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Show The Region Beyond Alaska. Capt. EJnar MIkkelsen, the Danish explorer, has returned to Copenhagen after his two years' sojourn in the regions north of Alaska. The chief object of the expedition was to . decide de-cide whether there was land to tho north of Alaska or a deep sea. Tho captain and a Norwegian started In three sledges with 18 dogs on a trip over tho ico toward the north. About 50 miles from shore thoy found water, which they sounded with a newly Invented machine to the depth of 1,800 meters without reaching bottom. bot-tom. Sixty miles further on no change was recorded, until at Jast, turning toward the southeast, they found bottom. bot-tom. They followed this edge of the continental shelf toward the east, but had soon to return owing to tho strong current. Capt. MIkkelsen wa9 thus able to prove that deep water runs north of Alaska to a great distance. |