New-York tribune., 1841-09-24

lofty ICY cliffs we had souEdings with $40 ia'-'''
on bed Of sof; blue mud. c.oa,;,r
With temperature of 90 below the ifeel y,
point we found the ice 70 torn 50 raFJ- ,,--:s-
f,,rtber examination OF the par f.S'
49, .evere period Of the season De-
~ ;,--.,c.;-alle: we stood away u 'i4S
- 81 the purpose Of making another at'e'u p
m anpro.ch TIE Magnetic toIe, eha esr1i
" fia,;,,de rs" s, OF the 18Th Of February,
&c al.bo,rb we found that much Of the heavy ice
al ,I,ed awv since our former attempt, and is
-lace in great measure been supplied by recent
re- we mad some way through Rand got few
mill. nearer TO that Pole than We had before been
able 10 accomplish, when the heavy pack again
frustrated all our efforts, completely filing the
space OF fifteen or sixteen miles between IL aud
the shore We were this time in latitude 16' u
S, and longitude l64", the dip beiFg So ~
and variation 1907 "a E. We were. OF COURSE
lG0 miles from the magnetic Pole.
Had it been possible to have approached any
part OF this coast and 10 have isund place OF
security for the ships, might have Travelled 'ni'
shosr distance over land, but this proved to ce
utterly impracticabe. and although our hopes OF
cou:lete attainment have not been realized, i /
some satisfaction 10 feel assured tina; We have ap-
nroacbed the magnetic Pole more nearly by some
hundreds of mics than any sf our predecessors,
and from the multitude of observations that have
been made in both ships, and IN 50 many Inherent
directions from it, lis position can be determ'ned
with yearly IS much accuracy If We had actually
reached the spot
.. II had ever been an object OF anxious desire
with us 10 find har5or for ships. so AS TO enable
u 10 make Simultaneous observations with the
Dunerou. observations that would be at work on
the important teru-day of the 23ih OF February as
well as for other but e"ery part OF
the coast where indentatious appeared. and where
harbors on other shores usually occur we found 80
perfectly filed with perennial Ice OF many hundred
feet in thickness that all our endenyors I" ind
place Of shelter for vessels were quite unaval!'
ing.
.Haying now completed oil that it appeared to
me possible TO accomplish III so high latitude at %
advanced period ofthe season, and being desirou-
10 obtain as much information Is possible OF the
extent and form of the coast we had discovered a.
also to guide, in some measure, our future opera
tons. bore away on the 18th of February fer the
north part Of this land, which, by favor OF
strong southerly gale, we reached on The morning
of the 2lst.
owe again endeavored to effect landing on
par, of the coast, and were again defeated in oui
attempt by rhs heavy pack which extended toI
manv miles from the shore, and rendered II I'M
possible.
a For several days we continued TO examine the
coast 10 the westward, tracing the pack edge
along until on the 18th Of February we found the
land abruptly terminate in latitude 10 40 s. aud
longitude 1862 T., tending considerably to the
southwark of west, and presenting to our view an
immense space occupied by the newly formed ice
and 50 covered By recent snow, as to present the
appearance of one uabrokeu mass, and deiylne
every attempt to penetrate II
The great southern land we have discovered
and whose continuity we have traced from nearly the
10Th 10 the 79th degree of latitude. am de'irou'
to distinguish by the name Of our Most Gracious
Sovereign Queen Victoria.