Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1855-10-18


healthy and jovial party seldom come into
port Theyhase all dispensed Win the
razor, and to1li appearance have discovered
ia the Polar sea :. h1if invigorator, !, bv.
n,esns II which they ne now adornsd wili.
boards nd locks Of unusuai siror aud
brilIiassy
This sxpedition ha6 traveled in ! lower
tempefasare than has ever before been
attempted i Minus 400, and n one case $40
below zero sas borne by the party in the
field!
The safe arrival Of the intrepid navigator,
and MS brave crew VIII today send thrilf
Of .hanklulness and Joy throughout the
land and in dun time, no doubt, iiles pub
Iic will take occasion to tender them some
signal manifestation Of the high sppfseia-
ton in which ,hey hold their brave bearing
10 the battle 'of huinanily. OF this we
tmay be cerfaIn-the fame Of Dr.. Kane IS
in the saeiAds keeping of his country. 81
GEOGRAPHICAL RESULTS.
Il Greenland. has been followed and
chart by DR.. Hume toward the Atlantic
With coast Inns poiaiing due north, until
stuPsudous7 glacier absolutely checked
eiTspraEr.ss. This mass of lee rose in
lofty preeipice five hundred feet high ,abutt-
Ing into tl.e sea. II Undoubtedly is the only
barrier between Greenland and the Atlantic
II Is an eaectual barrier 10 all future explo-
ration q ST is vi
This glacier, in spite OF the difficulty of
falling be,gs. was followed out 10 sea by
| means Ct slsdges ;ishe party rafting ti,em-
sHlses across open water spaces on masses
Of ice Ia this way they ssccesded in
travelling eighty miles along. lis base, and
traced IL into i new northern land This
glacier is, We believe, the largest ever dis
cosered by any navigator. tssN .
This new land thus cemented 10 Green
land by protradiag ice was named w lsh-
ingten. The iargaH bay which intsrssnes
between it and Greenland bears The maine
of Mr.. Peabody of Baltimore. one II the
professors OF the expedition 1siis icy con-
/ nection Of the old and new werld seems to
] us teatursof romantic interest. use
/ The range OF the sIedge Journeys may
be understood ffonl the fact that tho entire
circuit Of Smith sound has been effected
| and it's SHORES completely ci,arted# Bui
i the real disc0very Of she expedition is the
i open Polar sea- the channel leading to
these waters was entirely treo from ice
and this my sssrious feature was rendered
the mere femarkabie by the existence Of a
tbelt ofssohd ice extending one hundred and
twenty ave miles to the soethward. This
sea yeri6es the views of DR.. Kane as ex-
pressed TO the Geographical Society before
his departure The iashings Of the surf
] against the frozen beach, OF ice was i'm
pressiye beyond description. Several gentle.
i inca with whom we have conveIsed speak
Of the matter ~ one OF peculiar interest,"
An area Of three thousand square miles has
J been seen entirely free from ice. THIS
channel has been named after The Hon. j.
p. Kennedy, late Secretary of the United
States Navy, usdef whose auspices. the
expedition MAS undertaken sRs%
4. The land to the north and west OF
this channv has been charted as high as
50 deg. 80 min. This 10 the Reasest land
Ito the Poieyet known. I Il hears shs name
of Mr.. Henry CrinneH, the founder of the
enterprises. VII s SID soG9