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the members of the Crocker Land Expedition, has been absent 



from the department during the year, owing to the failure of 



the "Cluett" to perform its mission. The 



Crocker Land "Cluett" left Sydney on July 19, I9i5,but, owing 



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to certain mishaps to the ship, and extremely 



bad ice conditions in Melville Bay, did not succeed in going- 

 farther north than North Star Bay, some 125 miles south of 

 Etah, arriving at North Star Bay September 12, 191 5. 



By means of a motor launch placed at his disposal by Mr. 

 Peter Freuchen, Mr. Rasmussen's representative in North 

 Greenland, Dr. Hovey then proceeded to Etah and brought 

 back to the "Cluett" four members of the expedition, Messrs. 

 Ekblaw, Green, Allen and Tanquary, Messrs. MacMillan, 

 Hunt and Small being absent from Etah at the time. On the 

 return trip from Etah, Dr. Hovey met Mr. MacMillan and 

 made arrangements for him, Dr. Hunt and Mr. Small to remain 

 another year in Greenland, as it was not feasible to bring out 

 the collections and the equipment of the expedition. 



On September 19, the "Cluett" left North Star Bay for 

 America, but was caught in the ice and was finally forced to 

 go into winter quarters at Parker Snow Bay, some fifty miles 

 southwest of the Rasmussen station at North Star Bay. 



In January, 1916, because of the shortage of provisions on 

 the "Cluett," Dr. Hovey and Messrs. Green, Allen and Tan- 

 quary undertook the 1300-mile sledge journey over the sea ice 

 to the settlements in South Greenland. On the first day out, 

 they covered about sixty miles ; but the physical exertion 

 proved too great for Dr. Hovey and he found it necessary to 

 return to the ship. Messrs. Tanquary, Allen and Green con- 

 tinued the journey and ultimately reached South Greenland 

 and returned to New York by way of Copenhagen. Dr. Tan- 

 quary, the first to arrive, informed the Crocker Land Com- 

 mittee that it would be necessary to send a second relief ship 

 to the Arctic, and in due time the "Danmark" was chartered 

 from the Greenland Mining Company, provisioned, and started 

 from Ivigtut, South Greenland, in July, 1916, for Thule and 

 Etah. 



Dr. Hovey did not choose to come out on the "Cluett," which 

 returned to St. John in early September, 1916, since he was 



