Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo15amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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Map to show the extent of unexplored territory in the nortli polar region, and the various points of activity of the Canadian Arctic expedition commanded by Vilhjalmur Stefansson. The unexplored region is supposed to contain somewhere within it, as proved by a study of the tides, a body of land of continental proportions or an archipelago of islands, such as seen to the eastward + 3. "Karluk" frozen solidly in the ice pack broke from what had been considered permanent winter quarters and drifted westward, September 23, 1913, leaving Stefansson and hunting party stranded on shore , + 4. " Karluk " crushed in the ice pack in which it had been carried four months, and sank, January 10, 1914. Twelve survivors rescued from Wrangel Island, September 7, 1914 + Martin Point. Stefansson and two companions, March 22, 1914, started north over the sea ice for a thirty-day exploration journey into the unknown region, having heard nothing from the "Karluk" to that time and having arranged for various activities of the southern party of the expedition in winter quarters at Collinson Point. Nothing has been heard from this exploration party to date, one year later in 1915 ■^. •). One of the small vessels of the expedition probably at this point in winter quarters, 1914-15. Proceeded under charge of Wilkins in the summer of 1914 to form base of supplies for Stefansson should he be able to reach Banks Land instead of returning to the north coast of Canada or Alaska + 2- Winter quarters 1914-15 of the southern land party under R. :M. Anderson, having proceeded to this position with two small vessels of the expedition in the summer of 1914 for scientific study of the Eskimo there, of the copper deposits, etc. 122

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