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THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 



PROPOSED SHIP ROUTE 



PROPOSED SLEDGE ROUTE 



PROPOSED ROUTE OF THE STEFANSSON EXPEDITION 

 Map prepared under Vilhjdlmur Stefdnsson 



Proposed sledge and ship routes and bases of operation of the Stefdnsson expedition 

 originally planned under the auspices of the National Geographic Society and American 

 Museum of Natural History and finally transferred to the support of the Canadian Govern- 

 ment. The expedition will sail in May from the Canadian naval station at Esquimault, 

 British Columbia, with the recently purchased "Karluk." 247 tons, for exploration work 

 covering a period of from three to four years 



"Your base is one of the nearest, and perhaps the most accessible point for an attack 

 upon the largest remaining unexplored areas within the Arctic Circle." — Quoted from a tele- 

 gram from Peary to Stefansson, November 10. 1912 



