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ing places and the young will be taken; moving 
pictures showing the marvellous abundance of bird 
life, ete., will be secured. 
(i) Mammalogy.—Specimens of all kinds of ani- 
mal life will be secured, including bear, foxes, deer, 
mush oxen, hare, lemmings, walrus, and several 
kinds of seals. Measurements of narwhals and 
white seals will be made to supplement those taken 
by Mr. Roy C. Andrews in the Pacific. 
The plan of campaign as laid down by 
Messrs. Borup and MacMillan is as follows: 
Leave Sydney, N. S., by special steamer 
about 20 July, 1912. Collect whale and wal- 
rus meat and dogs on the way northward. 
Land on the south side of Bache Peninsula 
(Flagler Bay), Lat. 79° 10’ N., and establish 
winter quarters. Send the ship home. About 
the middle of September, begin sledging sup- 
plies to Cape Thomas Hubbard, and carry the 
work on throughout the winter during the 
moonlight periods. Leave Cape Thomas Hub- 
bard with the return of dawn in February, 
1913, and push across the ice to Crocker Land. 
Leave Crocker Land about 1 May, and return 
to Cape Thomas Hubbard. Send a messenger 
to North Star Bay with news of the expedi- 
tion, to be forwarded by Danish steamer to 
civilization. Carry on scientifie work in 
Grant Land and along return route to winter 
quarters on Flagler Bay, arriving there in 
July, 1913. During the summer, transfer sup- 
plies and collections to Etah. In the spring 
and summer of 1914, make an expedition from 
Whale Sound (Inglefield Gulf) directly east- 
ward to the summit of the ice-cap of Green- 
land, at the widest part of that island. Return 
to New York in the autumn of 1914 by special 
ship. 
The following are some of the principal 
items of the outfit to be provided: three years’ 
provisions for four or five white men, their 
helpers and their dogs, much of which, par- 
ticularly the pemmican, has to be specially 
prepared and packed; clothing; instruments 
for all kinds of observations and records; 
photographic cameras, including those for 
moving pictures; a power boat for use in 
Flagler Bay and in crossing to Ktah with 
supplies and collections after the return from 
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Crocker Land; salary of physician and wages 
of cook and helpers; a steamship to take the 
party to Flagler Bay in 1912 and another to 
go up for it in 1914. 
A physician and a zoologist are needed to 
accompany the party throughout the whole ex- 
pedition. 
It is estimated that not less than fifty thou- 
sand dollars ($50,000) must be provided for 
the absolute needs of the expedition, in order 
to enable it to accomplish the valuable results 
that have been outlined above, in spite of the 
fact that Messrs. Borup and MacMillan gen- 
erously serve the expedition without salary 
during the period of its absence from New 
York. Subscriptions to the fund are invited. 
Checks should be made payable to and all 
correspondence should be addressed to the 
American Museum of Natural History. 
In addition to the support of the institu- 
tions already named, subscriptions have al- 
ready been made or promised by Yale Univer- 
sity, Bowdoin College, New York Academy of 
Sciences, Groton School, Theodore Roosevelt, 
R. E. Peary, Thomas H. Hubbard, Zenas 
Orane, Mrs. OC. B. Alexander, John E. Thayer 
and others. There remains to be raised about 
thirty thousand dollars, and the museum has 
opened an account, known as the “Crocker 
Land Expedition Fund,” for the purpose of 
receiving and caring for all subscriptions 
made to the expedition. Checks to further its 
purposes should be drawn payable to the Amer- 
ican Museum of Natural History and for- 
warded to that institution. A list of sub- 
seribers will be published later and will be 
included in the final report. 
The honorary committee on the Crocker 
Land Expedition consists of Henry Fairfield 
Osborn, president, American Museum of Nat- 
ural History; Chandler Robbins, chairman of 
the council, American Geographical Society; 
Thomas H. Hubbard, president, Peary Arctic 
Club. 
The committee in charge comprises E. O. 
Hovey, American Museum of Natural His- 
tory; H. L. Bridgman, Peary Arctic Club. 
All correspondence regarding the expedition 
should be addressed to Dr. Hovey. 
