The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-10-27

10. where. to tie mutual Joy Of both parties.
Dr. Kane and his companions were found,
lust ready to sail for England in Danish
vessel. They we're taken on board, and
brought to New York, where they landed on
Thursday. hale and hearty, with bronzed
faces, luxuriant heads of hair, and flowing
patriarchal boards but suffering much from
the, to thcm.oppre<sice heat IF the chilly o.
'oJcr uea.h(r II mis la'itudc!' The particu-
lars of DR.. Kane's voyage are very interest,"
ing. H. and his party arrived at Cperna-
wick the last Of July. 1853, having taken in
supplies of furs. skins. dogs &C., at various
points But little trouble was experienced
from ice till the latitude - deg. 50 min. was
reached. AZ Littleton Island, a landing was
effected. and caiyn was erected in which
DR.. Kane placed letters. Provisions and a
metallic litt, boat were also left there They
pushed on northwarl as fast as they coui "a
mid the ice. till about Sept. I, when in latl-
tule IS deg. 81 min. ice was found to be
forming very .hirk about them. and they got
into tocrabIv good harbor for the winter
The vessel was moorcd 70 granite islands.
comfortable house was fixed over the deck
After fixing winter quarters, parties we're
sent out to make explorations, and construct
depots of provisions at certain points. lhe
provisions were secured in hermctcal!y seal
ell tin cans. upon which rocks were placed,
filled in with sand and silt. over all which
water was poured. TO make the whole SOLID
mass of ice This was rrccautiOn against
the deprc,lasions of bears upon the food. BY
the Dist of November. all the parties had re-
turned 10 the vessel. to spend the dreary win
ter as comfortably as they NIL hit The cold
was most intense The temperature was
down sometimes to 30 below zero. The
mean yearly temperature was )" below ze-
70. Mercury was frozen for months: pure
alcohol thick encd to The consistency OF molaS-
SOS: the strongest Monongahcla wtiskev so
lMiGel: aceiic ether showed crystals: chic
ric ether. never frozen by artificial means.
became Qnitr so ID molasScS hardened 50
that it could be cut like candy. About the
a2l of October. the sun entirely disappeared.
and darkness cam, on gradually to such de
gree a. 10 render il impossible to do any work.
On the 2l>t of Novel her. they could u~t see
TO read at noon There were some bright
moonlirht nights hut the auroral displays
were no, very brilliant. those occurring most
conspicuou>'v in lever latituics. from c" TO
- degrees Many OF the s. endid dogs. of
which there were ). on board. and upon
which the expcliioni<.s relied much to
assist them in their travels over the ir.'.
were attacks! with SORT Of lock Jaw. and
died in fit: The men suffered baiv from
s.urvv N.out the middle Of March, the sun.
Which had been hidden .or four months, show
ed to the vovaser> his welcome FACE again -
Exploring parties were soon formed. and with
dogs and sled .r>. went ont 70 tax" oh>erva-
tons. The east shore of Smiths Sound WIS
" -
i'm the world. with a face 6u miles in extent.
orcupvin1 the whole coast from - deg. ,
min to Sc !rr % min From this glacier
fail oii huge ltchcryS which traverse R.lin'
BaN and Davis Straits Early in June. an
other party sighted land in 81 deg % min -
,cithjn las than I'm Iegr.6< Of the North Pole
Here was found an OPEN channel. with ",
drift ice corl;cl southwark denotnr tina
the adventures stood upon the southern c,
shore ot ~" central Arctic basin Of opoI
water This is tho hinlicSt northern pom
ever reached hv man" A> The summer Of
1854 wore on. it became apparent that IA
vessel could not be cxtrira,el from the IT,,
1ni that another WINTER must We spent /
that ":riio pi,ahc region" The best prcpa
r,lion> ro>-iilc were made Fuel was scare,
~ 'hat all parts Of She vessel which could |
,larcd were burned nv The men a.c r,
meat like I'll" i.-quimaux. and esteemed Nh
frozen hlnbhor Of. The walrus a choice del
cacv. Most OF them were down with scurv,
Spring came. II was thought best no.
risk another season. Unit to leave the IT,.
bound vessel TO is fate and TO reach Gree,
land as soon rs possible. Il was so miles
the nearest water Three boats with PROV
W ions and other articles were TO he carried
long. Todr"g one boat required the s;renc
Of the who,c party. >O that the so miles h.
" to be travelled over several times before @
VI" er, thing coald he brought to the water.
= thirty days thcv reached the water. June ,
"> and putting TO sea, after running the PER-
'''' Of thc crow,in4 ice. and suffering tcdio
''>' delays, they arrived on the 9th of August
OF I Ecrnavick. Their meeting with the exp
so dilonisS sent 10 their rescue is mentioned
.x. hove Or those who went ont with Dr. IA,
49,, only three died.
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