Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-02-01
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tanned. LIE be q,
While we are waiting for Dr. 20 S'
port of his last expedition to the rc.ie Official
are some scientific results the pubcot; ocean, tn
we may be permitted 10 anticinato ION Ut, OF Will
these is the conditions of animal and Inc first \
n high northern latitude "nu vegetable N
DR.. Kane's party succeeded in reacb;ra ,....
degrees, higher northern point uning Latitude d
Greenland than had yet been att. Upon the cOas !.
vious navigator; He found mhabtinesu ~ any b,
table region the Esquimaux ln5 ;:g inns inhoT
and many varieties of the floral worla 'he relnd.t
of the Alpine species. The latter wsro Ptlncipa5
but dImlnutlve: How far north the humonn umeroa
animals exist, is not known; but Dr. 70" race a.
vations clearly establish the fact tho, Names O5s
cold of latitude 80 is not the limit 10 tbos e1er
migration. ''' northe,
The habits of the Esqumaux are pac,E.
are essentially migratory people, and WI Ihs
drawn by dogs undertake journeys of bna a ,Selg5a
miles in extent, depending for their ;u.lieds
on such nourshment as chance throws in ~ nee d,
This, the little party under Dr. Kane f,1 eit var
sufficiently abundant 10 meet their own wo unu
During the whole cruise they were news
ly in want Of food but on one occasion ,rb; %No>
when on their return they were nearino D T, W
bay. Here fortunately, fine fat seal nrosa .as,
self, stretched at length on the ice. A jI' aeI
manned to go In pursuit of it, and DR. ~ 7a
scrlbes the excitement of the chase IS -. y
that one OF the most experienced gunners ' of y
party could hardly command himself suffc;oa, q
fire at ii until the boat had neared wnb;.
yards and 1t was in the very act of escapins Il
The temperature at which the expl6ra2o.
conducted, was between 70 and so dpcroo,I We
zero. So intense was this cold that tho o. .
thermometers failed to indicate acccurataIv Nv NY
perature, and even chloroform and the essential :
which resist low temperature, became thI
tnrbid. 1t was only by careful obserynlon Z
comparison of many instruments, that thew wor.
6led to attain to any accuracy in regard to In
tent of the cold.
An opportunity has thus been given of testo,
aollty OF the human body TO resist temperatn,
seventy degrees below zero, for several mont.
gether The Doctor and his party were enab
do this by an immense consumption of animal T.
the ordinary daily allowance to each man bpi,,.
or eight ducks, or an equivalent in several pOp1i
the fat seal.
Shortly after the discovery of the compound
ture of the atmosphere by Priestly, Crar..
preached the theory that the animal heat of ,ha h.
is maintained at an uniform temperature Of o.
grees, by means of liberal consump,ion of 4
containing carbon in excess, as animal food W..
the cold is severe. The most beautiful and bfI :
series OF experiments prosecuted by Lebie ".
those intended to establish this theory which jbar
most successfully.
In this connection, the experiment of d. X,
and his party, in showing the kind and anon
food required to enable the human BODY tom,
the depressing influence of continued low tenn,
ture, for brief period of time longer than any Of.
recorded, is of the highest practical value
We have in physical geography, as the result
this cruise, newly discovered land, fanked BY
mountain ranges, wide and iceless open SEA- c.s.
pointing to an undiscovered region of large extent.
wards the north pole, and immense glaciers ts-
which those of Cyr and Chamouni dwindle int
ignifcance