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Stefansson Arctic expedition aims for knowledge not pole reach
June 14 Victoria B C The Stefansson Arctic expedition funded by the Canadian government seeks to learn if a polar continent exists map eastern islands of the Mackenzie region survey channels establish trade routes and study blonde Eskimos at Coronation Gulf Victoria land while ruling out any plan to reach the North Pole The crew includes Captain Robert Dartlett James Murray W T McKinley George Maholloch and many scientists with aims to return to Nome in 1916 and perhaps Greenland
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Victoria
B. C
Stefansson
Canadia
McKenzie River
Coronation Gulf
Victorialand
North Pole
Amundsen
Arctic
Nome
Greenland
Alaska
Karluk
Bering Strait
Arctic Ocean
Beauford Sea
Herschel Island
Prince Patrick Island
Stefanusson
Robert Dartlett
Peary
James Murray
W. T. McKinley
University of Glasgow
George Maholloch
Point Barrow
Simpson Bay
R. M. Anderson
Fritz Johansen
U.S
J. J. O'Niel
Geological Survey
Kenneth Chapman
J. R. Cox
Henri Beauchat
Paris
Jennis
A. Forbes Mackay
Shackleton
Edinburgh University
Anderson
MacKenzie River
Stefannson