Sep 18 1915 Chicago Tribune #OTD reports that Arctic explorer, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, emerges from icy wasteland with tales of new lands.



Stefansson organized and directed the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913–1916. When his ships became stuck in the ice he travelled under the idea he would get fresh meat for the crew of the ship but his party became separated when the ice floe became separated and drifted Westward.



The remaining crew then experienced an epic voyage to Wrangel Island from which they barely survived.

A fictionalized account of the voyage was written by Eric Walters, Trapped in Ice