Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-11-16
Voyage ia the Arctic Itesions.

We extract the following passages from capt bacA >
account OF his voyage To these regions =
"In the beginning Of November the ship was housed
in and every arrangement made for meeting the rgor
of winter walls were raised round the SNIP ana
in this manner drfel to and fro oil the high land
Of Cape Comfort times carried so close as 10 excite
alarm for the safety OF the ship
..Dec al-A furious gale from the westward drove
us of sNoe IA miles 10 the eastward OF Cape Comfort
charts was surveyed, driited 10 the southeast
ward or the distance OF about 100 miles, far as Sea
horse Point the eastern extremity OF southampton Isl
and The general character Of the coast barren
hills and cliffs varying from $50 TO 1000 feet above the
sea.
"On Chrstrnas day the first symptoms of scurvy
show ed themselves which gradually extended itseA to
all hands Al time p men were suffering severely
from IT, but eventually only three persons Tell victims
to this dreadful disease viz the gunner aud two sea
men, In the beginning OF January, during CAM our
foe Of ice split with dreadful crash and this wa the
of series Of shecks that nothing but the
great strength the mass Of timber employed ~ ory
ing the ship coald have withstood as was inc Vessei
strained in every direction
Feb ls-Eary in the morning, thermometer at 50
deg below zero disruption OF the ice took place, and
waves of ice thirty feet high rolled towards the
shin which complained much the decks were separa-
ted The beams raised of the shefpieces lashngs and
stones used for supporters gave way iron bolts par
tally drawn and the whole frame OF the ship trem'
bed violently as 70 throw some OF the men down.
Yet this was not worst disaster On the 18th OF
March while drifting the southeastward, oil low
point since appropriately named Terror POINT, re
nendous rush OF ice from the northeast took the snip
aslern although buried to the iukes OF the anchor
in dock Of ice such was the pressure, that she
forced upon IT, and, at the time, thrown over TO
starboard the sernpost was carried away and the
stem lifted seven Of the The same night
second rush Office the remnants OF our Hoe, and
forced the ship the ice that her ioreoot was out oil
water; her sunken stern was threatened by an over
hanging flee. fully thirty feet high but which,
provdenally stopped touched the quarter OF the
ship the poured in through the stern frame, and
the ship creaked and strained in every direction pro
visions got deck the boats lowered and every
preparation made for the worst extremity and, IN the
darkness and silence of night, calmly waited Tie
anticipated coming of another shock which, 10 all hui
| man appearances must have been the last
:" Heaven ordained il otherwise, aud in this novel
cradle Of ice drifted, without further injury, To
Seahorse Point. The ice that bore ms was ascerained
to be 10 feet thick, and it not until we lad sawed
through long lines Of 25 feet thick future day, that
the ship was freed from this situation The position oil
Sea Horse Point determined to be 63 40 Ion. so 10
west variation 40 westerly the lowest temperature
was deg below zero, when both mercury and brandy
| were frozen.
"on the lst Of May The ship, still on the ice was
drifted near Mil Island, thence TO the southwark OF
| Nottingham Island between il and Cape Wos'enholne
perpendicular cliff of 1000 feet high, thence TO the
nortnw ward of Charles Island which reached the
| olst of June. The ice now showed symptoms Of dis
rupton and all hands to work with IS foot ice
saw worked by shears and the lth of of July, hav
| ing sawed TO within feet, the foe split IN fore and
aft direction and liberated the larboard side i'm
medatey made sail in the ship but could not excate
her from iceberg between the fore and main chains
we again had and purchases, when the
lump of ice, still fast the ship, to the surface OF
the water and threw the vessel her beam ends the
water rushing in with frightful rapdity. All hands
wei instantly work again, aud laborcd day anu
nigh: unemittingly the atgueing but indispensable
operation Of saving ill., exhausted by their cxertons
was obliged call item in from the ice for rest and
freshnen Not quarter of an hour had elapsed from
quitting the work when sudden disruption of the ice
took place and the mass crushed with terrific violence
on the ships sde swapping, appar withou, effort
the lashngs and spars that had been placed fearing
occurrence and but FOR the merciful inerposition
Providence all would have inevitably been crushed b,
| the mass Office which they had been laborng.
"As the ice separated, the ship rghted aud drfec
along Finding il impossible to hang the old ruddcr.
spare one ftted and sail made the ship. i,
an anxious moment as waited to if she would
| swer her helm and she bore up before the wind
with her head towards England cheer of gratitud'
| burst from ali on board"