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Show DESCRIBES LONG TRIP BY SLEDGE Prof. Tanquary Tells of Hard. ships to MacMillan Party in Arctic. CROCKER LAND IS A MIRAGE One Hundred Dogs Used In 1,300- Mile Journey Across Melville Bay to Holstenborg Long Walt for Relief Ship. New York. Hronxod by tho exposure expo-sure to wind and weather, but otherwise other-wise bearing no signs of his three years' stay In the Arctic as a member of tho Crocker Land expedition under the leadership of Donald 11. MacMillan, MacMil-lan, Prof. Maurice C. Tanquary, who recently returned to New York told of his trip from Etah by dog team and of the work of the expedition. Professor Tanquary expressed the satisfaction of the members of the expedition nt tho success which had attended them. While Crocker Land, he said, Is doubtless a myth, the mirages mi-rages In that vicinity wero of such brilliancy that they deceived completely complete-ly those who were In bearch of land and It was necessary to see them ills-appear ills-appear by approaching them to know that laud did not exist. "Hy arrangements which wero made when wo were landed at Etah," said Professor Tanquary, "we were to pursue pur-sue our work for two years, when u relief ship was to come for us. Lone Walt for Relief Ship. "We were all waiting In Etah, our headquarters, for the relief ship which was to come for us In 1015. When August passed and no ship arrived wo gave up all hope of being brought out that year. We found out later that the George It. Cluett, which had been sent out for us, had been forced to stop nt North Star bny, about ono hundred and fifty miles south of Etnh, because her propeller shaft hud broken. Dr. Edmund O. Hovey of tho museum was on the Cluett, and he arranged ar-ranged with Mr. Peter Freuchen. who hns charge of the Danish exploration base at North Star bay, to take him to Etah In a motor boat. "On the morning of September 15, when the motor boat arrived In Etah, Mr. MacMillan had gone south along tho shore to hunt walrus nnd Doctor Hunt hnd gone on a long trip north after caribou. As It was Imperative that we start at once If we wanted to get nway before the Ice shut us In, those of us who were at Etah got our supplies aboard tho motor boat as quickly as possible, leaving Mr. Mnc-Millan Mnc-Millan and Doctor Hunt to look after af-ter things at Etah or Join us luter If they wished. "We reached North Star buy r.ud the Cluett on September 17, bui could not start from thero on account of a storm which held us two days. "When we finally did start In tho Cluett the Ice at Cape York was so had that wo could not put through nnd anchored In an extremely pre-callous pre-callous position under the shadow of a tall cliff at the entrance to Parker Snow bay. Thu captain made several attempts to continue south through the ice, but we bad to tako refuge in Parker Snow bay and tho ship was finally fi-nally Iced In thero on October 1. Start on Long Trip. "Roth Mr. MacMillan and Doctor Hunt visited us thore, coming down from Etah by sleds, and It was determined deter-mined thnt four of us were to attempt the trip by sled across Melville bay and along the coast of Danish Greenland Green-land to Holstenborg, u distance' of nbout 1,1100 miles, where we could get the first ship out for Copenhagen. Thu Cluett was so crippled that It could not make the trip north to Etah. "We finally decided to take eight Sedges, drawn by nearly ono huudred dogs, and tho party wns to be composed com-posed of Doctor Hovey, Mr. Allen, Ensign En-sign Green and myself. We left Parker Par-ker Snow bay on January 10 and made Cape York the first day. "On .March .1 we reached Umlnsk. There we met the high priest of Greenlnnd, Knuil Unite, who was Just starting houth to his home at Egedes-mlnde Egedes-mlnde und who volunteered to guide us. Wo reached Egedesmlndo on March 21 and were taken Into Mr. Halle's home as his guests. It was decided that we should remain there until the annual Danish mull left to ea tcli the boat at Holstenborg. "When tho time came to lenve It was not deemed advisable to have nil throe of us make tho trip out. We miw that It was possible to get one man through and It was decided that I should come. "I reached Copenhagen on May i!0. When I got In touch by cable with the I National museum I wns advised to muko arrangements for a relief ship tc , go to Etah and bring out tho othei members of the pnrty anil tho sped-( sped-( mens which wo had collected. I final-' final-' ly succeeded In bartering tho Den- inaik. a small steamship, powerfully built for Ico work. They will get tho 'other members of tho expedition late , In the summer." |