Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-10-15

RETURN OF DoCroR KANE.-The expedi-
| ton succeeded in crossing Melville Bav, and
reaching the headlanda of Smith Sound as
early as the 9th Of August, 1853. Finding the
ice to the moth completely impeuelrable
they were forced to attempt temporary pas
sage along the coast, where the rapid tides
| running al the rate OF four knots an hour,
with rise and all of sixteen feet had worn
temporary opening. PREVIOUS to taking this
| step, which involved great responsibility, and
which was, in fact, equivalent to sacrificing
the vessel, a Francis metallic boat with a
canoe OF provisions, was concealed as 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 would not have been able to
sustain the shocks of the ice. She as twice
OH her beam ends, and once on fire from up
setting Of the stoves. Some idea of this ngvi.
cation may be formed, from the fact of her
losing her jibboon, best lower anchor and bull
warks, besides about 600 fathom of warping
line. They were cheered, however, by a small
daily progress; and by the 10th of September,
1858, had succeeded i'll gaining the northern
face OF Greenland-at point never reached
before Here the young ice foreground the
vessel, and compelled them to seek a winter
asylum.
The winter gave them degree of cold much
below airy previous registration ON record =
Whiskey froze in November. and fol four
months in theyear mercury was solid dailv.-
The mean animal temperature was five de-
gree5 below zero, summer and winter includ-
ed. This, without doubt, was the greatest
cold ever experienced by man. as the seat of
their winter quarters was nearest to the pole,
The scurvy was reality controlled, but the
most novel feature of this winter was teta
nus, or lock jaw, which defed all treatment.
1t carried away fifty-seven of their best sledpe
dogs, and was altogether a frightful scourge.
The operations Of search commenced as early
as March. The first parties, under personal
charge Of DR.. Kane, crossing the ice at tenn
peratures of minus 81 below zero The loss
OF their dogs obliged them, as an only alter
native, to adopt this early travel Many of
the party were frost bitten and underwentam.
putaton Of the { Jes. 1t was by means of these
efforts that The expedition succeeded in bring.
ing back their important results. The parties
were in the field as late the 10th of July,
only ceasing from labor when the winter dark,
ness made it impossible to travel.
Greenland has been followed and SURVEYED
by DR.. Kane towards tho Atlantic, with
coast line fronting due north, until stupen-
dous glacier absolutely checked their progress.
This mass OF ice rose in lofty precipice, 500
feet high, abutting into the sea. 1t undoubU-
edly is the only barrier between Greenland
and the Atlantic: is an eftectual barrier to
all future. explorations.
/, This glacier, in spite of the difficulty
OF falling bergs, was followed out to sea by
means Of sedges, the party rafting themselves
across open water spaces on masses of ice.-
In this way they succeeded in travelling eigh-
ty miles along its base, and traced it into a
new northern land. This glacier is, we be-
heve, the largest ever discovered by any pre-
yious navigator.
2. This new land thus cemeated to Green
land by protruding ice, was named stWash-
ington." The large bay which lnteryenes
between it and Greenland, bears, we believe.
the name of Mr.. Peabody, of Baltimore, one
of the projectors of the expedition. This lev
connection of the old and new worlds seems
to us feature Of peculiar interest.
| s. The range Of the slodge journeys NAV
| be understood from the fact that the entire
! circuit OF Smiths Sound has been effected,
[ and its shores completely chartered.
A. But the real discovery of the expedi.
ton is the open Polar sea. The channel lead
! ing to these waters was entirely free from ice.
and this mysterious feature was rendered more
| remarkable by the existence of belt of solid
| Ice extending one hundred and twenty five
| miles to the southwark. This sea yerihcs the
Yiewt OF DR.. Kane as expressed to the Geo
! graphical Society before his departure. The
lashlng OF the surf against This frozen beach
| OF lee was impressive beyond d SC ption.-
| Several gentlemen with whom we have con-
versed speak of this as one of the most re-
markable sights which they have observed
| during the expedition. An area of three
thousand square miles has been seen entirely
free from ice, and was named after the Hon.
D. /. Kennedy, late Secretary of the Navy,
under whose auspices the expedition was I'M
dertaken.
The land to the north and west of This
channel has been chartered as high as SO 30.
This is the nearest land to the Pole vet
known 1t bears the name of Mr.. Henry
Gnnnell, the founder Of the enterprise.
HE WINTER or 1855. The extreme
severity OF tie previous season made it evil
dent that the brig could not be liberated be-
lore the winter set in. She was fast impound-
ell in the centre Of large field of ice. The
provisions, although abundant, were not cal
culated to resist scurvy, and the fuel, owing
to the emergency of the previous winter, was
deficient in quantity. Under these circum-
stances, Or. Kane, with party Of volunteers
oh an attempt to reach the mouth of Ian
caster Sound, in hopes of meeting the Eng
! son N%AfSA'HOit "hd tllub giving IGlleI 10 MS
associates--passed in an open boat over the
track OF Bailin's travel, riding out heavy
gale. They found an uninterrupted barrier
OF ice. extending in one great horseshoe from
Jones to Murchisons Sound, and were
forced, after various escapes, to return to. the
brig.
During the winter which ensued thew
adopted the habits Of the Esquimaux, living
upon raw walrus meat, aud surrounding
themselves by walls of moss. In spite OF
these precautions the scurvy advanced with
steady progress; but by the aid Of single
team OF dogs, DR.. Kane succeeded in ehecting
communication with settlement OF Esqu,
maux seventy miles TO the southwark, and by
organizing hunt reliovedthe party. At one
time every man Of the expedition except DIR.
Kane and Mr.. Bonsel were confined to their
hunks with icuryy; but by proyidential in
deposition the party escaped without death.
From the N. Y. Tribune.
APPEARANCE OF THE NAWGAToRs. - A
northern latitude is eminently conductive to
the development Of hair and fat AT least
the samples Of its effects in tho persons of the
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