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Show EXPLORER 'IN ARCTIC AND WIFE : '"" IN NEW YORK, CHAT VIA RADIO j Timea-Wide "World l'hoto ! Xr: David Binney Putnam, . 13-year- Nn tSi old on o' 'be director, ii oVj-j'; .; ; .i."-." " member of the expedition. - X?. . CSIXIk against ice pan. Let's hope on ..- . George Palmer Putnam, S?S?5SSSi has a polar bear tenant. .His hide ""rX New York Publisher, who tffZZ ia rnortKaged for ft rug for June.' heads American Museum jpg (rCtiXi' All well. Dave has done gradd Job1 (.rt- Greenland Expedition. if?iVVN ?t , , , . te 'o returning LAND ft ST J0HN w Ul 1,18 llUle uook' Convey Now Slr 'o New York. SeB Yorlt Times greetings and (frati-ir5StF (frati-ir5StF tude for transmitting congratula- O A Sili ,B"t Ianley tory rnessages. Vou thank senders Ottawa SArT '''li:,iun tbe Then there was some morn S5 radio room. aoout lhe Buceps3 ot llle trp ani UNITED STATES JiiSi 0B$SZZZL There the explor- a request that Mrs. Putnam "reKlB- ZCtT Pr' "ow flll,y ter n,y appreciation to ftill Knapp C U pSrmT awake, realized that almost a mira- and Atwater Kent, for this radio &$hrjM Mczo" cle wa about to happen. His wife, ,8 a joy JfXVW'?, JtZhzZ "early 4,000 miles away in New Scarcely had the last word been f& VJjSS- Yo, k C,ly' ,was trylnB t0 talk witn Hashed by Mnnley when Mrs. Put- VT O'rtSwYORK him by radio! , answer heRI, (laslilng back f-'fx Was Just "'''n'S1'1 ln New across nearly 4.000 miles of land rjAJiagTO. PvrirS Yo'k"' Mrs' Putnam was sea,ert and sea and ice: "AiT ?Yr-- in the radio room of the New Yorlt Times, where raanv of the mes- Mrs' Pu'nam Replie Timea-Wide AVoiid l'hoto David Binney Putnam, . 13-year-old son of the director, la a member of the expedition. But Mauley I'u L:unn into ibe radio room. There the explorer, explor-er, now fullv against ice pan. Let's hope on has a polar bear tenant. .His hide ia mortgaged for ft rug for June.' All well. Dave has done grand job with his little book. Convey Now York Times greetings and gratitude grati-tude for transmitting congratulatory congratula-tory messages. You thank senders for me." Then there was some v more about the bucopss of. the trip and a request that Mrs. Putnam "register "regis-ter my appreciation to Rill Ktiapp and Atwater Kent, for this radiu is a joy." Scarcely had the last word been flashed by Mauley when Mrs.. Putnam's Put-nam's answer began flAHUing back across nearly 4.DUU miles of lbud and sea and ice : " Mrs. Putnam Replies "Heavenly full moon; hot uight, A hug for David. My love to tbe whole crowd. I share your thrills and hope for you good hunting. But long to have yon all home ngHin. ''DOLLY.' And for the first time in history, an explorer in the bleak Arctic bad talkod directly with bis wife by radio and short-wave, low-power radio at that! The request for "appreciation to Bill Ktiapp and Atwater Kent' mnant that Putnam wanted to extend ex-tend his thanks Tor the short-wave, dry-battery powered transmitter and the radio receiver with which the National Carbon Company and Alw;itor Kent equipped the expedition, expedi-tion, for radio inveH ligation and experimental purposes, before It lefl New York last June. "nob," "Art" and "Carl" are Captain Bob Rartlett, skipper ot lhe Morrisspy and Bkipper lor the lale Admiral Peary on his famous North Polr- expedition; Arthur Young, noted bow and arrow huDV er, and Carl Dunrud, Men tun cowboy, who 1-nsoed walruses! and musk-oxen on the Greeulnd I 'rip. awake, realized that almost a mira-; cle was about to happen. His wife, I nearly 4,000 miles away in New I i York City, was trying to talk with' him by radio ! ! It was just midnight in New York. Mrs. Putnam was seated in the radio room of the New Yorlt Times, where many of the messages mes-sages throughout the summer from the expedition had been received. With her were Lieutenant Commander Com-mander Fitzhugh Green, IJ. S. N., American adviser for the expedition. expedi-tion. Mrs. Putnam had been advised ad-vised that there was the barest possible chance that direct communication com-munication to and from the shortwave short-wave radio equipment of the Mor-rissey Mor-rissey might be accomplished. "M rs. Putnam is here," Ralph Campbell, one of the Times' operators oper-ators flashed to Manley. Voice From Frozen North Then the following message came back to the New York Times Trom Manley, just as it was dic-tatptl dic-tatptl away up in the Arctic, by Put nam : "Hello, my dear. David ' (Mr. and Mrs. Putnn m's 13-year- old sn, who is a member of the i expedition) and 1 wi.h you could I share with us this unsultry night I ns we parade up and down .In tush ; '.ity in fog. Manley just now on fleck clearing ice off insulators. Fog freezing icy coating over all. Temperature 27. flrantl run aer.-iss Bafii!i liny. Bob. Art and Car! j send love. .lusi then we crashed rZlilE schooner "Morrissey," B of the American Museum Greenland Expedition, was lying off Kllesmere Land, tar up in the Arctic Circle, a few nights ago. The hour was 2 a. m., Arctic time, and all members mem-bers of the crew save Edward Manley, radio operator, were slumbering slum-bering in their bunks. Suddenly George Palmer Putnam, Put-nam, director o this expedition, which has been gathering specimens speci-mens of fish and animal life for the American Museum of Natural History since last June, was aroused by someone shaking vigorously vig-orously his shoulder. "Hello Greenland!" "Mr. Putnam! "Wake up! Your wife wants to talk to you!" It was Manley shouting in the explorer's ca r. For a moment, confused by the sudden awakening, Putnam feared his radio operator must have lost his mind. "My wife wants to talk with me? What Say, Manley what's the mattor, old fellow?" |
