Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1857-01-09
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ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS.

o is ffun4 20 ri
,,,eroi and in,en.ely interesting volumes. with
, ,,tir .,,rc,,bat in a contagious way from the en-
,h,siso of tho noble author They are books ind,ed
.rcd with which the eurron, literature Of the day
,o,rs like mere trash The small results from Arctic
Fdition since the days Of Parry have beqottcn pro-
,t agaipst further at,cmp. in the same quarter What
d can accrue tho utuitariap II. disposcd 20 inquire
from atcmptiuq to pass the mpraccabe barriers which
nature b. aqalomerated about the pole For IL an open
,is f,nd the tbcorv il we'll nigh proved be
rcctl where the atmosphere is more genial and animal
life abounds what advantage when il can never be used
veent ly some great change and after cycles Of years
go hi,,,,. n. ,,,,o,e or for the benefit Of man i--
WI, Tax the utmost powers Of endurance in realm
b,t il bl, tolerate the existence Of human beings
aud tt h., ri,rsin, into the most primitive and savage
nod. NJ Ia atip 10 the wild beasts What II sym
r. bi o,.t. which goes down to the centre of the
c,r,h3 wbatif there is Northwest passage. can we
avail o,rsol,es ofif Lotus have no more OF this futile
-ie,o ,f life md eneryy and noble ondeavor where
nothing is 20 De attained Such is the common rcason-
i mon the subioctt and the same applies 20 proseclt-
,s,b,i d., tbe heart OF Africa following In the step,
80 h r,,5r. whore trorr heat and deadly inisan wild
tt and .iu more savage men, present more danger
p obstacle. q, discover, than even polar ices Should
science be diverted from its work by such appcasi We
think not Nature opposes no obstacles which are not
u i'm the wa, of man that De may illustrate the uobl-
itv of his nature and triumph gloriousy. There is q
moral grandeur I'm these enterprises which o,crshadows
tb, are and the hero. examples produced OF their
eri+o. vil teli on ages to COME
u., -bo t,rodition. BIS kino differ from ans which
have gone before thcm The Keen cyo OF fence has
with thc same ID. lustr, completed the tables and with
,t TIMERS drawn the charts. ga,cd through the tel
-,ue and watched the STAR. and observed the changes
of the delicate Instrument. of SCIENCE but pure philau-
thony ha. Guided the holm aud driven the doclo dogs
over thc icerrs while philosophy has stood subordinate
at hct dc 10 was not SO much o find 900 open sea- that
the Cirune .rrit5u started but TO- 20 20 the rescue Of
lo ,or 30 tis, had .o ,lr,,, fallen sacrifice DO the
,,,,r 5ot- ST., I,5r ~, otiir Il. drad and kano we
fssr will soon f,i, Hmm The, only lived 20 die In
,-r5 , .,r,,,,le i,t diving thr, viii ever live 10 the
tnenor, OF mon Tho ices nc ,hc poles will hsw and
melt into bloodwartn sea before they will be forgotten.
We have followed the traveller. win brethlcss inter-
est and anxiety irtl taeir ship was kceed up and taste
cd inextrcahy in the ices iu over of north ati-
tde when ON the 9Th Of November the darkness began
60 Green ou and with industrious stoadincs. they could
only read the Thermometer az noou-day without light
and .,- of the sixth usenitudc were seem 90 the same
t,, with d, ,r,.,oet Of ii 3rtpc.a for ninety DAYS be-
fore ,i, ,s ct hack to Ola. contested -,giiirht OF d,v
and of winter altogether .nnle.. for one hundred and
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abo,.lar1 tle t,ptr, NJ tb .,ol" Nucb moro about
old Grim We yo ON with ,.r travellers in tbsr psr,ie.
of urvr, rnt rerl.,l y a -r,t Glacier 700 ~ north
latitude op tho north coast Of Gree.',nd extending
uor,b,ard into nov, land ,,ap,oI Wa.biugtop This
form. an p,per,bIe barrier q, further exploration in
that 4ireti,y The result of the cyradiri,r was the lis
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l,ry, tr,,, of land f,r. ,b e,tc,.ion nortbuard Of
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Anotber short Summer rsi away. tlo rl could not
be libers,ed and .e,,ni winter wa, inevitable II found
the marty vit resource. diminished and nbysicsl euor
Gle. .euslv less. sdontipo AS nearly a p,ssble the hai
itsof the native br,ing l,rp Tor heat dressing In fox
skin clothing and wing ON hunting rri. Cor daily s,,p
niles bolIing re,uar communication viii, the upp.r
tribe. Of tbc F.oiuca,,v .,,nt,-6,e miles distant sy
dog journey and le,opipg with then, f mutual ,uprot
in obtaining hear meat seal val. fox and rtiruis
When the dark months drew, ON. with cold so below