Smyrna times., 1855-10-24
THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION,

tool months ago tor the relief of DR. KAne'
= Arctlc Expedition. They succeeded complete
y' ana brought back with them DIR. Kane an
ms party which has been diminished by onl
'nree deaths since their departure. They hay
passed through many trials and escaped man
dangers in the perilous navigation of the Arc
tlc regions, having also made some importan
ulScoveries. They were obliged to leave thei
vessel tne Advance, imbedded in the ice.
Lieut. HartStenes Expedition consisted O
tne screw steamer Arctic and the sailing yes
SCI helease, which were sent cut to the relic
OF DIR. Kane's Expedition. They left New
lork May ~, lS33; arrived in Leively, Isle
OF DISCO, Greenland, July 5. Coasted alone
me shores of Greenland, from Holsteinburu t6
ia'' - - n, touching at Leively, Hare Island,
UpernaVlk, Hakluyt Island, Cape Hatherton.
ana other places on the coast. Were TWENTY
GIShC Gays boring through the pack in Melville
pay Thence crossed Davis Straits; went up
Lancaster Sound far as Admiralty Inlet
where they were opposed by solid pack, which
entirely stopped their progress Thence thew
proceeded down the western coast, exalnininT
possessions and Ponds bays. Were fast in the
great middle pack tor several days. to all ap-
pearanceS TOR the winter. In lat 90 30 n
ion. 63 80 W., spoke English whale shin
Eclipse, of Peterhead, bound to Cumberland
Inlet; had taken three fish, all well. Arrived
at LelveIy on their return from having entirely
cIrcumnavlgated the Northern waters as far as
the Ice would permit, Sept. l3, where thew
found Dr. Kane.
Or. hane's party, it will be remembered.
sailed from New York, May 3lst, 1853. in the
orig Advance, to search for the British expedi-
ton under Sir John Franklin They arrived at
UPpernavk, latitude 73 degrees north. on the
coast of Greenland, being the most northern
settlement on the globe, on the 23d of July,
loo3,Snce which nothing has been heard ofthem
till yesterday. Thence they pursued their way
to Smiths Sound and Rensala laer Bav, 70 der
where they passed two winters. They aban-
doned their vessel on the 18th of last Nav, i'm
! bedded IN ice ii feet thick and made a Journey
OF 1900 miles over the ice in boats to Disco
Island, where, by a remarkable coincidence.
she was lallen IN with by the lIartstelne expe-
dition.
On his arrival, DR.. Kane was warmly well
coined at the Astor House, and subsequently,
proceeded to the residence of Mr. ii. Grlnnel,
one OF the projectors of the Expedition, where
he gave verbal account of his adventures Of
which the following is sketch. 1t is under
stood, however, that he will prepare it more in
detail hereafter.
DIR. KANE'S NARRATIVE.
The Expedition succeeded in crossing Mel
vile Bay and reaching the headland Smiths
sound as early as the 9TH Of August, lS13-
lndlng the Ice to the north completely i'm
pehetra0le, they were forced to attempt tenn
porary passage along the coast, where rapid
tides, running at the rate OF four miles an hour
with d rise and fall of sixteen feet. had worn
temporary opening. Previous to taking this
step, which involved great rlsk-which was in
TACT, equal to a sacrifice OF the brig in which
Name was-a Francis metallic lte-boat with
c3che OF provIsIons,was concealed as a means
of retreat.
The penetration of the pack-ice was attend
ed by many obstacles. The vessel grounded
with every tide, and but for her extreme
strength she would not have been able to sus-
| tain the shocks. She was several times on her
beam ends, and once on fire from the upsettnp
OF tine stoves.
Some idea of this peculiar navigation may
be formed by knowledge OF the fact of her
losing her Jibboom, best bower anchor and bull
warks, besides about $40 iathons OF warplng
line. They were chcered, however, by small
daily progress; and by the 10Th of September,
1853, they had succeeded ia gaining the north
! ern lace vi Greenland, at point never reach
! ed before.
Here the young ice froze around the vessel,
and compelled them to seek Winter asy lum,
III when they experienced a degree of much
/
trOze IN .NOUemLer, and for four months in the
gear the mercury D0as solid daity! The mean
annual temperature was five degrees below
zero. This Is the greatest degree of cold ever
experienced by man, and their winter quarters
were nearer the Pole than ever before occupied.
The scurvy was easily controlled, but the
most fearful, well as the most novel, feature
Of the winter was a tetanus, or lockiaw, which
defed all treatment. 1t carried away 81 of
the best Esquilnaux sledge dogs, and was alto
gcther frlg htful scourge.
The SEARCH-Ihe operations of search
were commenced as early as March-the first
parties, under the personal charge of DIR. Kane,
crossing the ice at d temperature of ffty-SeUen
degrees LetoW zero. The loss of their dogs
Obliged them, as an only alternative, to adopt
this early travel. Many of the party were frost
bitten, and underwent an amputation of the
toes 1t was by means of these efforts that the
Expedition succeeded in bringing back it's re-
suits. The parties were in the field as late as
the 10th of July, only ceasing from labor when
the winters darkness rendered it impossible to
travel.
The BIOGRAPHICAL Results OF THE Ex-
PEDITIoN.--Greenland has been followed by
DIR. Kane, and surveyed, with coast line to-
wards the Atlantic, fronting due North, until
stupendous glacier checked their progress
This mass Of ice rose in lofty grandeur to a
height of 500 feet, abutting into the sea. 1t
undoubtedly is the only obstacle in the nsula-
rIty of Greenland-or, in other words, the only
barrier between Greenland and the Atlantic
1t is, however, an effectua barrier to all future
f explorations. This glacier in spite of the diff
: fculties of falling bergs, was followed out to
e sea, the Larty rafting themselves across upon
water spaces, upon masses of ice. In this way
they succeeded in travelling 80 miles along Its
i base, and traced it into netO northern tasd.- -
[This glacier is, we believe, the largest discov'
q cred by any navigator la .!t. ..r..... -.-t
This new land, thus cemeuted to Greenland
by prOtruding ice, is named Washington. The
I. large bay which intervenes between il. ane
! Greenland, bears, we understand, the name o
= Mr.. George Peabody, one of the projectors o