To Relieve Party on Wrangel Island: Canadian Government Supplies Money For Expedition to North.
Date24 August, 1922
RepositoryRauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College.
Call Numberstefansson-wrangel-09-09-018
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TO RELIEVE PARTY
ON WRANGEL ISLAND
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Canadian Government Sup
plies Money For Expedi
tion to North.
plies Money For Expedi
tion to North.
OTTAWA, Aug. 24. (Canadian
Press).—Relief for four men, stated
by Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Canadian
explorer, to be now in danger on
Wrangel Island, has been provided by
the Canadian Government, the sum of
$3000 being advanced to Mr. Stefansson
for the purpose of taking the neces
sary relief measures.
Press).—Relief for four men, stated
by Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Canadian
explorer, to be now in danger on
Wrangel Island, has been provided by
the Canadian Government, the sum of
$3000 being advanced to Mr. Stefansson
for the purpose of taking the neces
sary relief measures.
The matter of the ownership of
Wrangel Island was brought up in
Parliament last session, when it was
stated that the Stefansson party of
four men, headed by Allan Crawford
of Toronto, haid raised the British
flag and claimed sovereignty over the
island as a British possession, though
there were at the time conflicting
claims as to ownership.
Wrangel Island was brought up in
Parliament last session, when it was
stated that the Stefansson party of
four men, headed by Allan Crawford
of Toronto, haid raised the British
flag and claimed sovereignty over the
island as a British possession, though
there were at the time conflicting
claims as to ownership.
The relie fexpedition arranged by
Stefansson on the provision of the
money by the government is stated to
have sailed from Nome, Alaska, yes
terday. Nothing has been heard of the
Crawford party since September last,
and the ship which sailed is carrying
fresh supplies and a new party to
continue occupation of the island.
Stefansson on the provision of the
money by the government is stated to
have sailed from Nome, Alaska, yes
terday. Nothing has been heard of the
Crawford party since September last,
and the ship which sailed is carrying
fresh supplies and a new party to
continue occupation of the island.
Wrangel Island is claimed to be rich
in fur and mineral deposits.
in fur and mineral deposits.
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