Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-11-29

vAPT. DONALD 8. MACMILLAN
DodginG from the icy jaws of
death which yuWned down AT them.
taking their lives in their hands and
picking their destiny through can
NonS of ice. between huge glacial
piles which threatened any moment
to close about them. pushing their
sturdy boat through fields of ice and
snow. past the more deadly icCberrs
lecring at them a hundred feet above
but suOme, ged many thousand feet
below, waiting like a cadavernus oc-
topus TO suck them down into OBJ
livion, meeting ana fighting the man
killing fish Of the far northland.
capt. Donald Baxter Macmillan. the
Arctic explorer. took 500 people, Fri
day eveninc nj City Han. over the
route followed by Capt. Macmillan
and crew on the good little shin
Rowdoin on the lj-munthS sojuW1i
in Northern Labrador.
Ry way Of spoken word and way
of moving pictures. capt. Macmillan
brought TO his audience. Friday even
ing. most remarkable story Of The
tip which lac has ,ust completed. the
double fold cTpcdition-i nr sci"nti-
fic reasons and to place at Cape 81 =
bins in Ellcsmcrc Land. tie bronze
tablet. commonwealth" tho memory
OF the - men Who lost thcr lives
in the Greeley e%pcdi; ion in 1854.
The actual way Of travelling, the
difficulties encountered and the
and The modes Of living of this race
which Capt. Macmillan calls the
happiest race in the world, was the
basis Of his talk. This accompanied
hy moving pictures. taken ny him
tran planted The 'oll,S from their
Snug position in CITY Hall. into the
life the speaker lived in those mem
Ovahie H. months.
Lecture Most Interesting
Nothing Of a scientific nature WIS
touched upon. None of the research
work. which was chief factor in
the trip. was mentioned But IN
spite If the avoiding Of such men
ton the listener could not help but
realize tho knowledge Of the north
Ian'i 50 gained.
Tho part which the radio play ed
in the expedition was good listening
to all nni- especially he radio fanS.
''WNP1 vas the official na!se OF the
EoWdoins sending set it being
equipped with one. as wei as re-
cciNing set
The messages sent 10y the Howdoin
radio. under the guidance of Donald
II Min. tie radio man OF the CROW,
were heard FOR 5000 miles. \ press
story of 2o00 words was taken up by
= 12-year old boy. who got every
word. When not sending messages.
the Bowdoin's crew listened to music
played many mi!cs away. on Sunday
they heard the church services.
One Wednesday, night Macmillan
heard his sisters voice coming
through The air - him on top Of the
earth She talked to him for about
50 minutes. telling him the nows Of
the day and then other friends talk
ed TO him.
During the time they were absent.
So 600 words were sent from "WNP'
aud 100000 words were received. Tn"
radio has hanished solitude The
Arctic o. today is entirely different
than tho Arctic Of 10 years 20.
Motion Pictures Record Trip
"Ny Winter in North Greenland
was the name Of the moving picture
which accompanied capt, MacMill-
ans talk. Gov. Keith RYAN Of the
National soldiers Home introduced
the speaker of the evening in a very
gracious manner Mr.. RYAN explain
ed that the lecture was for the henc-
fit Of the Y. NJ. &. a. and ne briefly
emphasized the good work OF. the in
stitutinn.
The departure from WiSc9ssst. the
farewC lis of Governor Baxter. Clas
mate al RoWdoin Of Macmillan. Gen.
Greeley. aged so years. the Arctbc OK
plorcr. turning over 10 Macmillan the
Greeley Expedition tablet: speakers
at the Court House were the open
ing scenes Of the picture.
Each by themselves and in charac-
teriatic poses. were shown the mem
hers Of the crew. GoddoTd the scien-
tifiC man. Lewis, the cook McCue.
the first mate. Robinson. chief assist :
ant. Mix the radio man and James.
the engineer
The arrival Al Nonhegan and the
departure from that place were
shown. Macmillan expressed senti-
ment in the fact that he always
leaves that place last and lie always
hopes TO return to II.
The virtues of the ship were ex-
toHen. her ability to 20 1000 miles
without stopping and her stauncil
instruction.
Marvellous Arctic Skyscrapers
The big hills Of Labrador doomed
Up in the horizon. Pictures of ice
bergs, beautiful or gfotesaue in
shape. were shown. One and two
hundred ice beTgs have been seen at
q time. and one of those icebergs
would furnish enough ice 10 last Az
susta from - to 10 years. HacMiI-
Ian recalled seeing an iceberg six
miles long and three miles wide.
Some had huge arches bored
through them. large enough for a
ship 10 pass shrourh--if they dared.
Scenes in Greenland were shown.
the houses and the churches. the shy
natives and The curious ones. The
statue to Hans Hagerty. the mis-
sionary who lost his life, was shown,
and the statue erected in honor OF
the visit of the King of Denmark in
1912 was also shown.
Many Of the natives In this place
are haif-breeds. being either half
Eskimo and Dane o. half Eskimo
and Spanish The wonderful beaded