New Britain herald., 1927-08-10

Editors Note: Exploring parties In
numerous fields have attracted attention
to the unexplored, or virtually unknown
regions of the earth. These regions, OF
which there are many. despite mans
conquest over space and time, are out
lined in the following article. prepared
especially for the Associated Press by
the National Geographical society,"
Washington. Aug. 10. - Up -
Wanted: New Worlds to explore"
That is the plant OF some mod
ern Adventures who deplore the
fact that Columbus, the Cabots,
and a host OF other seafarers In
their primitive and poorly manned
crafts of few centuries ago took
the joy out OF the game of world
hunting" and left them to develop
their up-to-date steamboats, and air.
craft with nothing to discover.
But in nearly every continent.
perhaps just around the corner from
the old explorers haunts, there are
little known regions that still beckon
persuasivcly to explorers of today.
While there are no areas in the
United States which can be proper
ly termed "uneXplored." numerous
littlc-known patches of land. per-
haps traversed only once or twice in
its history, and few that have
never been surveyed, may be found
here and there on the map.
In the lake country along the
Canadian border there is a large
area about which little is known,
while Yuma and Pima counties, and
portion OF Maricopa county. Ari-
IONA, are yet to be thoroughly ex-
plored. A short time ago San Juan
county in southeastern Utah, near
Chaco Canyon National monument,
upon which an expedition OF the
National Geographic society has
been working, was included among
these untrampled areas. A large
part of Nevada, which is more than
twice as large as Pennsylvania, Is
almost devoid of human life. par
ticularly the central and southern
portions Of the state. Fewer than
10000 people live in the whole
state. One has yet to travel by COM
pass in parts Of northern Michigan
and Wisconsin.
Canada has several blank places
on her map, due to the lack of veri-
fed information. Only vague re-
ports are responsible for many of
the Topographic marks to be found
on maps Of some areas in the great
dominion.
Guess Rivers Courses
Cngara Peninsular. on the east
ern bank OF Hudson Bay, is little
known, other than the fact that II
has been made famous by its shape
which is like that OF the head of
a woman. Here and there on It's
outward fringes are small villages
but its interior still offers a lure
to hidden places. Its rivers are
named but their westward courses
1 as shown or the maps. are pro b.
abilities rather than the work OF
surveyors.
, Although Labrador has been Fl
the spotlight for years, during tho
boundary dispute recently settlel
with Canada, this colony still holds
| It's natural secrets except in the i'm.
mediate vicinity OF the bcatel
trails
! From Great Slave Lake eastward
! to Dubawnt River and Lake, ant
: mort Inward from Lake Athabasca
their lies vast area on which
most maps show rivers and lakes
which can only be outlined in The
most hypothetical fashion. North.
2 rrn keewatin Province. where the
7 Arctic Circle passes between IIud.
son Bay and the various bays ant
Canadian Arctic. remains unmark.
81 hv topographic symbols.
I The second greatest river sys
/ tom on the North American CONT
I rent drains an area of which vcog
I raphers are almost entirely ignor
! ant, Exploring parties OF the Geo
. logical Survey Of Canada have bcel
! working in the Mackenzie Rive,
/ country but its efforts have beer
confined TO water routes. There ar,
/ about 10000 square miles of wate
| area in tho vicinity of thc river
much of which is still unexpl, rec
and unlnapped. Portions Of tn
| Canadian Rockies in northcr,
British Columbia have their secrets
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