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Show POLAR EXPLORER " ENJOYSSEARCH Nearly Four Years in Arctic Has Not Tired MacMillan of Work. SORRY FOR PEARX Admiral Did Not Discover Crocker Land Expedition Finds Only Clear Horizon. BOSTON. July 27. Donald B. MacMillan. Mac-Millan. the Arctic explorer, who has ;been In the polar country for the pst I four years, expects to return home by i September 15, next, according to a lot I ter dated at Etah on November 8 last and received today. , I "If our relief ship does not fail us I a third time," the explorer writes, "1 j should reach home about September 15. 1917. Although I have had, or will , 'have had four years In the Arctic, yet I I am not tired of it and have planned , ' for further work. j "As you know wo failed to find Crocker Land. I am sorry for Peary, who was, without a doubt, sincere In t his belief that It lay some 120 miles J due northwest of Cape. Thomas Hubbard; Hub-bard; we went 151 miles to make sure and then wore rewarded with nothing but a clear horizon. "Last year I reached by objective point. King Christian Land, the Finny land of some sixty yehrs ago, which has never been visiteU as far as I know. Returning, I headed for North Cornwall, which also has never been explored. Enroute six new islands were discovered and many miles of j coast line mapped. Incidentally wp I picked up abput fifty musk oxen and I twenty polar bears. Am now planning (another long trip in the spring, which, when completed, will net me about 8,-000 8,-000 miles of dog team work. "We have enough food for the year, such as It is. Our supplios consist largely of beans, salt beef, dehydro vegetables, whole wheat biscuit and pemmlcan. Walrus and seal meat are ln cache and are on the hills. The ' ducks and dovekies will be back in I May and then we shall be in the laud ; of plenty again." |