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boat George Borup, which has been in storage 

 there all winter, and twenty Eskimo dogs and 

 an interpreter. The party was to leave Battle 

 Harbor on Thursday, July 17, headed for the 

 west coast of Greenland. A stop may be made 

 at Disco, West Greenland, for the purpose of 

 setting observation stakes in the glacier there, 

 but the first real objective point is Cape York, 

 where the walrus and seal hunting will begin. 

 It is probable that much of the cargo will 

 be landed at Payer Harbor, Pim Island, but 

 the main headquarters of the espedition are to 

 be established at Flagler Bay on the south aide 

 of Bache Peninsula. 



The Crocker Land Expedition, which is sent 

 out under the auspices of the American Mu- 

 seum of Natural History, the American Geo- 

 graphical Society and the University of 

 Illinois, is probably the most thoroughly 

 equipped scientific expedition which has been 

 sent into the arctic regions from this country. 

 Its scientific staff is as follows: 

 Donald B. MacMillan, A.B., A.M., P.R.G.S., leader 



and anthropologist; 

 W. Elmer Ekblaw, A.B., A.M., geologist and bot- 

 anist ; 

 Pitzhugh Green, U.S.N., engineer and physicist; 

 Maurice C. Tanquary, A.B., A.M., Ph.D., zoologist; 

 Harrison J. Hunt, A.B., M.D., surgeon and bac- 

 teriologist. 



In addition to these there are: Jerome L. 

 Allen, detailed by the United States Navy 

 Department for service as wireless operator 

 and electrician; Jonathan C. Small, mechanic 

 and cook; while Edwin S. Brooke, Jr., is on 

 the ship this summer as official photographer 

 to the expedition. 



It may be recalled that the objects of the 

 Crocker Land Expedition are 



1. To reach, map the coast line and explore 

 Crocker Land, the mountainous tops of which were 

 seen across the polar sea by Eear Admiral Peary 

 in 1906. 



2. To search for other lands in the unexplored 

 region west and southwest of Axel Heiberg Land 

 and north of the Parry Islands. 



3. To penetrate into the interior of Greenland 

 at its widest part, between the 77th and 78th par- 

 allels of north latitude, studying meteorological 

 and glaeiological conditions on the summit of the 

 great ice cap. 



4. To study the geology, geography, glaciology, 

 meteorology, terrestrial magnetism, electrical phe- 

 nomena, seismology, zoology (both vertebrate and 

 invertebrate), botany, oceanography, ethnology 

 and archeology throughout the extensive region 

 which is to be traversed, all of it lying above the 

 77th parallel. 



The installation of a powerful wireless tele- 

 graph station in connection with an arctic 

 expedition is a new feature, by means of which, 

 if all goes well, communication will be main- 

 tained with the party throughout their stay in 

 the north. It is expected that daily weather 

 reports will be sent from Flagler Bay to the 

 Weather Bureau at Washington by way of 

 government wireless stations in Canada which 

 have been kindly placed by the Dominion 

 authorities at the disposition of the expedition. 

 News of important events in the history of the 

 expedition and of important discoveries will 

 likewise be sent promptly to the American 

 Museum and the public at large. 



The original program of work for the expe- 

 dition contemplated two years or three summer 

 seasons in the Arctic, but supplies have been 

 taken north which will enable the party to 

 remain three years or even longer if the results 

 flowing from the work seem to justify the ex- 

 tension of time. 



The mishap to the Diana, which went ashore 

 at Barge Point, Labrador, since the above was 

 written, may require the transfer of the equip- 

 ment to another ship, but will not otherwise 

 interfere with the expedition. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 

 The University of Edinburgh has conferred 

 its doctorate of science on the Hon. James 

 Wilson, lately U. S. Secretary of Agriculture. 



At Pekin University on June 16 the com- 

 mencement address was given by Dr. Paul 

 Monroe, professor of the history of education 

 in Teachers College, Columbia University. 

 Addresses were also made by Dr. W. A. P. 

 Martin, vice-president of the board of man- 

 agers, and the Hon. James Bryce. The degree 

 of doctor of laws was conferred on Professor 

 Monroe. 



