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...ADVENTURE OF WRANGEL ISLAND - Vilhjalmur Stefansson - Macmillan ($6.00). Wrangel was an explorer; and an Arctic island off Siberia, according to Mr. Stefansson, was named after him by U. S. Whaling Captain Thomas Long.* This book, highly entertaining, contains accounts of several visits made to the Island and ends with uncertainty as to which country owns it -Russia, Britain or the U. S. Mr. Stefansson, who in 1914 took Wrangel Island for the British and later offered it to the U. S., seems, according to Russian advice, to have been beaten by the Bolsheviki. More certainly, nobody- except the aerophile scientists...
...such formalities go, then, Wrangel Island belongs to the U. S. But for 40 years it was so neglected and forgotten that when Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Arctic explorer, decided that it would be nice to claim it for Great Britain?that is, for Canada?a while ago, no one said him nay. The question of ownership is still regarded as "controversial...
...this aerial activity has disheartened Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the apostle of the "friendly Arctic." Polar exploration is not what it used to be, he laments, and he is going to quit. Modern inventions, safety and comfort have lessened the joy of the venturesome explorer and it is now a humdrum sort of job. Stefansson believes the Shenandoah will attain her goal without mishap...
Alan R. Crawford, Canadian, with three companions, all from the Vilhjalmur Stefansson expedition, have supposedly been in occupation of the island since 1921. Stefansson urges the Canadian and British Governments to annex Wrangel Land for a landing on a future Arctic airline. It is even suggested that the Japanese may move in if Canada does not acquire the island...
...Vilhjalmur Stefansson: "I have been vindicated by the Canadian Government of the charge that I autocratically endangered the lives of my men in my Arctic Expedition...