New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-16

caused by the drift having travelled 70 the south WITHOUT
being reinforced by resh supplies from the north All
the facts went to prove that the Poar>Basin wa not
only the seat of an active supply and discharge but OF
an intestine circulation independent Of other while
the inter communication of whales between the
Atlantic and Pacific, shown by Msury proved direct
" that the two Oceans were united
The Speaker then drew attention 70 some maps ex'
hibtng the isothermsl circles and criticised at some
length the iso;hermAi projection Of Humboldt and the
views of Sir John Lester, Sir David Brewster AMI
Peternan upon that subject The dr Of the speakers
remarks upon this branch Of his subject wen, TO show
tbs, il as reasonable 10 conclude there not such
degree Of cold existing within the which he
supposed tie Polar Sea to spread, would prevent
s being an open sea In continuation of his yunent
on this point Dr. referred the fact very high sti-
tude barley was grown Lapland. At the extreme OF
mans explorations north, numerous herds Of animals
had been seen. Many birds OF species deriving SUD-
sistfnce from open water well many birds OF the
duck family had been observed And even 80 far north
az 7so on Batns Bay the Elder Duck had bees traced
70 It's breeding places also the Brant Goose and other
birds all moving north The mammalia OF the sea
were often seen passing in numbers, northward de
had witness schools of Porpoises and the White
Whale going due north up Wellington Channel
He miaht remark, too, that the area Of the Polar
Bear was misconceived By geological geographers
Ii extended much further north. Illuminating animals
the Reindeer for instance were found in very hisn
lsti;udes The EsQuinaux ct high a. ~ were
found clothed in the skins Of the Reindeer. All
these facts he considered auxiliary proofs, going
20 show the existence Of great open Polar Sea- An
lou saw the open water off Bear Island Barantz from
the most northern Cape of Nova Zebla perceived the
water in the distance similar result attended the
observations of Baron Wrsnge and other explorers,
for TO penetrate this icy barrerto accomplish north
wet or a norhe passage and to reach the Pole had
ever been favorite idea with navigators One daring
explorer, VIM Scoresby-known to the scientific world
BY the accuracy Of hs observations, reached the Ian
,nde Of slo 3O In fact we had but navigato-s who
passed 500: the one Hendrix Hudson in 1907; the
other, Edward Parry, in our own time. lapplause
Parry reached at point north Of Sp;zbergen II -.
This latter navigator, with daring unequlled re-
solved 10 penetrate across the ice upon sed-es TIE
spot from which he started was known tho Seven
Islsnds the mo stnorthern land known Parry reached
to within f75 miles OF hi- mysterious goal, out wa
Obliged to return owing distractions from the Po
lar drift The recent discoveries Of the united squad
rons Of FrnnkIs first winter quarters a: the mouth OF
Wellington Channel aided by the further proofs o.
tared that he did proceed TO the cas-, or the wet
rendered il certain that he passed up Wellington On N
mel The discoveries Of our own expedition under
Lieut. Haven and ts; of Capt Penny, the enterprsing
vhaler from Aberdeen proved that fact concu-iveyin
bis estin alton At the mouth of Wellington Chanael
we entirely los, Franklin and all trace Of him, save the
lonely records of the tombstones oil his dead. Fer
seven long years he was lost TO the world To assign
his exact position Of course utterly impossible We
only knew that he Travelled up that sulmarked Chan
mel seeking the object Of his enterprise at the north
and west That he and h Party were yet in existence,
this the place 10 argue. Let that question rest
on the opinions of those who, having visited those re-
gions were better calculated judge ofther resources
than those whose opinions were formed by he re-side
at home The explorations Of Penny Ravens, Suhaf-
land and others showed Wellington Channel to be
tor,uous estuory Interpreted with island, and nav.
gable to the polar drift It was to that quarter the cx
petition under sir Edward Belcher wa directed. How
ever he far from sangune the OF THAI
undertaking.
Dr. K then alluded TO The disadvantage that expe-
dition would have TO encounter arising from the con
tracted sphere Of operation, and the short space
OF time they would have to carry on expo
rations previous to the winter setting in.
fortunate juncture Of circumstances might render
the expedition successful-but the chances were
against it, 1t to announce another plan OF
search as also to discover q mode OF access TO
open polar sea- that he stood before the Society hat
occasion. Henry Grnnel the first President, the
Vice President, of the NewYork Geographical and
Statistical Society had done him the honor TO place at
Lis dispo.a his vessel the advance and the Secrca-
~ of the Navy had kindly assigned him special du
ty that. he might undertake the conduct OF this
petition, Qoud applausc) His plan of search was bls-
ed upon the probable extension Of the land mass OF
Greenland 70 the far north q view sanctioned by tho
natural anaogcs Of physical geography though not By
actual trnvel Greenland though considered by Danish
authorities being congcres of islands cenented by
ice was In fact Pennsu aud followed the usual laws
apportaining Peninsulas with southern trend Ia
termination Cape Farewell at its southern extremity,
was truncated like Term Del FuegO Gibraltar &c g.:
All peninsuas inoning the south had concave dc.
Fiction otheir western side, Thus South America had
huge excavation it, side the Of which
was about the regions Of Bolivia In Africa we saw the
same analogy in the grea, light OF Benin and it was
also observable in Greenland in the Blight of Disco
Greenland had two fankc chains of mountains, with
lateral having anaosies the Ghau;s OF Hnioo-
stan inoo.ng vast plateau Of snow and glacier. In
the southern portion Of the chain found noun.
tsns reaching altitude of 900 feet further north
they were 1900 feet and then further in the ne Oh
torhood Of RIFT, nbank, they had an altitude of $500
feet Careful observations taken high mp proved
thotthe altitude of those mountains sill continued Al
knew that the altitude of a chain Of Mountains did not
diminish in the proportion their altitude in
creased The elimination of these strongly indicated
their extension TO a region far to the north The law
OF the gradual decline OF nerdina chains il universal
end gave presumptive evidence OF his position
Taking then this principle Of analogy into consid.
Grafton could readily conceive the eztenrion of
Greeulsnd into the far north
Believing that the search for Sir John Franklin was
est promoted by adopting .uch a course as woald
soonest Iced 10 the open sea-seeng that access was
more easy from Greenland than from Wellington Chan
mel and seeing that observations mi ht be taken from
high headlaLds. for the lost party be was inclined to
,e adopt the line of search which he had Indicated
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