PEARY’S CROCKER LAND
AN OPTICAL DELUSION
Evidence tliai there was little use in
sending out a Polar expedition to And
the supposed Arctic continent which Ad
miral Peary reported having seen and
which he named "Crocker Land” Is fur
nished in the American Museum Jour
nal.
Donald MacMillan, leader of the ex
pedltlon which went north In 1313, re
ports that there Is no Crocker Land
more substantial than a mirage HIh
party ntted out for two years. Ice
spoiled the plans for a homeward start
In 1310, and the party must now stay
In the Arctic a third year and, until
relieved must live on the land, as the
Eskimos do.
The ship duett, which sailed last July
to bring the party home, got as far only
as North Star bay, 135 miles south of
Etuh, the appointed rendexvlous. When
the ship wus stalled by lee a motor
boat, which had been built for naviga
tion In ley waters, set out for Etah to
t the men. Nothing litis been heard
rff-t that trip. The duett carried pro
visions for two years, and a way proba
bly can be found to connect with the
.MacMillan party. Meanwhile MacMillan
and his companions cannot get white
man's food. There is no way of judg
ing how long litis condition may last.
MacMillan’s dash for Crocker Land is
described in a letter from him to Col.
H. D. Borup, whose son, (]eorgo. would
have led the expedition had ho not been
drowned in Long Island sound, after lie
had completed arrangements for sailing.
After telling of three marches, which
I took the party 152 miles northwest of
j Pape Thomas Hubbard, the point at
I which Peary saw the supposed continent,
MacMillan writes, apparently about the
j beginning of ltd5:
"On the 4th of March we thought we
' har dlt. All leads had frozen, the wafer
sky had disappeared, leaving the horl
! zon as clear as crystal. Stretching for
j at least 12U degrees there were every
appearance of an Immense land—hills.
| valleys, snow capped peaks—as plain
I as could possibly be. 1 even asked one
of the Kskimo toward which point we
should head. He smiled and said ho
thought it was ‘pookjok’ (mist). Green
declared that if ae ever saw land that
was land. The only reason I had for
' doubting was its size. As we proceed*
I
ed it gradually changed in appearance
iand extent with the revolving of the
! sun, and finally disappeared altogetln r.
"Standing later on the heights uf the
cape where Peary stood eight years '»«•
tore, we saw tin* same thing, and had
we nut been there we could have taken
(mi* oath it was land. Our best judg
ment then, as now, is that this is a
mirage of the sea, due to layers of air
at unequal temperatures, lifting tin* in
equalities of tin* ice, causing the shad-1
ows and the lighted spots to. resemble
land. At one time this resemblance ex
tended practieallv throughout tin wind*'
horizon. In other words, it appeared
where we knew positively there is no
land."
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ALASKA NOTES
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(From our Exchange*.)
Two restaurant keepers at Anehorag •
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have been arrested fur violation «»f tin*
Xante law.
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L>r. L. F. Knickerbocker, dentist for
years at Nome and Fairbanks, has locat
ed at Hkagway.
\ scarcity of carpenters, painters and
puperhungers is reported at Skagwav l»\
the Alaskan
Every boat from Seattle north is tilled
with passengers bound fur Alaska. Most
ot them ar»* bound for Anchorage.
The citizens ol Aue.ioragt iiave passt d
a pleasant winter wit.i dog team races
and wrestling matches for diversion.
Wolves in large numbers an* reported
to Prince of Wales island A band ol
twenty five were seen in the beaeh re
cently.
On February 2S the Alasku-Tn adw* II
and tlie Alaska Failed mining companies
paid a dividend of *f> cents and 30 cents
per share, respectively.
The Gardiner rompany of Seattle deal
ers in shrimp .will establish a shrimp
packing plant at Petersburg. The com
pany will employ about forty hands. j
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Following an amateur entertainment
given in Seward last month, the Seward
Gateway declared mat Seward has the
best amateur talent in Alaska.
Sitka people report seeing an airship
soaring through the air in that vicinity
one day last week.
Old timers claim that the past winter
lias been the coldest ever known in tin
territory. The mercury dropped to SO
in several interior points.
K. F. Lewis, proprietor of the water
works at Juneau, has announced that he
is willing to consider any reasonable offer
by the city for the purchase of his plant.
A reinforced concrete office building
will be constructed at Seward by E. L.
Van Glider who has purchased properly
on Adams street to tile rear of the Bank
of Seward. The lot solo for $4,000.
The* Fox gulch glacier, in the* Fair
banks district. has raised to a height
never beiore known, anel people residing
near were compelled to vacate their
homes to preve*nt being eln*wne*d out,
e'arl ,->eli»erg, of Fairbanks, indicted for
illegal voting at the* last delegate edeetion,
ple»ae!e*»I guilty to the charge. Heiberg
! had taken out iiis first papers atid was
informed hr* had a right to vote.
| Southeastern Alaska fishermen are jubi
* lam over the fact that fish are bringing
I high prices in the* Seattle market. \
| few days ago halibut sold for cents ;
and salmon at 15 1 -cents per pound.
Last month while the ste amer Jeffe rson
was en route* north sue- struck a rock 1
I near Lake* hay. and was hung up for
about two hours ami a half. She- limited
"ft at high title practically uninjured.
An emergency service authorized hy the*
postal department lias cleaned up tin*
accumulation e»f mail at the Fordovn.
postoffi.ee e onsigned te> interior points.
Mrs. v\\ M. Sam rs of Se warel is suf
fe*ring from a compound fracture* of hep
right leg as the* result of a fall eat the*
ice* on the sidewalks *»f the railroad town.
Parties coming in over the* Kin hard
son road te> Valdez, report the* trail in
good condition, anel auto stages making
regular trips from Philina as far in as
Our Home- madhouse.
\V. K. Terrill, the* Fairbanks freighter.
Is en route over tin* Fairbanks trail tee
Fhitina t«» secure* a large consignment
e»t goods for Fairbanks me rchants which
lie* will take* inside.
"Bear Hunting in Alaska" is Hi* title*
of an interesting story of a hunting trip
in Alaska, published in the* March numhe r
e»f outdoor Life*. The author is \V. II.
Phase of Juneau. ^
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Petersburg fishermen ate* planning to
organize* a fishermen's marine insuiam-i
anel credit associatiem. Bv this mutual
arrangement it is nnticipateel that in
surance rates may he* considerably lower
ed.
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