The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-10-24

Some idea OF this peculiar navigation
may be formed by knowledge of tn
fact of her lo5ing her jibboom, best bowe
anchor and bulwark, besides about 60l
fathoms of wapping line. They wer,
cheered however, by small daily pro
gress; and by the 10th of September
1853, they had succeeded in gaining the
northern face of Greenland, at poin
never reached before.
\ Hero the young ice froze around the
vessel, aud compelled them to seek g
Winter asylum, in which they experien-
ced a degree of cold much below any
previous registration. Whisky -froee IN
Nopentber, and for four months IN tie
the gear tie mercury tOas sOlid daily
The mean animal temperature was five
degrees below zero. This'is the greatest
degree of cold ever experienced by man,
and their Winter quarters were nearer
tho Pole than ever before occupied.
The scurvey was easily controlled, but
the most fearful as well as the most
novel feature of the Winter was a tetan-
US, or lockjaw, which defed all treat
ment. 1t carried away fifty-seven of the
best Esquimaux slcdge dogs, and was
altogether frightful scourge
THE SEARCH.
The operations of search were COM
mencod as early as March-the first
parties, under the personal charge of DR.
Kane, crossing the ice at a temperature
of ffty Seven degrees 6clOtO 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 amputation of
the toes. 1t was by means of these eE
forts that the Expedition succeeded in
bringing back its results. The parties
were in the field as late asthc 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 Dr.
Kane and surveyed with coast line to-
wards the Atlantic, fronting due North,
until a stupcndous glacier checked their |
This mass of ice rose in lofty
grandeur to height of five hundred |
feet, abattiae into the sea. It tiudoubt |
edly is the only obstacle to the insular-
ity of Greenl:nd-or, in other words,
the only barrier between Greenland and
the Atlantic 1t is, however, an effect
ual barrier to all future exploration.-
This glazier, in spite of the difficulties of
falling bergs, were followed out to sea,
the party rafting themselves across open
water spaces, upon masses of ice. In
this way they succeeded in travelling
eighty miles along its base, and traced it
utosa ne1oSloythern, land (This glacier
IS, we believe, the largest discovered by
my navigator.
THE NEW LAND.
This new land, thus cemented to
Greenland, by protuding ice, is named
Washington. The large bay which in
erveucs between it and Greenland,
,ears, we understand, the name of Mr..
ieorge Peabody, one of the projectors :
# the Expedition. This icy connection {
f the Old and New Worlds, is feat {
lie of singular. and romantic interest.
The range of the sledge journeys may {
70 understood from the fact, that the {
attire circuit of Smiths Sound has been
fectcd, and its shores completely {
harted
THE OPEN POLAR SEA.
But the real discovery of the Expe- 8
ition is the open P0Ltr Sea. The :
rely free from ice, and this feature was j
sndercd more remarkable by the exist
nee of zone, or solid belt of ice, ex-
,nding more than one hundred and
twenty-five miles to the southwark
This sea variGes the views of Dr. Kane .
J expressed by the Geographical Socie- =
: before his departure.)
The lashing of the surf against the
oxen beach of ice was, we are assured, a
oppressive beyond description. Several a
with whom we have CONVEX u
d, speak of it with wonder and admir- L
ion. 81
An area of three thousand sqnare o
lies was seen, entirely free from ice.- NJ NJ
his channel has been named after Hon. u
ohn p. Kennedy, late Secretary of the ze
avy, under whose auspices the Expedi- 81 81
On was taken. II
The land to the North and West of 10
is channel has been charted as high as 10
deg. and 80 min This is the near al
; land to the Pole get diScoU rel. 1t =
ars the name of Mr.. Henry Grinne!l, n
e founder of the expedition which bears 10
5 name. "a "a
THE WINTER OF 1854-'55. -
The extreme severity of the previous
ason made it evident that the brig an
uld not be liberated before the winter ii,
) in. She was fast imprisoned in ed
.ge field Of ice. The provisions, al an
ough abundant, were not calculated to po
list scurvy, and the fuel, owing to the i,
of the previous winter, was f,
icient in qrantity. sic
Under these trying circumstances DR.. th
Inc, with party of volunteers, made de
attempt to reach the mouth of Ian tn
ter Sound, in hopes of meeting the pu
glish Expeditions, and thus giving
ief to his associates, passed in an open th
1T over the track of Bafin's travel, me
ing out heavy gale. They found an
uninterrupted barrier of ice, extend de
in one great horseshoe fron Jones' SUI
Murchisou's Sounds, and were forced we
er various escapes to return to the thi
6. ma
During the Winter that ensued, they wa
,pted the habits of the Esquimaux, pal
ing aepon RAE 1oaIrws meat, and sur we
ndiDg themselves with walls of moss. boz
spite of Interpretations, the scurvy
'anced with steady progress, but by sur
aid of a single team of dogs, DR.. tio
ne succeeded in effeeting com IN