Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-12-21
DETAILS OF CAPT. ROSS VOYAGE.


was the mIldcst that had ever been re
corded, and the sea was more clear o.
ice taan had been experienced during
any preceding voyages. On the HIT
Of August, Capt. Ross reached the
spot where the stores Of the Fury were
landed without experiencing any diff
Guilty, and there he found the provls-
ions. &c. but not the wreck which had
totally disappeared. Having suppl
cd all his wants at this depot, he ad
vanced to the southwark round Cape
Gary, from whence the west coast le,.
hun in >. w. direction, to the lat.
Of u deg. N.-lierc he was for the
first time seriously impeded by ice;
but. after examining an inlet, he pro-
cecded to urge his way to the south
ward, AS near the west shore as the
shallowncss Of the water permitted d.
and occasionally landed to take pos
session Of the newly discovered region
ior the British crown, with the usual
ceremony. Owing to the rapidity OF
The tides and currents, the stubborn
quality Of the ice, and the rocky char
aCter OF the coast, the voyage was ex-
tremelv pcrilous. Having experien-
ccd several almost miraculous escapes
from sh'pwrecks, the, ultimately sue
cceded in reaching the 20 deg. Of lat.
III direction early due south Of Fury
point, where their course was arrested
by an imprnetrabic barrier Of ponder
Gus ice. In harbor which they
found ut thi, extreme point they win
tered.
In January, 1920, they opened d
commune alton With IA tribe Of natives.
40 bad never before held intercourse
with Strangers. Friendship was soon
formed between them and the tars.
and the first winter, ~ hich vas not very
scve'c, vas .pcni very plet>attl,
Having learned from tn natives, that
the east sci was CIV ien IRON the west
by a neck 81 i,nd. the PORT was "x.tn-
III -. AID all h2pe 0, efecf,ng p1seage
az that dtrectIoa conpia tel, cA,iagul>h
cd. Commodore Ross (n-phe. 81
Capt. Ro,-.) nho W - s.nt t. survey
the coast ot the " II sea. leading to-
Cape Turuag succeeded IN getting
within ID miles oi it, aad left off with
IN short distance Of where Capt.
Back expected FISH River to Join the !
sea. They also d 1-rmined that the
land was contiguous to that which
forms RepuI-e- Bay.
During thc autumn Of 1880, the voy-
ayers waited in vain for the lie to dis
solve. as ii bad done the prec eding
wear. They bad not, with great exer-
ton, proceeded more than four miles.
trctracing their Cour>c) when they
were arrested. in a very dreary posi-
'Ion.hy the approach ola winter unpar-
,llelied in scveritv-the lowest tenn
perature being ~ degrees below the
freezing point. The summer proving
no less rigorous for the season, little
hope was entertained Of release and
further progress of fourteen miles
was all they could accomplish.
Ii October, 1871, the ship was laid
up in the harbor in which she at pre-
sent lies moored, and where the party
endured the riaors of another winter. ,
s4't iCc0 9''Cit tfits' ti'ft VI tue RItCc- .
ding year. Their provisions berg I
they bad now no alter alive
but 20 abandon the vessel. and proceed ,
% the spot where the FURY, pro,ls- I
on> stu rcnIin--a direct dista. &c of ,
2o0 miles, which vas increased BY !,
one-halt III consequence of the Circuit II
Du> route which the ice obliged them II
20 take. They accordingly left the
victory in Nav. 1882. and. after Al G
journey of upco,,mon labor and hard II
'Iip. reached Fur, Beach in the month a
II July. Durlng his journey. they had s.
not OILY to carr, their provisions and
lick. bat also supply OF fuel; for ii
without melting snow they could not "
procure even a drink of water. lei
They repaired the Fury's boats. and ca
attempted 10 escape; but it was s D. OF
ember before they reached Leopold's ca
-land. which the, have fully establish m
d :" be the n. f. point of America. W
irre they vai,ily waited for the ice to IT
'r"ak. 1t presented an ippenetrable of
mass. exte din. across Lancaster tn
'ou"d. and intercepting the progress m
: the h>hing ships. which could al n
ance no further than Admiralit, Inlet vi
Fi@re some remained AS late as the on