The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-06-30
ARCTIC WILL GIVE UP
LONG KEPT SECRETS
EXPLORER M'MILLAN HOPES
m BAG RARE SPECIMENS
OF FISH AND GAME.
GOVERNMENT SCIENTIST GOES
Homes to Learn Much About Rare
Animals, Birds and Fish of Frozen
North. Red Snow Another Queer
THING That Will Be Studied.

North. Red Snow Another Queer
Thing That Will Be Studied.
WISCASSET, Me.-The ships of
,beNacMillan expedition, sailing from
Wiscasset today for a summer of ex-
oIoration and study of the arctic, will
assemble nothing so much as an aqua
run-unless it be zoo-when they
return next September, if the hopes of
Dr Walter N. Koelz, of the United
States bureau of fisheries, material
ICES.
DR.. Koelz, one of the numerous sci
entsts in the party, took along with
him nets, seines, dredges and other
fishing tackle, together with an as
,ortment of rifles with hairtriggers
and special sights. While other mem
hers Of the party are studying the
geographical, meteorological, geolog-
cal and other aspects OF the great
north itself Dr. Koelz plans to con
duet the most ambitious hunting and
fishing expedition ever undertaken by
the bureau of fisheries.
The specimens alive and dead
which he brings back, together with
the studies he makes in the arctic, are
expected to contribute largely to the
worlds lore concerning fish and game
The government is woefully igno-
rant concerning the bowheaded whale,
for example. 1t has no knowledge Of
the breeding places of many OF our
birds. Nobody, according to DR.. Koelz,
has ever seen the egg OF a white
goose. Little is known of white geese
generally, and American sportsmen
are interested to find out where white
geese breed
Blue Goose Is Mystery.
There are only 5000 white geese
known to be in existence, and II 1t is
found in the north country that these
birds are being exterminated by Amer
ican sportsmen steps will be taken to
prevent ii by limiting the hunting. 1t
is possible. says DR.. Koelz, that more
white geese exist than are now
Known
And. then nobody knows, according
10 DR.. koeiz. where Ross geese breed.
Science and the hunter would be IN
tercstcd to solve some OF the mystery
surrounding them. Flying north and
south. this bird disappears over whole
stretches of territory. 1t is seen III Can
ada, takes to the air, disappears and
reappears again i'll California.
Another bird, the arctic tern, goes
from the south pole to the north pole
every year, flying 100 miles day. A
specimen has never been captured.
This bird will be breeding at the pole
when the expedition arrives and DR..
Koe.z hopes to capture one.
Nothing is known of the breeding
ground OF the blue goose, and, accord
ing to DR.. Koelz, one OF the essential
needs necessary for conservation is
knowledge OF the breeding grounds OF
h>h and game. He will search also Tor
specimens OF the white hawk, and the
big white rabbits which are the larg-
est guawing animal of the north.
Mice Commit Suicide.
The government department also
wants specimens of Jennings, the lit
tie mice which turn white in the Win
ter They have the peculiar habit OF
crossing Greenland and the polar IS
lands in droves, ravishing all vegeta-
ton before them. Travelling from west
to east, nothing stops them until they
arrive at the eastern shore OF a polar
ISLAND. Then the long skirmish line OF
white mice, collectively, commits SUI
eide by drowning in the polar sea. The
scientist vouches for its authenticity
The white wolf and white reindeer
Of which very little is known, also
are sought by the government sc1ent-
lists. They also want more specimens
OF white polar bears.
Red snow is another of the queer
things which the scientists want to
study. Studies of this nature Will be
made by Walter Gayer, of the United
States topographic division. With spe-
cal equipment which reproduces nat
ura colors in their true values he
will make studies of clouds at the top
OF the world, which will be OF great
value to weather observers. He Will
also photograph birds, animals, flow
efS and the eskimos.
Minerologists and biologists intend
10 bring back proof that the north
Pole was once located in a tropical
Climate. They expect to find the skele-
ions OF camels, horses and buffalo,
and hope to bring back specimens OF
coal showing their formation by the
topical trees.
GREAT DAM WILL RENEEIT