The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-10-12

Palioi ne auueuf ana let hear the Whole story"
And Dr. Kane proceeded at to relate the story OF
bis second voyage to the Arctic regions the pers and
dangers to which he exposed his wonderful adven
lures, and still wonderful escape We give it rs
nearly in his words possible, stating, however
at his request that his official account will be published
early practicable and that any naccura
ces will be corrected in It. He obliged he said to
abandon the Advance in latitude 7Sf5, after having pc
netrated far $780, which was further than any
OF her navigator had gone with the exception OF Captain
Parry who reached the latitude Of s3.15 While here he
the Poynya open sea- stretching away oil to the
north farther than the eye could reach This point he
had reached after travelling eighty ninety miles
the ice In edges but immense of intervened
between him and his vessel II impossible for him to
prosecute his investigation farther northward For two
winters the Advance petey hemmed and as il
became evident TO him. from the condition of his men,
that they could not survive another winter, he deter
mined to leave her and make the best of his way the
nearest settlement. He discovered about eighty new
capes and twenty bays, and found land up FAR he
enabled to penetrate. The extreme northern
boundary of this he named rinncs Land in honor OF
Mr. Henry Grinnell. The hardshps they endured were
OF fearful character, and at time six out Of their
party OF nineteen were low that IL thought they
could not survive. OF these three died. and the rest
were saved after the unremittng and atten
ton. One Of these Mr.. Alston the carpenter who
died, while crossing the Ice of lockjaw super
induced by the intense cold The other two were FROST
bitten The ockjaw, DR.. Kane said very prevalent.
The party, after making their way thirteen hun.
red miles of Ice arrived a Leviely Godhaven and
had taken passage in Danish brig, named the Maria,
when the Release made her appearance. Their joy at
meeting their counrymen here can better be imagined
than described
They lost time Ii is almost needless to state In TAX
ing their departure and after favorable voyage arrived
within sight of our Shores where they hailed by the
steamship Union about sixty miles east Of Sandy Hook
ADDITIONAL STATEMENT BY DIR. KANE.
The expedition succeeded in crossing Melville Bay and
reaching the headlands Of Smith Sound early the
9th of August, 1862 Finding the ice TO the north
pletey mpenetrabIe they forced to attempt tenn
porary ssage along the coast where the rapid tides
running at the rate Of four knots hour with rise
and fall OF sixteen feet-had a temporary opening
Previous to taking this STEP which involved great re-
sponsibiity, and which was in fact uvalent to
crifcing the vesssA Francis metallic boat with
Of provisions, coscealed means of retreat.
The penetration Of the pack ice attended by many
obstacles The vessel grounded with every tide but
for her extreme strength would able to
tain the shocks Of ice She was twice on her beam ends
and once fire from the upseting Of the Some
of this navigation may be formed from the of her
losing her bboom, best bower anchor and bulwark be-
sides about COO fsthoms Of warpng line. They were
cheered however by small daily progress and by the
10th of September 1855, had succeeded in gaining the
northern lace OF Greenland-at point reached be-
FORE Here the young Ice foze around the vessel and
compelled them to seek winter asylum. l.fk
The winter gave them degree Of cold much below any
previous registration record. Whskey froze in No
cember, and for four months in the year mercury
solid daily The mean animal temperature five de
grees below sumner and wintei included. YAsss
without doubt was the greatest cold experienced
by man. the seat of their winter quarters
the pole
The scurvy readily controlled but the most
feature of this winter y tctanus iockjaw which
defed all treatment II carried away fifty Of their
best slecge dogs and altogether frghtfu scourge
The operations Of search commenced early March
The first parties under the personal charge Of DR. Kane
crossing the ice at temperatures Of minus 81 below
The loss Of their dogs obliged them only aterna
tive to adopt this early travel Many Of the party
frost bitten and underwent amputation OF the toes II
by of these efforts that the expedition
ceeded in bringing back their important results. The
parties in the field late the 10th OF July only
ceasng from labor when the winter darkness made i'm
possible to travel
Greenland has been followed and surveyed by DR. Kane
towards the Atlantic, with coast line fronting due
North, until stupendous glacier absolutely checked
their progress. This of ice in lofty precpice
500 feet high abutting into the 1t undoubtedly is
the only barrier between Greenland and the Atlantct
is efectual barrier to all future explorations.
l. This glacier in spite Of the difficulty Of falling bergs
followed out to by of sledges, the party
rafting themselves open water spaces Of
ice. In this way they succeeded in travelling eighty miles
along its base and traced it into Northern land.
This glacier s we believe, the largest discovered by
any previous navigator.
q This land thus cemented to Greenland by pro-
trudipg ice was named "washngton.n The large bay
which nteis enes between It and Greenland bears we
believe the Of Mr. Peabody of Baltimore one OF
the projectors Of the expedition This icy connection of
the old and worlds feature Of peculiar
interest.
The range of the sledge journeys may understood
from the fact that the entire circuit of smiths Sound has
been effected, and Its shores completely charted.
But the real discovery Of the expedition Is the open
Polar The channel leading TO these waters
rey free from Ice and this mysterious feature
dered remarkable by the existence Of belt Of solid
ice extending hundred and twenty five miles the
southwark This verdes the views Of Or. Kane as
expressed the Geographical Society before his depar
ure The lashng of the surf against this frozes beach
of ice was impressive beyond description Several gentle
with whom have conversed speak Of this u one
Of the most remarkable sights which they observed during
the expedition. An Of three thousand square miles
has been entirely free from ice and was named
after the Hon. J. r. Kennedy, late Secretary OF the
Navy under whose auspices the expedition under.
taken.
The land the north and west Of this channel has
been char,ed high So 90 This is the nearest land
TO the Pole yet known. II bears the name Of Mr. Henry
Grinnell, the founder Of the enterprise.
THE WINTER OF 1896.
The extreme severity of the previous season made
evden, tha, the brig could not be liberated before the
winter set in She fast impounded In the centre Of
large field Of ice. The provision although abundant
were not calculated 10 resist scurvy and the fuel
owrg to the emergency Of the previous winter
hcient in quantity Under these circumstances
Dr. Kane, with party Of volunteers--on an
attempt to reach the mouth Of Lancaster Sound,
in hopes Of meeting the English expedion and thus
giving relief TO his associ aes-passed I'm nm o,en ,o.,