Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (City of Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1853-1857, 1855-10-30
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- sernnllO Arctic ana - bork Rehaso.
-h5S ssn tAsa IN pefs q jHhs la.s, i.
ls1ss11A % III stana and, ~ fetteuan, sssseo-
Ia lspsn - sssaine, ha1iag - he9d n.
kauSsad HE party. The lsopellcr cd bs6k
usas thsie wsy nurth Ia SnitAs Sound sp
|sss lalislds - ., whsa they wsss ssoppsd II
ics, and working their way Ia shore 70 Ind =
passage, discovered n Indian village vhsrs
they learned that DR.. Kane and his party had
gone south. They then returned to Disco's
island in Davis Straits, where they found
the Kane expsditionists.
II appears, Kane had pushed his weasel
the Rescue, - fer North ~ 81 degrees. when
she was frozen in, they then remained by her
all winter, sen.ing TO the Indian village n
bove mentioned for provisions, which were
supplied by the inhabitants. 10 the Sp'lng
they abandoned the ship. and started South
on sledges till they reached the town OF q
Danish settlem ,nt on tha west coast OF Green
land, whence they were conveyed IN Dan
ish vessel TO the land oil Disco, ard were
found there by the searching expedition, a.
above stated. Three Of Kane's party died
from exposure, viz Christianson Olson, car
peater; Pierre Schubert, cook; Jefferson Ba-
ker, seaman; the remainder were more or
less FROST bitten.
On the 3sA Of Sept. the bark Rescss mar
rowly sscapsd sAipwreck by coming il aoo-
tact withlan iceberg, which stove in her b1l-
warks and carried away the boats.
The two vessels were fast in the great pack
fer several days aud thought to be frosen in
for the winter but succeeded in getting out.
Last winter was unusually severe 10 the Arc
tic regions. Many persisted from exposure
and star alton, and had to eat their dogs,
the extreme cold having prevented the usl-
al hunting ex peditions. No traces whatever
we're discovered Of Sir John Franklin and
his party.
The expedition succeeded in crossing Mel
vile Bay and reaching tn, headland of Smiths
Sound as early as the 9th of Aug, 90. Find
ing the ice to the North completely impreg-
nable, they were forced to attempt q tempo
rary passage along the coast, where rapid
tide, running at the rate of miles an hour,
with raise and fall of l6 feet, had worn the
temporary opening. Previous to taking this
step, which involved great risk-which was
in fact, equal 10 sacrifice Of the brig IN
which DIR. Kane was--a Francs metallic life
boat--w:th cAcnE of provisions, WAS con
cealed as a means of retreat
The pen etrasion of the pack-ice WAS attend
ed by many obstacles The vessel ground
ell with every tide, AMI bat for her extreme
strength she would not have been able &c
sustain The shocks. She was several times
on her beam ends, and ouce on fire. from The
upsettiHg Of the stoves.
, .~f yktu raanfi~w xa~i~afsan a
be formed by the knowledge Of the fact OIL
her loo.ing her jibboom, best bower ancho
and bulwarks, besides about 600 faith oms .
warpins line. They were cheered, however
by snall daily progress and b. toe lot
of Sept. '53, they had succeeded IN gaining
the northern face OF greenland, At poln
never reached before.
| Here the young ice froze around the yes
/ sci, aud compelled them to seek winter as
sylun, In which they experienced degree
of cold much below any previous registration
| Whiakey froIs in November, and for four
months in the year the mercury was sJlid
daily. The mean animal temperature va:
} degrees below zero. This IS the greatest
degree OF cold ever experienced by man, and
their winter quarters were nearer the Pole
| than ever balure occupied.
/ The scuryy Was easily controlled. bat thu
most fearful, as we'll as the most novel fea.
ture of the winter was tetanus, or lock jaw
which dehed all treatment. Ii carried away
81 Of the b,st Esluimaux sedge Digs, anc
was altogether trighiful scourge.
TuE SEARCH.
The operations o. search were commenced
as early as March-the first parties, undel
tha Il -h..rva = n
the Ice at a temper .tur5 Of 81 degrees below
zero. The loss OF their dogs, obliged them
as on only alternative to adopt this earl
travel. Many of the party were frost bitten.
and und.rweat ampu,ation Of the toes. II
was by means OF these efforts that the expe-
ditlon succeeded in bringing back It's results
The parties were in the held Ia e as the
lOth of July, only ceasing from labor when
the winter darkness rendered it impossible.
10 travel.
GEOGRAPHICAL RESULTS or THE EXPEDITION.
Greenland has been followed BY Dr. Kane,
and surveyed with coast line toward the
Alta tic, fronting due north until stipend
GUS glacier checked their progress The mass
OF ice rose III lofty grandeur o Il height Of
hundred feet, abutting into the sea. Ii I'M
doubte,:ly forms the only obstacle to the in
sularity of Greenlant-or, In other words
the only barrier between Greenland and the
Atlantic. 1t is however, an eAectual barrier
to all future explorations: This glacier in
-pise of the difficulties of failing berss, was
followed ont TO sea, the party rafting them
selves across open water spaces upon masses
ot ice. In this way they succeeded In trav-
cling eighty miles along its base, and traced
it into new northern land This glacier is,
We believe, the largest discovered by any
navigator.
/ THE NEW LAND.
This new land, this cemeute. to Greenland
by protruding ice, is named Washington
/ The large bay which intervenes between i,
and Greenland, bears, We understand, the
name of Mr.. Geo. Peabody, one Of the pro-
iectors of the expedition This icy connec.
ton of the Old and New Worlds is feature
of singular end romantic interest.
The range of the sledge journeys may be
understood from the fact th at the entire cir
cult or Smiths Sound has been effected and