BACK FROM THE ARCTIC.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1505, 30 July 1912, Page 5

BACK FROM THE ARCTIC.

VALUABLE RECORDS BECOVEB.ED. Bj- Telccranh-Prcss AGsocitition-Cop'riclit Copenhagen, July 28. Captain Mikkclseu, tho Danish explorer who has been in the Arctic regions for some years, and his companion Iversen, | suffered terrible hardships in crossing the ice from Denmark Firth to Shannon Is- I land, on the east coast of Greenland. ! Most of their dogs died, anil tho remainder were shot for food. They were successful in finding (he Into Mylius Ericksen's diary in Denmark Firth. It shows Ericksen discovered that the Peary Channel does not run through from sea" to sea behind Hazen and Hulprin Lands, also that Mavy Cliff is connected with IlulprinlaiHl, Messrs. Jlikkelsen and lyersen have arrived at Aalesund, in Norway. DOGGED BY MISFOKTUNE. Captain Mikkelsen in 1909 set out to retrieve the diat'ies nud cbsorvalions of Mylius ijicksou, which were, lost tliruttgU that oxplorei-'s tragic ilratli ill the wilderncs.i i>l , ice hi North Greenland in 3907. It. was Captain Miklu-lscii's intention to (,'p noi-thwa.vd round Greenland to Colli) York, on tho wost coast, but it is possible, that ho lias been forced t\> return to the depot on Clintino'. Isl.mil. Thi>y left ( ,n April 10, 1909, via Denmnrk'.s .Fiord and IVvy's Clwnnci for Capo Yovk—a journev of alxiut 1000-120 I) miloc--. Cnplnin Milikolnen's lltile vew;ol, tho -Alithaiiin, sank duriiijr his awl Knpjnwr Iverson's absence, and tho crow, with thnir uccond in ooniinind, Lioutennnt Laiib, \u>re picVe<l ii i> by a whaler ,md retumnl to Copenhagen in Sejitviulipr, ]i) 10. A Duni-slroiim-miW«o last year avralißeil with, a firm of whalers to j-'oarch the oa<-t coast of Greenland for the two explorers. Captain Mhikolson is thn nutiinr of "Connuoiniiff tho Arctic lee," in which he. described his adventurous voyages in tho Arctic re;ioi9.