BARTLETT, EXPLORER, IS AT UNION TONIGHT

Captain Robert A. Bartlett, Arctic explorer, will tell of his adventures on the Putnam Expedition last summer to North Greenland, in the Living Room of the Union tonight at 7:30 o'clock.

The cruise of the schooner Morrissey was undertaken last summer under the auspices of the American Museum of Natural History. Its object was two-fold: to investigate in North Greenland the life of the Eskimos, now fast disappearing, and to secure specimens of the sea mammals and fish of that region.

Captain Bartlett was in charge of the voyage, made in his ship, except in regard to technical work of obtaining the history of the natives and specimens of the sea animals, this work was carried on by G. P. Putnam, for whom the expedition was named.

This adventurer has sailed to many of the most remote parts of the world. He was Captain of Perry's famous Polar ship, the Roosevelt; he followed the dogsleds out over the Polar zone to within 100 miles of the Pole itself. Again, he sailed as Commander of the Karluk of the Canadian Arctic expedition, and, when that ship met the perils of floating Ice, it was Bartlett's prompt action that kept the party alive. Four men went off into the bitter Polar night and were never heard of again. Captain Bartlett marched across the floes to the coast of Siberia, crossed to Nome, and chartered a relief ship, in which he rescued the survivors.

President Coolidge selected him as a member of the board to investigate the northern flight in the Shenandoah. In the World War, Bartlett wore the strips of Lieutenant-Commander in the American Navy. During this period his knowledge of the North Atlantic was used in planning the trips of the transport ships.

On the trip last summer, great efforts were made to secure animals alive. All kinds of specimens were brought back, including several large bears.

The photographic section of the expedition was most successful, and hundreds of photographs as well as many thousands of feet of motion pictures were obtained. These Captain Bartlett will use to illustrate his talk.