The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-16

TAs American Exploration or thc Arctic
Regisns.
NTxRx6rIN0 NARRATIVE By DR.. KANE-xxAMrNA-
TON or THE GREENLAND c0Asr-KxoBssrvB
ooLD-rm RYyEcrs or THE TExrER ArURE UPON
ANIMAL LIFE-oBsERvATIONs Al TO TIE iHrEH-
POLAR sxA-rHE EsQUrMAUx Doas-REscUE Kx-
fEDITroN, AND RETURN or Oh. KANE AND PARTY
IN SAFETY.
Last Thursday evening Dr. Hawks read before the Geo
graphical Society, copy Of the report which Dr. Kane
ha recently made to the Secretary Of the Navy detailing
the operations Of the prisDg Actis Vodee~ IN ms
reosat for Sir John Franklin and his oomps-
mons. We sdverted publication OF yesterday TO
thiA paper but obliged consequence OF extreme
pressure our columns, 70 keep oSck tns ioaowinS
resume Of this highly interesting document
The expedition which Dr. Kane was b igned, left
New York In the brig Advance 10 tons burden ON the
aOth of May 1852 and the number Of the company
sistine of eighteen persona Their destination the
highest penetrabIe point Of Bsin's Bay, from which
they were attempt search the missing vessels Of
Sir John Franklin. That region had hitherto been un-
explored, and II selected taat account At the
time the expedition left Upernavk situated in latitude
T2 deg min, Esquimaux hunter an interpreter
engaged, NJ the time that supplies Of fresh
meat fab, dried, taken In emergencies
The expedition upon reaching Melville Bay found the
decsyed that they did attempt the usual passage
y
and westward, until they met the midele pack. From
thence they ads Cape York and the bay with
out injury. On the It'll of August they reached the
hesdlauc of Smiths Sound the highest point attained
BY Captain Ing eded, r. N. Their observations at
that point indicated q swell settirg in from the
south~aId and westward marks the rocks
q regular tides, no Ice, and all the signs
CONTIGUOUS open water. As they advanced, however
their became obstruetsd BY belt of heavy stream
Nvv,th
supply Of provisions, together With fs roat de-
sirabls point. The expedition landed Q prominent
headsnd OF group OF small islands OF this hitherto
VISITED cnas.-the Lgtlston Islands of Ipg,e6ed-and
there cree ed flagstaff and beacon After 1ing lat
78 deg 45 min found the i've buggng the American
shore and extending In drifting the chan
mel 20 bat ,hey were Obliged . seek The sivey
open spaces OF this Green aud shoe Here they found
temporary ss, lam in nie wn en- hey named Refuge
Inlet" and detan stuA ioa for
days, in consequence Of the pacs ice outside A. this
point coast trenced to the N n. F. aud meta
morpbic in rising ia preeipous cliffs of c8sa
tic green stone from 500 300 in perpendicular
height. AT toe bs,e o. this wall was bell Of
eighteen tbickDees. The tidal currents Lad
their I'd into this mural escarpnent the
foes broke sgsDs 1t with ouch force The mean rise
fail tide feet and lite Of notion
two and ba knots hour They then determined :,
take advantage OF srsn interspscs which the rde
caused between the pack cast That et-
fort occupied the il the LIST o. Septem In the
Of tos unoerakLg they subjected to many
per lis and loet their bboom bower anc nor and qusn
tiy Of hswhe ~ the line tnat the brig
essentially uuiI paired The WATER now set in upon
them rapcy ana rsther than forfeit their dearly
chased progress u return to q southern harD
II wss Resolved to sta I on TOO with party Of ob>erva
tion 70 hunt up place which nigh: be desirable S.
starting point for their future travel Ard such were
found ut upon the full duties their mis-
sion That s'ep being ees4r med upon. Dr. Kane aud
party started he 10Th August vita whale boat aad
sledge. The party followed the indentadons oil the
coast, and met with mary obstacles in Their pro-
grees. Ia tact, they had To ABANDON their sledge
and prosecute their journey ON foot They wrat
on, htwever, and reachsl an elevation OF eeyea
the north and west was obtained a back riige
which they afts wards fund be ce--term minated
the. along he Grassland coast A. fa thstr vision
extenced he entire sufscs WAS frozen ses The island
named Louis Napoleon, Capt. lugefed's shafts, es
not ens,s-soe ni-appfehension Fl tho resem
blSDce of ICE TO lama. The party then Ienrneo % the
brig Immediately measures taken to establish
provfsfn depcts to facilitate further searches in the
spring. liz Getting these, the exploring parties ira.
