Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-10-19

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The Arctic ExpeditiOn-RetuTn OF
DIR. Kane and Party.
DR.. KANE of the Navy aud party sailed
in search of Sir JOHN FRAEKL1N on the SIst
Of May, 1858. No tidings having been re-
ceived from DR.. X. for a long time, two
vessels under command Of Lieut. HARsTEIN
and Lieut. SKINS, sailed on the 4th. of June
last in search of DR. KAEs. The telegraph
announced the return Of this last expedition,
bringing with it the last lost nsvigators -
We make cOpious extracts fIom the New
York Times.
The Expedition in search Of DR.. Kane was
fitted out BY order Of Congress. which ap-
propristed Sl5o.ooO for that purpose. l.
was composed of two vessels-the propeller
Arctic, and the clipper bark Release.
IEFoRMATIoN FROM DIR. KANE AND OTHERS.
The Expedition succeeded 10 crossing
Melville Bay and reaching the hsadland Of
Smiths Sound as early as the 9th Of Au-
gust, 1853. Finding the ice 10 the North
completely impenetrabie. they we're forced
TO attempt temporary passage along the
coast, where the rapid tides running at the
rate Of four miles an bonE, with rise and
fsh of sixteen feet, had worn temporary
opening. Previous to taking this step, which
involved great risk,-which was, in fact,
equal to a sacrifice of the brig in which
Dr.. Kane wss,-a Francis metallic life-boa;,
With e0sks Of provisions, wat. concealed as
q means of retreat
The penetration Of the pack-ice was at
tended by many obstacles The vessel
grounded at every tide. and but for her e1-
treme strength she would not bave been
able to sustain the shocks. She was sever
al times on her beam ends. and once on FIRE
from the upsstting Of the stoves.
Some idea Of this peculiar navigation may
b. formed BY kowledge Of the fact Of her
losing her jbboom, best bower anchor and
bulWarks, besides about 900 fathoms OF
wrapping line. They were cheered how
ever, by small daily progress; and by the
10Th of September, 1882, they had succeed
ed in gaining the northern face of Greenland
at 9 point never reached before.
Here the young ice froze around the YES
sci, and compelled them to seek Winter
asylum, in which they experienced degree
OF cold much below any previous register
stion. Whiskey JrOzs in Noven'Jer, aud
for four months tn the gear !he mureury Oos
solid daily. The mean animal temperature
was five degrees below zero. This is the
greatest degree of cold ever eKper en- ed ty
man, and their Winter quarters we're near
er the Pole than ever before occupied.
The scurvy was easily controlled, but the
most fearful as well as the most novel feat
are of ;he Winter was tetanus, or lockjaw
which defed all treatment. /, carried away
81 of the best Esquimau1 sledge dos s anc
was altogether frightful scOulge.
THE SEARCH.
The eoperations ofsearch were commenced
as early as March-the hrst parties, under
the personal charge Of DR.. Kane, crossing
tbe ice st temperature Of fifty seren de-
arees beLow zero. The loss of their dogs
obliged them, as an only Alternative, 10 adopt
this early trsVel. Many of the party were
frost-bilteu, and underwent smputation Of
the toes 1t was by means Of these efforts
that the Expedition succeeded in bringing
back its results The parties were in the
field as late as the 10Th Of July, only ceasing
from labor when the vii ter's darkn, Is rem
dered II impossible TO travel.
THE GEOGRAPHICAL RESULTS OF THE ExPKDI-
TIoS.
Greenland has been followed by Dr. Kane
and surveyed with coast line towards the
Atlantic. fronting due North, until stupen
dous glacier checked their progress. This
mass Of ice rose 10 lofty grandeur 10 :
height of five hundred feet shutting into the
sea. 1t undoubtedly is the only obstacle to
the insularity of Greenland--or. 10 other
words, the only barrier between Greenland
and the Atlantic. 1t is, however, an efec-
tual barrier TO al future exploration. This
glacier, 10 spite Of the difficulties of falling
bergs, was followed out to sea, the party
rafting themselves across open water spaces
upon masses of ice. In this way they sue
ceeded in travelling eighty miles along its
base, and traced il into neW northern land
(This glacier is, we believe, the largest dis
covered by any nayigatOr)
THE SEw LAND.
This new land. thus cemented to Green
land, by proirudiDg ice, is named Washing
ton. The large bay Sbich intervenes be-
tween it and Greenland, bears, we uuder-
stand, the name Of Mr.. r.GeoygeP Peabody. one
of the projectors Of the expedition. This
icy connection of the Old and New Worlds,
is a feature OF singular and romantic inter
est.
The range Of The sledge journeys may te
understood from the fact, that the entire
sireuit Of Smiths Sound has been effected,
and i,s sholee completely chsrieR.