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National Geographic : 1925 Oct
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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE Photograph by Maynard Owen Williams ON BOARD THE FLAGSHIP "BOWDOIN" Commander Donald B. MacMillan, leader of the MacMillan Arctic Expedition; Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor, President of the National Geographic Society, and Dr. Wilfred T. Grenfell, medical missionary. The photograph was taken at Battle Harbor, Labrador. Navy Department, and given by them to the newspapers and press associations. Thus the news of the expedition for warded by Commander MacMillan, Lieu tenant Commander Byrd, and by The So ciety's representatives was published daily. The wave lengths used by the Zenith equipment ranged from 16 to 40 meters. These are especially advantageous, be cause they can be employed in the daytime and the expedition was working in 24 hours of daylight, and also because ex tremely high power is not required for their sending. So successful was the radio communi cation that the expedition was not out of touch with the National Geographic So ciety or the Navy Department for a single day during the entire summer. Messages were picked up all over the United States and also in England, Australia, New Zea land, and Canada. Not until the complete report of Com mander MacMillan is given to The So ciety for publication in the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE, along with the pictures from the air and color photo graphs which give new impressions of the Far North, will the full results of the expedition be known and contributed to the world's knowledge. Preliminary re ports, however, from the various members of the party show tangible results in the fields of topography, meteorology, zo ology, ornithology, botany, and ichthyol ogy which fully justified the labor, the hardships, and the sacrifices entailed. Above all, the members of the National Geographic Society rejoice in the safe re turn of every member of the expedition. 476
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