The daily union., 1855-10-14
navy nEpAnrMrNr.

NAVY pEPAnrMENT.
Report of Dr Ee- The follow ing il 4 copy Of the Off
eia report Of Dr.. kane commanding second Grnne expe-
dillon IL search Of Sir John Franklin, the Secretary Of
the Navy;
0ur Iitte party have returned 10 health and safety.
reached the Danish seiements o. upernisk on the
9th of August after exposing travel OF thirteen hundred
mics, During this journey, which embraced alternate
q e and raer We transported our boats BY edges and
We entered port after eighty four days in the open
have the honor to suboin hurried outline Of our opera
ops and results IN advance OF detailed comuniea
tions
Ny previous despaches make the department acquainted
with arrival at the northern settlements of Greenland
Thence crossed Melville bay without accident and reached
Smiths sound on the 9Th of August 1888 Finding Cape
aheton The seat Of ny intended beacon shut out from The
sound by the prominent headand OF Iteton island
selected this latter spot for NY ccra, erecting fms staff
I and deposlting dispatches.
'To the north the presented drifting pack Of the
heaviest DESCRIPTION the actions Of unmocking having IN
instances reared baieade Of sixty feet in height In
py Efforts penetrate this drift being driven back and
nearly heet IN the pack determined Gas the only means
OF continuing she eatchl 10 attempt passage along the
land whore the apd tides (bsfe Of twelve sixteen feet
rise and al) had pfecarions opening Irevous TO
this RESPONSIBLE step, depot o olsons with metallic
e boat raneis) carefully concealed IL large inlet
in latitude tS deg 70 min.
The strength the Advance enabled her
tain is tr ing navigation Although aground at the ia
the tides aud upon her from the pressure
Of external ice, she escaped any disaster. After
month of ineesan labor cheered however, by small daily
progress the ice closed around az TO make fur
tber penetration impossible. With difficulty found
winter alun at tie bottom Of bay which opened from the
coast Ia latitude Is deg Al min. Into We thankfully
hauled battered little brig the 10th of September
1853 From this point centre, issued the explorations
OF nv party
Tde winter was Of heretofore unrecorded severity.
Whkcy roze early November and mercury remained
solid nearly months The range OF eleven spirit
thermometers selected Standards temperatures (not
yea redacsd) Of sixty to degrees below zero and
the annual temperature deg min. Fahrenhct,
the lowest registered.
This extreme cold, combined with hundred and
twenty days un gave obscure, but
OF
Hayes the surgeon Of the expedition had readily subdued
the scuryy but these fearful Tendencies sasm deed
united efforts This disorder extended 10 dogs, fifty
Of which perished thus completely breaking up my
The operations search were under
stances OF peculiar hardship We worked at our edges ss
Much OF this travel in darkness md az terera
low so deg The earlier winter travel was uoder
by myself person. but BY the aid Of single team Of
dogs and the Jealous cooperation OF my officers,
enabled replace the parties they became exhausted and
continue the search until the 12th of Juy. II Is be
eved that previous parties have been long in The field
Messrs Brooks McCeary, Bonsa, Hayes, and Morton
cesvey contributed to the general result The worked
with fidelity and endurance.
q i briefly detail the explorations of our party.
Smiths Sound has been followed aud surveyed through
out s entire extent terminates to the northeast 10 gun
llo miles in its long diameter
reenand has beer traced to it's northern face the
tending nearly due east and west (E. IL deg NJ Its fur
hor penetration towards the Atlantic arrested by gia
cer which oilers an mpsssabe barrier to future erpora
ton This stupendous Of ice 60 degrees
ongitude IL concidep with the axis Of the peninsula
Greenland IL rises 800 feet in perpendicular face ard has
been followed along M base for so miles in one unbroken
together by union the continental OF Greenland
alt explains the broken and permanently frozen character
Of Upper smiths Sound its abundant cebergs, and to
certain extent ts rigorous climate As spectacle il wac
one os thehghsst sabiaisy.
sThe northern land into which this glacier rnerges has
been named paahiago and the bay which internoses be-
tween il and Greenland have named after Mr. Peabodg
Peabody bay gives exit It's latitude so
deg m.) TO large channel, which forms the most in
teTestHg geographical feature Of travel This channel
i o III
Astounding IN animal lie aud presenting every character o.
al yious oley ations flee from oe With northern horizon
equally tree. north wind httytWo hours in DURATION
i failed 10 bring any drift into this
It with pain that mention the department my ina
biy navigate these One hundred and twenty
Eve miles Of solid ce so rough a. 10 b. mpassable boats
separated them from southern lead Ny person
q efforts IN April and May failed to convey one o the small
est lndiar ubbeT boats within 80 miles Of the channe
/ My party, including myself completely broken !;
bite nearly ali we're suffering from scurvv and the season
bad anced render another journey impossible
To the north Of latitude 81 deg II the shores OF the
chnnne became PERCEPTIONS and destitute epoa Of passage
ne aedge William Morton Who with one Esguaaux and
small OF dogs had reached this spot pushed forward
iot untI mural ashed BY heavy surf absolutely
IL tie of this that bad hoped
Az rnajifon Tba sne1l;d e13,sts az nr Eaynow first
known uewouid have given such travel merely geo.
NY party IT perhaps providenta that we failed IN the
be land washed by this aea to the northward and west
ward has ehartod high latitude 81 deg 80 min
and longitude 76 deg. This forms the nearest land TO the
pole yet discovered. bears he honored OF Me- Grin
nell
As the advanced became evident that brig
would not be liberated Our immediate harbor gave few
signs OF breaking up aud unbfoken ice suace extended
the sound lt late to attempt by
boats fuel deficient, and provisions although
abundant wise calculated to resist scuryy At
this jnucure started with five volunteers attempt to
reach Lancaster Sound where hoped to meet
the English expeditions, and afford relief To my associates
Dufg Ibis journey crossed the nortbernmos track OF
William Baiin, u -, but finding a solid pack extending
from Jones Sound to asuyt island with difficulty regain
ed the brig
The second winter of extreme trial We
obliged, policy, to live the lives of the Ls
quinaux enveIoped in walls burning lamps and eat
ug the Of the warus aud bear At time
member OF party, with the exception Of Mr. Bonssl and
myself, PROSTATE with scurry and unable To leave his
bunk. Nothing saved but vigorously organized hunt
the aid OF dogs in procuring walrus from the Esqu
the settlement Of which people 70 miles
distant from ha bor-
With these Esquimaux-s OF the highest interest
formed vnlusbe alliance, sharing resources, aud
mutually depending upon each other. They never
thoroughly 20 be trusted but By mixed OF inmda
I on aud kindness became of ntial service
81 have to report the loss o three comradesbraye
who pefished n the direct discharge OF their duty Two
OF theseactibg carpenter Christian ohlsen and eofsun
DBketd OF oekaw the third Peter Shuber OF abrcess
following anpataion the Mr. obiscn valuable
aud personal friend He acted in command OF the
brig during my absence upon the sedge journeys.
skpowng that third winter would be fatal and that
invested BY ice for expedition from the
sound to iberate time for the aban
duned the Advance the nth Of May, and commenced
travel 70 the south. The sickiour in nuuberwere con
veyed BY dog sledge bad 10 sacrifice collection o
natural history, bet saved the documents of the expedition
The organization OF this journey carefully maured
to