Donald B. MacMillan, meiiil)ir 

 of Peary's last polar expedition 

 and one of the proposed leadens 

 in the exploration of Crocker Land 



THE CROCKER LAND EXPEDITION 



By Ruhcrt E. Pcari/ 



The following article written for the Journal by Hear Admiral Peary of the United 

 States Navy, the man who through many years of difficult experience knows practical 

 conditions in the North, gives us an authoritative opinion on the inii)ortance of the ex- 

 pedition, tlie possil)ilities of alluring or startling results and the fitness of the chosen leaders. 

 — Editor. 



THE exploration of Crocker Land easily takes first rank among prob- 

 lems demanding exploration, now that the Poles have been reached 

 and that the insularity of Greenland has been determined, the 

 latter at one time considered the second large work of importance in the 

 Arctic regions. And further than this, should this land, the distant moun- 

 tain peaks of which I was fortunate enough to see from the summit of Cape 

 Thomas Hubbard in July, 1906, prove to be a land of large extent, the 

 possibilities will be most alluring, for such land will become the gateway 

 to other lands or seas represented by the large blank space on the maps 

 between the North Pole and Bering Strait. 



As to the likelihood of startling results from this exploration, in the way 

 of a new people, or new animals or climate, long experience in the North has 



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