The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1855-10-24
ARCTIC EXPEDITION.
ARRIVAL OF THE RELEASE AND ARCTIC.

Return cf DR.. Kane and Party--FuH
Details Of hane's Voyaae--Loss Of his
Vessel-Per5lous Ice and Water Trorel.
At 4 O'Clock on Thursday afternoon,
says the New York Tribune, the bark
Release, in company with the propeller
Arctic, hove to OF the quarantine, where
they were boarded by the health officer
and permitted to pass UP to the city. The
appearance Of these vessels coming up the /
harbor was the cause Of considerable eX-
citement on shore, and on the decks of
these ships which they passed in their
courSe-the news having by this time
been circulated that Dr. Kane and his |
party were on board. Many of the steam |
ers plying across the harbor steamed close !
to them in order to give their passengers /
an opportunity of welcoming the return
ing wanderers; and cheers We're sweiled
and prolonged until the vessel neared the |
battery abreast Of which they moored |
and now remain. Our reporters here !!
boarded the vessels, and found Dr. Kane
and most of his company Oh board the
Release, in excellent health and spirits.
l.
relied on as correct statement Of the
! circumstances connected with this expedi-
! ton:
The United States Arctic Expedition,
composed of the bark Release and the
steam brig Arctic, Ii. j. Hartstein, Lieut..
commanding expedition has arrived
! They left New York May 80, 1855, er-
rived in Leavely, Isle of Disco, Greenland,
July 5. Coasted along the shores of
Greenland from Holstenburg to lat. 7So
49, North, touching at Leavely, Hare
Island, Upenavik, Hakluyt Island, Cape
Hatherton, and other places on the coast
Were % days boring through the pack
in Melville Bay. They crossed Davis
Inlet, where they were opposed by a solid
pack, which entirely stopped their prog
ress. Thence they proceeded down the
Western coast, examining Possession and
Pond Bays. Were fast in the great mid
die pack for several days, to all appear
ance for the winter, Arrived at Leavely
on their return from having entirely cir
cumnavigated the Northern waters as far
as the ice would permit, Sept. l3. Found
DR.. Kane, Che having abandoned his ves-
sci in the ice,) and his associates, except
ing those who had died from exposure
Found at Leayely the Danish brig Ma
rianna, Capt Ammondson, Loading for
| Copenhagen. Sailed from Leavely Sep
J Itember l9.
No trace whatever had been discovered
Of Sir John Frankin's party.
The last winter in the Arctic had been
unusually severe, many Of the natives hay
ing pcrishcd from exposure and starva-
ton. Had been compelled to eat their
dogs, the extreme cold having prevented
the usual hunting expeditions.
The vessels are in tolerably good con-
dition. They have been in collision with
icebergs and severely nipPedin the packs.
In advance of the officialreport, we are
enabled to give The following particulars.
DR.. Kane, U. S. Navy, John w. VIII
son, Amos Bousal!, DR.. j. J. Hayes, Au-
0 gustus Santag, Henry Goodsfellow, Geo.
. Stephenson, VIM. Morton, Thomas Hick-
! ey, Christian Ohelsen, Jefferson Baker,
= and Peter Schubert, left this port on
0 Tuesday the 31st of May, 1858, just 2
years and months ago, on board the
y brig Advance, in search of Sir John
q Franklin. ~
After some bold and difficult sailing
g due North, the Advance reached a bay OF
n the. Northern coast of Greenland, thu
headland of which is in lat. T8o SO
They entered this bay on the 10th o
o September, 1883, and there the fee sur
Y rounded the brig and set her fast. A
D this. point the company commenced theil
: search for Str j Ohm Franklin.
% The winter was of a degree Of severity
n never before recorded Whisky froze
! The thermometer sank to so degrees be.
q low zero. The sun was absent one hun-
dred and twenty days astronomiealIy, and
! really, owing to the elevation of the hlils,
= there were one hundred and thirtydays OF
! darkness. This, therefore, must be far
= ther North than the company of any ex-
!. pedition have ever before wintered. 1t
was time of extreme hardship. The
! chief enemy was tetanus, or lockjaw,
. caused by the seve,e cold. The scuryy
;. was easily spbdued.
The coast oflGreenland was explored
to point ,Sfhere it entirely faces the
: North, and NE progress of the coast to-
- wards the Atlantic was followed Rntll TIE
,eI immense glaciers or icebengs arrested t.h the
. progress of these daring adEentatfiea1rs' elt, a1
One glacier was followed along its base a
J, distance Of eighty miles, where it was
q discovereitto cs1lent Greenland to annll-
y explored s,S hitherto undiscovered con
le tinentydhning to the North.
\, -~1ne party surveyed the entire shores Of
~ Smith Sound, which is believed to be a
!, = gulf or bay.
A new channel was discovered leading
y due North, entirely free from ice, anG
: topening into the Polar sea.
II The discovery Of the Polar sea is re
n garded by DR.. Kane as one of the mos
" important and interesting results Of th
.lexpedition, -, - sr
The zone Of ice extended in one soil,
mass. southwark, so that it became eyi