Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-17

tion as on her previous voyage. The
little schooner has proved herself
practically ice proof, Macmillan de-
clared. running full tilt into a berg
on the way northward without suffer-
Ing any damage.
The little auxiliary, with her sails
reefed down to the smallest spread of
canvas possible and with her nose close
VI In the wind, made heavy work Of
riding the seas, Macmillan said. The
schooner shipped considerable water
through her matches. and the dogs.
foxes and other animals tethered on
the deck had to swim for 1t at times.
Several puppies in a large box were
washed up and down the deck but were
not carried overheard.
News of the storm reached here
early yesterday and it was supposed
the Bowdoin would be delayed. When
she poked her stubby nose into port
last night the civic authorities who
had planned to welcome the returning
explorers were taken by surprise.
Macmillan Is no stranger to this port.
coming here first with Peary on his
,, pole-discovering voyage of 190S-0S and
making 1t his starting point in each Of
| nix following voyages. In the snug
| cabin of the Bowdoin the explorer
L
ent cruise which began when he left
Sydney on July 8. 1923. So we'll plan
ned vas the expeditions he said. that
not q single stock of supplies ran
short and every man had everything
| he wanted.
+ when asked what he most apprecf-
| ated as he neared civilization this
summer, Macmillan said 1T was a
nice tart Canadian apple that the
! captain of the Newfoundland mail
! steamer gave me at Battle Harbor
/ he had a barrel of them and the smell
OF those apples got me-
| From the apples, the explorer let
his memory wander back over incl
dents and experiences OF the present
I voyage.
The Eskimo nappers haven't
bobbed their hair yet" he said, but
they like TO smoke cigarettes. No,
the boys didn't get lonesome durin.
the winter. We had chess. checkers,
and all sorts of games-there was
one pung chow set = they were
all crazy about that. -
My first meal ashore this trip was
dinner with Governor Simony at Got
thaab, in Greenland. The piece de
resistance there was reindeer meat
7 with fresh eggs as an added delica
cY. Then Governor Nelson at Hols-
tenburg invited me ashore for din
ner of pounded duck breast. and |
| mad tea with Governor and Mrs. Lin
dow at Dislike. = =
| Glaciers, which in the memory of
t.skimos now living, had not reached
the sea. the explorer said. were now
at the seashore. and were "calvipg"-
| breaking off into icebergs-regularly
Thls phenomenon. he said, should
| mean an increased number of ice
! bergs i'll the Arctic current off the
coast of Newfoundland.
Inc musk oxen We're numerous I'm
! nerds OF about so even up to the
1arthest point OF land to the north.
,, ne reported, and they seemed to be
| on the increase. Walrus We're also
numerous. Not a single bear was
klHed and only one was seen. There
were lnnumerable bear tracks, how
ever.
Returning to the subject of radio,
macmillan remarked that the cues
tion roy science was why stations in
tne northwest can converse clearly
with the Bowdoin while the nearer
ana more powerful Cape Breton sta
lions fail to get through"
-Four Eskimos accompanied the ex-
plorer on the explorations together
with 70 dogs. They were picked up
at various points on the way north
ana dropped again on the way back.
An interesting figure among the ma
tives was Took Suk, who was DIR.
Cooks guide.