Evening star., 1922-08-27
Macmillan, Homebound, Tells
of Ne,u Discoveries IN Arctic
3 Islands Found
625 Miles White
With Geese.
Explorer Spent 274
Days Locked in
the Solid Ice.

Donald B. MncMilldn. most daring of
arctic explorers. is homepard bound
from Bd61n Land
After having been frosen in for ~
days. the little schooner Botrdoin broke
out of the ice on the first day of August
and is now cousting southUard.
MacAiHan's first act, tohen he reached
an outpost of civilization, ,cds to dis
patch the follotcing account Of his ad-
ventures and nep discoveries in that
strange icebound Uilde7ness, $50 miles
north of the arctic circle:
Three new islands discovered. 1000
miles of trdvel By dog team into regions
neuer before explored by tchite man.
reports of tract of 6s5 square miles
so uhite tcith geese that the land ap-
pears as if couered uith sno,c. contact
north-thcse are chapter headings in the
thrilling yarn uhich by courier and
cable Macmillan has dispatched to Star
readers. His dispatch. ichich is printed
beloic, 1as started BY cottrier from
MakkoUick. bleak. isolated trading
post on the coast of Labrador, $50 miles
north of Battle HGrbor. and ,ods relayed
by cable from Fo0o Island. of the north
eastern coast of Newfoundland.
1t is the first complete record of the
expedition.
The last narrative from MocMillan
,1as dispatched q year ago this month,
uhen he aud his felloU aduenturers
,cent into ,ointer quarters. That dis
patch, sent back to ciuiHsdtion by
courier, did not reach America until
last December.
No,o MacMilIdn sketches pipidly the
experiences of the Bo.odoin's creto
through the long iointer. 1t Is story
of neto triun,phs for the Intrepid Nome
scientist and his comrades.
BY DONALD d. MACMILLAN.
By Courier and Cable to The Star.
ON BOARD THE BOwDoIN,
MAKKOvICK. Labrador, Cvia Fogo,
N. F.) August 26.-AI safe. No sick
ness. and not even an accident to re-
port. When this reaches America.
the Bowdoin will be sailing south
ward, we'll on her way to Battle Har-
Dor. We ought to be home by the
18th of September. The Bowdoin
seems to feel the joy Of motion. No
Of November until the 1st of August
we were frozen in solid. We found
an excellent haven, putting in for
the winter in a good harbor just
south of Trinity Islands. 1 named it
after the vessel, and the place where
we wintered and took valuable OBJ
servations will be known as Bow
doin Harbor on the maps of the fu-
ture.
We made satisfactory progress be-
fore we pulled in for the winter, and
explored the west coast Of Baffin
Land to a point, 7s west longitude.
81 north latitude
Ice Forty Feet Thick.
We made a quick run last summer
to the artic circle without encounter
ing single pan of ice. The shores
of Melville peninsula were blocked
with heavy ice. forty feet thick. and
we could get no nearer than thirty
miles.
We had to retreat southwark, but
our effort was by no means wasted.
We discovered two new islands.
While attempting the passage
northward between spicer Island, the
Bowdoin ran aground, and for a little
while we were In a bad pickle. But
we worked hard. and succeeded in get
ting the vessel on before we were
hung up by low water.
We speeded the vessel southwark.
but again we encountered difaculties.
We were forced by strong tides and
prodisious ice fields onto shoal
ground. In attempting passage east
Of Spicer Island we reached q point
$50 miles north Of the arctic circle.
From this point to Fury and Hecia
strait. my objective would only have