American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1826-11-28
From late English Papers.
from late EhgliSh Iapprs.
PROPOSED EXPEDITION TO the N. POLE.
by Captains Parry and Franklin, jointly
From the Quarterly Reriew.l

From the Quarterly Reriew.l
II was not to be expected tina, man Of Parry
activity OF mind and who had SO long been engage
in the pursuit OF discovery, would be content 10 re
main quietly on shore. He knew that project ba
been entertained. by another able and ndefaca bl
officer, oil proceeding from Spzbergen to the Mort,
Pole, and he knew that such man as Franklin wa
not likely to suggest and adopt a measure that wa
not likely to carry with it fair chance of success
When two such men as Parry and Franklin, aft e,
weighing we'll the risk TO be encountered, and al
the circumstances which make for and against ar
undertaking Of this nature, offer plan for the exc
cuon OF which they propose to embark themselves
would surely be something like presumption to
affect to undcrvaue their experience. to pro-
nounce their scheme rash and chimerical.
The President and Council oil the Royal Society
we're clearly OF this opinion. In o letter to Lord
Melville, they signided their appreciation Of Captain
Parrys proposal. and their opinion that such an en-
etprize cannot fill to afford many valuable scientific
results, and to settle matters OF philosophical inqui
ry and they concluded by expressing their wishes.
that this proposition Of so brave. enlightened, and
scientific an officer might meet with the attention il
appeared TO them TO deserve, from the Admiralty.
he Board oil Admiralty viii! scarcely be accused
OF 'fattehiion to any recommendation of this learned
body, or OF any back@atslness in lending its aid tow
ads such undertakings may have for their object
the protection OF science, or the requirement and
extension OF useful knowledge. Accordincly on
this recommendation Of The proposal of CAPTAIN
Parry, The iicela has been ordered TO be prepared
Tor The service in question, and to be ready in The
early part oil the next spring. The plan is as we
under stand 10 proceed in the fecIa TO that mart OF
Spitzbergen called Cloven CliH., in lat 70 dec
50 min so as to reach il towards The end of Nav
ITS distance from The Pole is about GOO miles. This
distance is to be performed by M ans of two boats
On rims ctrIa ~ i,xh,
lole; TO be furnished with runners in the manner of
sedees and to he covered with leather like thu
Russlan Oa'dars in which long voyages arc perform
e4 70 1--we besides covering awning Of oil skin
cotaVeriihle into sail. Each boat is 10 be manned
wi'h two officers ard ten m.n and 10 carry pro. |
Visions tor nincty-two days which, ct The moderate
rate OF thirteen miles day will be sufficient for the
|perorm2nee OF the Journey to the Pole and back /
|agan to Spzbsrgen.
The boats are furnished with runners in the un
certainty Of the Intermediate space being ice or wa
|ler the probability is. bst il will be found 10 con
ss' OF bob IN which the boats will sail in the
water, and be dragged over the ice. Capt Parry
proposes 20 take from Spitzbergen few dogs or
Fen deer T. assist in dragging the boats; both ami
|nals will feed on fish which may perhaps be easily
caught; and j! their provisions fall they NAV be.
come food Tor the use Of The party
" Ihe practicabiliiy," says Captain Parry of
mus reaching he North Pole appears me TO turn
Fholly or the question Of resources This being the
fase' y would 'ery soon become matter of scientific
ejaculation. whether the object was within the c
keach 0! the resources with which the patty was
furnished; so that they might al any time proceed U
Pr feiurn according TO circumstances. In other b
kespects can perceive nothing whatever that should
Ehdke II an enterprise Of extraordinary risk. The a
summer temperature Of the Polar regions is by no n
Eneans uncomfortable the would be constantly a
f"Se 'he horizon; and our men have always en- q
Rosed remarkably robust health during excursions n
hts nature. III open water should frequently &C. v
E'.h IS ARRAYS sure to be smooth and even it il e.
ere Otherwise. boat hauled upon foe of ice is
sure as on the shore In TACT, the more open ri
4 a'ef Is found the more easy would be The accom- al
R"s"men OF the enterprise and taking the chance II
snch occasional assistance, but entertain e
e'noeh' hope that the whole might he completed &c
n we ED Of August ard the expedition again in s
'p'and before the middle Of Ociobcr'' o'
olfine the three months alb encc of the Polar az
rs II is intended make The boats Of the HecIa et
II 'sers'ent 10 he interests of science. by sending
~ qnaiihed surveyor TO explore AID survey the n
efn coast Of Spi'zbergen, Of which, not without TO
ie ns y spoken, we are at present wholly gno DC
" Ne party LETT with the ship migh also be m
Ps' nseiuily employed 10 conducting series oil dc
St'tnents on the penduums in making variety IN
"eFesung magnetic obseryations, in attending to 10
saf'eas neurological phenomena, and in col m
w spectmens OF natural history. 1t will also ha
1 II V2lecl OF importance, TO ascertain whether ais
Nia'e fishing stations mar not be discovered on an
ehssrn side of Spitzbergep, to supply the place III
"'se nearly worn out ones on the western side he
= winch The whales have either been driven away lib
s'ofea ny the long and constaD, visits Of ships ag
E"oyeu IN the hsh :ry-just ss the Davis Straits eS
('efy was worn out on the eastern side and was
[aes'Y declining, till Parry led The way TO the
sem shore of that strait, whittier the fishing
Ill., now constantly resort, and whence they gene. Of
W.. return with fu careoes. wa
"nsn VIC call to mind the en,crprizng exped- Es