ly SEARCH OF CROCKER LAM) 



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The verification of these observations and dechietions seems the hist 

 fi;reat geographical prohk'ni left to the world for solution. Xansen, in an 

 article on "North Polar Prohh'uis" (1907) says, "The determination of 

 the extent of the continental shelf to the north of Axel Heiberg Land and 

 Ellesmere Land would l)e a great achievement .... A satisfactory solution 

 of this prol)leiu would l)e 

 of more scientific \alue 

 than even the attainment 

 of the Pole .... The ex- 

 tent and shape of the polar 

 continental shelf, which 

 means the real continental 

 mass, is the great feature 

 of north polar geograi)hy 

 wliich is of much more im- 

 portance, geographically 

 or geouiorphologically, 

 than the possible occur- 

 rence of unknown islands 

 on this shelf." 



The expedition plans 

 to make continuous geo- 

 logical, geographical, pahe- 

 ontological and ])hysi()- 

 graphical obser\ations and 

 to collect specimens 

 through the three hundred 

 and thirty miles across 

 pjllesmere Land from 

 Flagler Bay to ( ajx- 

 Thomas Hubbai'd. Then 

 from Cape Thomas Hul)- 

 bard to Crocker Land it 

 will take soundings in 

 order to determine whet her 

 the continental shelf ex- 

 tends as far as that land 

 or reaches beyond it, and 

 in addition will make tidal 

 observations and temi)erature ol)ser\ations at various dei)ths. On Crocker 

 Land, it will spend two months mapping coast line and interior topograj^hi- 

 cally and geologically, and collecting specimens. It plans to nuike also a 

 study of glaciers, glacial ice caps and glacial motion, for the purpose of 



Copyright by Frederick A. Stokss Company 

 Borup, INIacMillan and Ivyniah. wlio \v( rt' wilh Peary 

 )n his last polar expedition 



Copyric/lil liy Frederick A. Stokes Company 

 Till' e.inip <iil stove on wliicli ti'u was made in the .\rctics 



