chronological studies Of th,
Eskimos OF Laborador. llo is un
married.