The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-10-26
RETURN OF DIR. KANE AND HIS
PARTY.

The propeller Arctic and barquo Release,
which sailed from New York in juno last,
IN search Of DR.. Kane and his followers, who
IL was sss.rcd, had shared the fate Of Sir
John franklin and his party, returned to
thar port ON Thursday the llth inst, having
on board DR.. Kane and Party. As an ac'
count of the privations and exposure to
which DR.. Kane and his faithful followers
were subjected, in their voyage Of discovery,
may prove interesting to most OF our read
ers as anything we can present, we give the
following, as copied from the y. Y. dailies !:
The propeller and bark made their way
North ia Smiths Sound to lat. 10 80, where
they were stopped by ice, and working
their way in. shore to find passage; discoy-
cred an Indian village, where the party OF
DIR. Kane had gone South Of They then
returned to Discos Island, in Davis Straits,
where they found the Kane expedition. IL
appeared that DIR. Kane pushed his vessel as
far North as 81, when she was frozen in and
remained all the winter, sending to the lndi'
an village before mentioned, (about so miles
SOUTH for provisions, which were furnished
by the inhabitants In the spring they
abandoned the ship, and made their way
southwark in sledges, until they reached
the Town OF Upernavik, a Danish settlement
on the west coast Of Greenland, from whence
thew were conveyed in Danish vessel tc
the Island OF Disco. where they wers found
by the searching EXPEDITION.
Three OF Kane's party died from expos,
ure, namely-Pierre Schuburt, cook /; JET
and Baker, seamen. The remainder were
more or less frost.bitten. On the 18th d
September, the bark Rescue narrowly -
capped shipWreck by coming in contact with
an Iceberg. which stove her bulwarks anC
carried away her boats. The two vessels
were put in the greatest peril Tor severn
days, ard thought they were frozen in fol
the winter, but succeeded in getting out
Last winter was unusually severe in the Arc
tic regions. Many natives persisted iron
exposure and starvation, and had &c eat thei
dogs. No traces were discovered whatever
CT Sir John franklin and his party.
The following is Lieut.. Hartstein's account
ofhis expedition /:
Left New York on May 80, arrived in Lie.
VERY, Isle OF Desco, Greenland, July 81
Coasied along the shores OF Greenland from
Iolsteinburgh to lat. IS 80 n. touching at
Lieyely, Hare Island. Upranavick, Hakuyai
Island, Cape Haiterton, and other places on
the coast. Were 2s days in boring through
the Pack In Melville Bay thence crossed
Davis Strait, went up Lancaster Sound as
tar rs Admiralty inlet. when they were OPP
posed by a ssi;d r~sk which entirely stopped
their progress.
Thence they proceeded down the western
coast, examining Possession and Ponds
Bay were fast in the great middle pack for
several days, to all appearances Tor the
winter.
The following account OF the expedition.
rs furnished by those connected, is quite in
teresting, and gives in small space, an
amount Of interesting facts
The expedition succeeded in crossing
Melville Bay, and reached the headlands OF
Smiths Sound, as early as the 7th OF Aug
ust, 1853. Finding tho ice to tho North
completely impenetrable, they were forced
to attempt the passage along the coast, and
on Sept. 3, 1883, succeeded in Cunning the
Northern face Of Greenland. Here the
young ice frozs around the vessel, and COM
PEELED them tp seek winter asylum. The
winter gave them q degree Of cold much
below any previous registration on record.
Whiskey iroze in November, and Tor four
months in the year the mercury was solid
daily. The mean annual temperature was
5 deg. below zero, summer and winter In
cluded.
The operations Of search commenced as
early as March, 1854, the FIRST parties under
the personal charge OF DIR. Kane crossing
the ice at a temperature Of 81 deg below
Zero The loss Of their dogs obliged them,
Us an only alternative, to adopt thus early
travel. Many Of the party were frost BIT
ten. and underwent amputation OF the toes.
Il wa, by means Of these Efforts that the
expedition succ eded in bringing back It's
Important results. The parties were in the
Geld as late az the 10th Of July, only eeas- !