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from Wrangel Island. Later served in the War, in the United 

 States Air Sei-vice. 

 McKiNLAY, William Laird. Magnetician, of Scotland. After gradua- 

 tion from the University of Glasgovs^, was instructor in mathematics 

 in Shawland's Academy of Glasgow, and during spare time assisted 

 Dr. W. S. Bruce, of the Scottish Oceanographical Laboratory. 

 After the sinking of the Karluk, he was among the survivors who 

 were rescued from Wrangel Island. He returned to Scotland and 

 served through most of the Great War. 



Malloch, George S. Geologist. Had been a graduate student at Yale 

 and was a member of the Geological Survey of Canada. He was 

 an expert on coal deposits and stratiography generally. He died in 

 Wrangel Island the spring of 1914 after the sinking of the Earluk. 



Mamen, Bjarne. Assistant to the geologist (Mr. Malloch), of Chris- 

 tiania, Norway. Had been with the Norwegian-Spitsbergen Expe- 

 dition, and later had worked in the forests of British Columbia. 

 He was a member of the party that reached Wrangel Island after 

 the sinking of the Kariuh, but died there the spring of 1914. 



Murray, James. Oceanographer, of Glasgow. Had worked for many 

 years with Sir John Murray, one of the world's greatest oceanog- 

 raphers. He had been with Shackleton in the Antarctic and after- 

 wards had been biologist of the boundary survey of Colombia. He 

 was lost on the ice near Wrangel Island after the sinking of the 

 Karluk. 



O'Neill, John J. Geologist. Had specialized in pre-Cambrian geology 

 and in copper-bearing rocks. A graduate of McGill University and 

 later studied at Yale. 



Stefansson, Vilhjalmur. Commander of the expedition, anthropol- 

 ogist, geographer. Graduate of the University of Iowa, three years' 

 post-graduate study at Harvard. Two previous arctic expeditions — 

 1906-07 and 1908-12. Five winters in the Arctic before beginning 

 this expedition. 



WiLKiNS, George H. Photographer, of Australia. Studied at Adelaide 

 University and before joining the expedition had been a photo- 

 graphic correspondent in the Balkan War. He returned south in 

 1916 and served with the Australian flying forces during the two 

 remaining years of the War. He was awarded the Military Cross 

 and was promoted Captain. 



