Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-10-18

7 tel Ia command q he brig during ny ahrenec
upon the sledge Journeys.
knowing that third winter would be fatal. and
| tim, We were too much invested by ice for nm .x
pedtinn from the sound 10 liberate Us Ia time for
| the pre- sent season. | abandoned the Advance on
the II If May Il commenced a travel To the south.
| The sick. four in number. were conveyed by our
dog sledge | had 10 sacrifice my collection of
natural history. but saved the documents Of the
| expedition.
| The organization Of this journey carefully
! mnturcd to- meet the alternating contingencies OF
ice aud water. II consisted of boats cradled up
on wooden runners. with lesser sledges foe the
| occas ona relief of cargo. With The exception
ot reduced allowances Of powdered bread -tnb
and iallaw We depended upon our guns for food:
hut n slnnl reserve of Borden's meat biscuit was
kept unused for emergencies. Our clothing was
rirorou. lY limited TO our fur-. We walked in
pet moccasins.
Our greatest difficulty was the passage OF na
extensive If ice which cniervened between
the brig and thu eighiyonc miles in linear extent
such was the henvy nature of the ice and our diff
cntics If transportation that It's trdn-i. cost Us
thirty one days of labor and an aot1al travel III
three hundred and sixteen miles.
From Cape Alexander we advanced by boats,
with only occasional ice passages ut the base
Of glaciers. AtCape YORK erected u cairn and
remnant. with despa'ches for the information of
Vessels CRUISING NtHAIIf my, HHb ''sh' "''''
cutting up my spnre for ftel embarked for the
North Greenland settlements
We arrived at Upcrniyik las before stated on
the 9Th of August, without disaster, aud in excel
lent health and spirits, Throughout this long
Journey my companions behaved with admirable
fprtitude. ! should do them an in Justce il omit
ted to acknowledge their Gdelity tomyscf and gal
liant bearing in times of privaiion and danger.
From Upernivik | took passage for England,
a, III, DAM IA hrig Ma rnunu. lint most fDrtuuute-
Untouched Mt Godhaven, DISCO. 1--we were met by
our gallant counirynen under Capt llarstene,
They had found the ice of Smiths Sound still
unbi oxen, but having met the EsquiInaux near
Cape Alexander, had heard of our departure and
rctracted their steps. They arrived Mt Disco
but iwcnty-fpur hours before our intended de-
parture Tor England. Under these ci,cum
stances, considered it obligatory upon me to
withdraw my contract for passage in the Marian
ma aud ro,urn With the Release and Arctic.
The present season is regarded ss nearly equal
in severity to lis predecessors. The ice to the
north is tearfully extended and the escape OF
the searching squadron from besetment is most
proyidcnia The rapid advance of winter had
nlready closed around them the young ice, and
but for the power Of the stcrmcr and the extraor-
binary cxerions af Captain Hartstene an imprs
onmcnt would have been inevitable. Not only
Smith, but Jones and Lancaster Sounds were
closed with an impene,rabe pack; but, in spite
OF these difficulties, they achieved thc entire cir
COMMUNICATION of Baflins bay and reached the
Danish settlements by forcing tho middle ice.