Evening star., 1923-06-25

that Commander Peary reported see
| Ing and was named Croker Land.
Others had reported seeing this
| same land. 1t was assumed to exist
and therefore shown on the map. DIR.
| Macmillan, with Ensign Fitzhugh
| Green, two Eskimos and four sledges,
| went on the rough ice of the Polar
sea In quest of this unknown land.
After pushing on miles beyond the
point at which Commander Peary had
reported seeing Croker Land. DR.
Macmillan found that the vision of
land he had been pursuing had now
passed entirely from view.
Instead of land. he believes 1t was
q mirage caused by the reflection of
the broken. jagged ice in the sky.
Inc condition of the ice of that
region. however. indicated to him that
somewhere to the west lies a land not
yet seen or discovered
1t was on the return trip to land
that Pee-a-wah-to. an Eskimo who
nad been with Peary on several Of
MS polar rushes. was shot and killed.
among the purposes of the present
expedition are the study of terrestrial
magnetism and atmospheric electric
lty; botany, glaciology, ornithology
and the obtaining of an educational
series OF photographs of the wild bird
and animal life of the north. DR.
Macmillan also is taking with him
$4,000 feet of motion picture film
with which to record permanently
the record OF the expedition.
Carnegie Expert in Party.
For the study of terrestrial mag
netism and atmospheric electricity.
the Carnegie Institution is sending
Richard Goddard of Winthrop. Mass,
VINO accompanied DIR. Macmillan on
| ms last expedition to Baffin Land in
l921-1922. 1t is expected that the
result of this research will extend
knowledge of atmospheric conditions
as erecting radio work particularly,
because for the first time it will be
possible to check conditions and re-
| suits directly.
In connection with his study of
glaciology, DIR. MacMillan's recent
prediction of the return to the United
States and Europe of another ice age
| in the distant future has caused un
usual interest
Although biologists report that the
Ice is retreating in the Alps, in north
west Canada and in Alaska, DR.. Mac
Mll!an'S observations in the Arctic
! during the last fifteen years have
| shown that all glaciers in that region
are advancing from the main ice cap
down through the valleys on their
he says, when these will all con-
| tribute to the great mass drifting
! southwark.
A study of maps and narratives of
| <AtNtlC VINO nave gone be-
fore reveals that this increase has
| continued steadily for at least
seventythree years.
! In Greenland there Is a continental
\ ice cap of 100000 square miles, reach
| ing an altitude of 10, 900 feet. Whether
! this is increasing or decreasing in
| thickness or whether it remains at
constant height, the outgoing crop
OF icebergs balancing the annual
snowfall is a question that has never
| been answered
| DR.. Macmillan. predicating his be-
lief on his own observations, believes
| that the ice cap has reached its
! minimum size and again is increasing
| In area. If the glaciers of the west
| Greenland coast are advancing more
| rapidly each year the result will be
| an increase in millions of tons of
drift ice and consequently an added
! menace to navigation in the near
! futufe.
Liners Warned of lee,
| Recent government reports have
warned vessels of the unusual amount
| of ice in the shipping lanes of the
! north Atlantic. DIR. MacNfllan would
not be surprised if the slow but con-
| stant advance of the glaciers causes
| this condition to grow steadily worse
| eventually forcing shipping out of
| the north Atlantic.
| Glaciers move with varying speed
one in the Arctic having been re-
ported as moving 100 feet in twenty-four
| hours. while others move only a few