Evening star., 1925-11-01

fnrther exploration Of the polar sea
ny aircraft in its present stage Of de
Nelopmert was declared last night by
Donald r. Macmillan. head OF the
Tctc expedition last Summer. t" he
MOI feasible.
Speaking 10 large and dis
tinGuished audience Of members
and friends Of III. National Geo.
graphic society. under whose suspice-
the expedition sailed. comdr. MscAIil-
IAN said he had ordered the naval
Myers acainst their own wishes to
cedse their exploration by sir from
Etsh. Greenland. during Ausus,. as
the men each day were rskins their
lives q asainst The prospect az eNentuoi
success"
limitations were given. however
by The explorer. that fur, her develop
nIS in alrCraft miGht sometime in
the future reopen the question of
feasibility. Should he have the de
ciSlon again 10 make ~ Ia The kind
OF aircraft 10 choose. Comdr. Mac
MILAN said. he would make no change
from the 'amphibia which the
Navy sent north on the snip peary
win the expedition.
5000 Miles Flown
The airplsn nes few q total of over
5000 miles from their base at Etah.
the explorer explain, u. rut owing to
th@ great difficulty ri tindins Suta hle
landing pls ces. which could he de.
pended upon. further hyinG WAS de
cided against. The air explorers
however. 1t Vas reported succeeded
IN reaching = point above the polar
sea. lo1 miles northwest OF Etsh. The
hr Sc
Illustrating his lecture with cal.
,,-it f
ton picture film. Comdr. Macmillan
held his big audience in crnSe atten-
lion for more than TWO and = half
hours with graphic. commemorative
presentation Of the work accom-.
plished, from all four Of its objec-
lives.
hese -four obiectiyeS. IS explained
by Gilbert Grosven"r. president Of the
National Geographic society. who an
'r"tuced The explorer. had been:
!. To reach the unknown area some
where in The polar sea: = Ia Obtain
natural color photogra phs Of the far
north, The first OF their kind ever
taken north of the Arctic Circle: g.
:" pay special attention to the birds
fishes. animals q nd fora. ana (. to re
port daily bN radio 10 the National
Geocra phic Society in Wa shincton the
progress OF the expedition.
All Return Safely.
Al accomplishment Of the eXpedi-
tion. upon which Mr.. GroSNenor con
Srstulated tomdr. Macmillan. was
bringing back every man of the crew
taken on the ha 10 rdous VOYAGE
One Of the principal reasons why
The unknown area was not reached.
Mr.. Grosvenor explained. was the
'unpreCedented weather conditions.
These conditions were later described
hN Comdr. MacMiilsn being
eacherous in the polar sea. with
shifting ice, and water unreliable and
too dangerous to explore by air in the
present stage OF aircraft develop
ment. The Summer weather also
proved unpropitious throuS hout, ii
was said.
ComGr, Macmillan was warmly con
sratulated by Mr.. Grosvenor for the
achievements OF the expedition,
which were declared remarka BILE.
Among the valuable ma teral brought
back in addition to the pictures, MIR.
GrosvenoI explained, were 500 birds,
MANY of which were entirely new.
and afforded a rich addition TO knowl-
edge of the bird life of the region.
Byrd Also Present.
Comdr r. F.. Byrd of the Navy.
head OF the group OF eis ht Navy men
who went with the expedition. flew
from Detroit to Washington yester-
day 10 he present last night. and
was also congratulated by President
Grosvenor for his participation in the
expedition.
The evening assumed sisnifics nee.
not only as the first formal appear
of
return last month. but because the
explorer virtually presented his "fti
cial report TO th. National Geosra phic
Society. under whose auspices he
vert out after the unknown.
While RI. presenta ton by comdr.
Ma cMilIsn proved of historic and edu-
value throughout. Ii was
sprnkled with lighter entertainment
a nd features OF human interest that
time and again brought response from
his audience, varying from chuckles
murmurs OF admiration and peals of
Ia arghter.
Mosquitoes were blamed by the ex-
plorer as the curse" OF the north.
They provide one OF the real reasons.
he "a i'd why Labrador has not been
more thickly settled. and in proof
thereof he showed motion pictures OF
some OF his men fighting valiantly
a ga inst swarms OF huge insects.
ESkimos' Homes Described.
The Eskimo OF the Far North does
not live in a snow house Sa Id the eX
plorer, but he amps" in one when
hunting Many entertaining pictures
we're shown of these native. who live
in skin tents in the summer, and in
rock cav.s underground in Winter.
They are very comfortahi in Winter
in their own homes underground. the
comma nder said. as the temperature
vari.. from 80 mp 10 So degrees inside
Will. the thermometer is sliding far
below zero outside.
Gorgeous pictures were shown Of
iceberss of gigantic form and fan
tastic shape. pillaresaue. archine,
spires towering aloft. The crew some
times went ashore on these berss.
Condr. Macmillan said, climbed over
Them. and one occasion tho ships
water tanks were filled from the
great cold fresh water pools of thou
sands of gallons which form. All
iceherss are OF fresh water from
snow he eXpla ined.
Airpla nes in the North caused
great excitement among the Eskimss.
Comdr. Macmillan said so much in
fact. he said. that AT one village
visited. every one was found 10 have
III. nosebleed. When the Eskimo
gets TOO excited" explained the ex-
plorer, he always gets the nose
bleed"
Eskirnos Skiiifui In Kayaks.
NO Eskimo is ever drowned. yet