WALTER WELLMAN. 



Walter Wellman, journalist and explorer, was 

 born in Mentor, Ohio, Nov. 3, 1858. Led an 

 expedition " The first Dash for the Pole " in 

 1894; in 1898-99 commanded an expedition in 

 search of the North Pole, and reached Lat. 82 

 N., by way of Franz Joseph Land, and discov- 

 ered many new islands. 