yelled over than miles The esas, Of Greenland
traced over rs miles, AID three caches were estao
situated on an island lat 7sdeg i'm 6s long IS deg
2s These atoms continued until the 10th November
when the darkness srrette. them The big had e.en
from in ence tbs 10th OF Sepem ger In harDor
group Of ises aud from its position regarded tae
shore, facilities be the establishment
Of observatory the procuring Of ~ater dsiy exercise
Of the men, sufficiently within the tida nhuence to
extend probability OF reease in the spring.
boards. and caulked with oaium. and the
domestic sys orgsnizec with ,ular attention
to ciesbln.es exercise, recreation, Du. wtha TO
act discipline and routine Toe during win .er
q bundres and TWEEN y days below the horizon
light even at poondsy The atmospheric temperatures
kwer thar previously reccrcec by explorers In
the A'enc reeionr strict system Of thermometricai
obeervAi1 adhered TO throughout; the t1ermor1e
teYsthesl, alcoholic and mercurisl-were registered
hourly. The 'hefmome er- showed toat the mssu an
nual temperature Of Van kens eiasr Harbor "a they
named heir winter qusrtera, lower than tia, OF
Melville sand, recorded BY Parry the aiaersnre be-
ing deg In sheltered positions the pro-
ct frteriIc continued uninterrupted throughout the
year in feyrusrJ eight thermometers indoa red minus
70 deg Fahrenheit Coiorofom froze the essential
of nd
mixed solid and liquid and on the 4rn Of February
cboric ether conR~sIea for toe first time by natural
temperature. In the early part Of the winier
nonical observatory was erected IN which they
placed their transit and theodos firmly secured Much
taken BY Mr. Sontsg. the astronomer to the
pediti n in determining heir geographical position.
The results Of his observations were h,goiy story
They barred upon moon culmns Inns, and corrobo-
rated by occulsioos Of the planets and the late solar
eciipse OF Nay, 1885, An ccc iixtion Of Saturn, OBJ
temperstures Ct GO deg and So oeg, Offered bat two
This Ia the lowest tempe AZURE At which b
an observation has ever been aken Toe position OF the
tude 20 ceg 40 min o rec A magnetic station was
feature OF this observatry and tn Observations taken
both sbsoiute and relative Tetan'c WAS the
chief trial Of the psryproosby fnducee by the eng.n
ensd cold and darkness though at he same time
raj crease was controlled by careful hygiene aud the
care DR.. j. J Hayes, the surgeon the expedi
tor, kept the scurvy in enJfs suojecton Tnt. spas
WAY assumed sbe run Of tetaous And Of dirty
OF those mAs many u thea pershe5 VI - oApvsaas
similar to hydrophooia ths loss OF the aegs WITH "hs
with that view established tue dep before spokei
o. necessarily demanded charge In his plans tor the
prosecu ion of the search New sisdges built
cookirg snsils field equioments provide to meet
the wants larger parties In consequences Of the small
ness the par y field opera ions impos
sibe the only remaining hope o. con iouing the
search to be found in . pas age tn ough or ovee
the est ice fields the north, DR.. Kane organizsi
parry his strongest men, all volunteers and sent
advance pr place resf Of cvisions 1t tea
Days distance from the orig Four Of he members OF
tpat latter party ware frozeo 81 the exTemees and
Sir gle Ing left sttend them the others rs
tui The org. The Of the brave fellow who
remsineo with them Thomas hickey, 40 Irshmsa.
DR. Kane ther says that the main company under his
msDd started at for the foee TO rescue
their omIades Of the depositing pAry Mr. Coil.
sen, Of the returned party volunteering
guide The guide sew@d up In furs. ana
dragged along upJn . sledge, bat symptoms OF msuai
disturbance REM cred his neroism unavAing and the