IT WAS on 

 the steamer Por- 



ship of the Miranda, that The Arctic 

 Club was formed. The members of 



Dr. Cook's Arctic Expedition of 1894, homeward bound 

 on that vessel, met in the smoking-room on the evening of 

 September 8 and organized a club whose active members 

 should consist of all the persons upon the passenger list 

 of the Miranda on her last cruise into Arctic waters. The 

 following officers were elected : Professor William H. Brewer, 

 president ; Mr. Henry Collins Walsh, secretary ; and Mr. 

 Kudolf Kersting, treasurer. Motions were passed to this 

 effect : That an annual dinner be given by the club at a date 

 falling between Christmas and New Year's Day ; and tbat 

 any members unable to attend should forward letters to the 

 secretary to be read at the dinner. 



The following gentlemen were elected honorary members 

 of the club : Captain George W. Dixon, of Gloucester, Mass.; 

 Captain William J. Farrell, of New York ; Governor Bistrup 

 and Assistant-Governor Baumann, of Sukkertoppen, and 

 Governor Miiller, of Holsteinborg, Greenland. The members 



