Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-05-25
WHERE is SIR J6HN FRANKLIN

We have no doubt tha, Sir John Franklin,
in his late Arctic expedition, took one of the
openings leading fIom Barrow's Strait, ard
probably Wellington Channel; but lie has
reached point so far TO the West that we
doubt whether any of the ships which enter
the Arctic Sea from Baffn's Bay will do more
than discover traces of him. We think Sir
John Franklin is alive, and that he will first
be heard from at Behring's Straits On this
account, we think boat parties sent towards
the Parry Islands from the expedition which
is to be at the Straits in July, will be more
likely to fall in with his ships, or such of
Their crews as survive, than the parties which
seek Tor him where he is supposed to have
entered the Arctic Sea. The party which
has been directed by Sir George Simpson TO
proceed in boats or on the ice nor,hwardly
from the mouth of Mackenze's River, will
also stand chance Of crossing tho path Of
tne missing ships, or Of meeting with them.
We are inclined 10 believe that Franklin
has taken much more northery course than
has been supposed particularly if he found
Wellington Channel to extend to the sea.
The experience fCaptains Scoresby, Buchan
and Parry, in their attempts 10 reach high
| northern latitude, have shown that the great
| held OF ice surrounding the northern pole of
earth is carried southwark BY curren, for
about three months during the summer
ihese currents are constant as far as have
been observed. In Behring's Strait, in Baf.
Inns Bay, and in the ocean east of Greenland
'hey prevail constantly. All these 60 TO show
the probable existence of large body of wa
ter about the earths pole But the steady
movement of the ice southwardly, must. of
course, leave an open space, or, in other
words, clear sea at the north.
captain (now the Rev. DR.. Scoresby, while
engaged in the Greenland whale fishery.
pushed his way through the barrier of float.
ing Ice IN the vicinity and north Of Sptzber-
gen, when he came to an open sea. Neither
ice or land was visible to the north, and he
was then about 500 miles from the pole bu,
he was engaged in n commercial enterprise.
was unprepared 10 pass a winter in these re-.
g'ons and must fill his ships with oil and re.
lurn IN the few weeks that remained. Pm.
dence, therefore, as well as duty, required
INN to repass the icy barrier at once.
SIr Edward Parry, in his attempt to reach
The North pole, in his fourth voyage, with
boats, over the ice, travelled a much greater
distance from his ships than was necessary
10 reach the pole; but the whole body of ice
was IN motion southwark; and after travel
ing from ~ 10 hteen miles daily, IN direct
Iine towards the pole, he discovered that by
observation, he had only advanced three or
four miles. This continued during the whole
journey. Yet, with this continual impedi.
ment to his progress northward, he succeed
ed in reaching point few miles beyond
that attained by DR.. Scoresby Now il is eyi.
dent, that if he could have passed this bar
rier OF floating ice, he would have reached
an open sea, by which, in few davs, he
could have gained the pole of the earh's cen.
tire. 1t is not known whether sea exists
west of Bafin's Bay and north of Burrows
Strait, or not. If Sir John franklin found
such sea, and was successful in crossing
the barrier Of ice, he could make his way
rapidly both northwardly and westerly. Such
an event would carry him beyond the reach
OF Vessel. sent TO his aid from Baflin's Bay,
and it would not be surprising 10 hear from
him al Behring's Straits, oreven off the north
eFn coast of Siberia. Now, supposing all this
TO be the case, The hardy nayigators will find
nc difficulty in procuring the means for sub
slgtpnpP . pka los EoupI II
bers in the sea north OF Behring's Straits, on
the flesh Of which they might subsist. We
do nctl by any means despair of the return
OF Sir John franklin and his party and shall
have strong expectations that these hopes
will be realized in October or November
next.
1t is proper to state another argument in
favor of the existence Of an open sea near
the North pole. In The late Antarctic expe-
di,ion of Sir James Ross and Captain Wilkes
they came 10 mass of floating ice similar
TO tha, In the Greenland and other north po
lar seas. This barrier which was from SO to
&c miles in width, was crossed, when an
open sea was found beyond, which their ship
also crossed, and made their discovery of
southern continent, or land,
The northern ice barrier is usually some
hundred miles across, though in some sea-
sons it is doubtless less than hundred This
fact indicates a large space which tho ice
occupied or sea, differing from the south
ern pole, which seems to be surrounded By
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