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land and the failure of the first two relief parties on the "Cluett" 

 and on the "Danmark," necessitating a third outfit, on the S.S. 

 "Neptune," under Commander Bartlett. Although the main 

 object of the expedition was not attained, the supposed land 

 proving to have been a mirage, interesting and important scien- 

 tific results in geography, botany and zoology were secured. 

 According to the terms of our agreement, the detailed geo- 

 graphical reports of Messrs. MacMillan and Ekblaw belong to 

 the American Geographical Society ; the other scientific reports 

 will be brought together in a volume to be arranged by a 

 special editorial committee composed of the leader of the expe- 

 dition, Mr. Donald B. MacMillan, another member of the 

 expedition, Mr. W. Elmer Ekblaw of the University of Illinois, 

 Dr. Frank E. Lutz, Editor of the Museum Bulletin and Mem- 

 oirs, and Mr. George H. Sherwood, Acting Chairman of the 

 Crocker Land Committee. Mr. MacMillan's narrative volume, 

 in which he has exclusive rights, will be published by Harper 

 and Brothers. The following contributions have been made 

 to the cost of this Expedition : 



American Museum of Natural History $69,261.04 



American Geographical Society 19,000.00 



University of Illinois 10,000.00 



The remaining expenses of $33,000 are still to be raised by 

 subscription or contribution. 



The previous arctic work of the Museum, under Messrs. 

 Stefansson and Anderson, has been partly published in the 

 Report of Mr. Stefansson, and arrangements are being made 

 with Dr. R. M. Anderson, now of the Geological Survey at 

 Ottawa, Canada, to complete the zoological reports. 



Exploration in North America for the year, especially in 



zoology and vertebrate palaeontology, was largely discontinued 



because of the war. In anthropology, how- 



a^dA dU CnCa ever ' ver y i m P ortant work in the Southwest, 

 namely, the excavations of the buried cities of 

 Aztec and Pueblo Bonito, was carried on through the con- 

 tinuation of the Southwest Fund generously contributed by 

 Mr. Archer M. Huntington. 



