The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-11-01

III IniS crlpplou cOuOltiOu IL was iHiPooci7
BILE to make further Roadway, and after ex
Treating ourselves from the ice, we ran
down into Harstein bay and anchored.
During the Sd, 4th and 9Th of September
the wind blew with great force from the
same quarter as before. On the 4th, l
reached, with much difficulty, Littleton
island in whale boat, and obtained view
to the Westward from an elevation of some
four hundred feet. The ice was very heavy
to the West and Southwest thick i'm.
penetrable pack-but to the Northward,
along the land, it was loose, and the pros
pect of working Westward from Cape
Hatherton was encouraging.
On the 9th the wind fell to calm. The
boats were got out and we pulled up to
Littleton island but two days had COM
pletely changed the position of the ice.
Between Littleton island and Cape Hather-
ton there was no open water, nor was there
any visible from the top OF that island to
the Northwest, West, or Southwest. Unable
to advance, and fearful of being frozen in,
we again extricated the vessel from the ice
and ran back into Hartstein bay.
Everything about us now began to wear
wintry aspect. The temperature had fall
len to eighteen degrees below freezing.
Thick snow had been falling at intervals
since August 25th. Our decks were COW
cred with ice, the sails and rigging were so
stiff with it that they could barely be
WORKED tne scnooner's sloes were ilned WIN
q thick crust and large masses OF ice had
accumu'ateo on tne c9twaser ana IorWafo
rigging. Inc navigaple season was Clearly
craving 70 close. 4. s.,al
Nor.neast gaies detained US curing tne
I'm ana 0tn, ana tne temperature continu
ing 70 iaii oeemeo IL lmPruoent again 70
enter the ice, ana Accordingly we went into
winner quarters on me yin 10 . Oignt, az
tne nead OF Hartsteln Day. Inc schooner
was moored Dy Jour nawsers lorty yards
rom snore, 10 seven iatnoms water. ifne
sal,s we're unoens ana the toPmasts housed;
ana aiter giving the crew monday our
winner preparations were commenced. Inc
STORES were oeposlteo 10 mouse ouiit Ior
the purpose on shore. Inc noid was con"
verted into comfortable room ior the men,
ana the upper deck was housed over with
ooards. owing 70 DAD weather three weeks
elapsed before these arrangements were
Qopplesec -,
: Out wlnsef nafoor; wn'cq named rSrs
rou'ke, 10 honor OF WIN. rarker f0uike,
ESD, OF rnIiaoeipnia' was wen sneitereo
except 70 inc southwest. OOservatlons
mace 0y MT. oontag' at 'ne observatory,
erected on snore near tne vessei, gave lts
Posit.on, latitude 20 IL Il n iongituoe ~
~ o. w? twenty mics lurtner soutn IMAM
". Names winter quarters ana distant
rom II Dy Tue coast ninety mics.
need nardiy say that deeply regret
that we couid not attain q higher latitude
win the vessel, Partlcuiariy 90 regret that
we couio not reacn tne west coast. mat
coast was wnoiiy unapproacnaoie With q
saniDg vessei.
Inc weatner contlnueo Dolsterous tnrougn-
OUT tne autumn ana lndeed, curing tne
greater part OF tne wlnter- In consequence
OF tne repeated gaies tne water on the mar
DOT was not irozen over until March, so tnat
sieoge traVeiing 10 tne northwaro was lm-
Practicaoie curing tne month OF Octoner' az
WINCH tl@e l nao expected 70 carry OUT
provision oepots 1or use 10 tne spring. Mr.
oontag mace an attempt TO leacn nenssel-
aer Haroor 10 November ana aitnougn tne
DARKNESS OF tne winter nad tnen SET in' ne
was 1ame1 Dy inc open waters.
"nile Inc oayiignt iasted We were pront'
aoiy empoyeo. "a survey OF tne maroon
ana aoJacsn' coasts was mace Dy Ine JOINT
iao0rs Oh messrs; oontag, McVorm,ck'
Deoge ana hadclin. 10 september, Mr.
oon.ag put up 10 tne observatory Inc nne
Penouiom apparatus, constructed express,
~ Ior the eXpeoition oy the Messrs. Bona
OF Dos'on' ana iuil SET Oh satlsIac-
tory experiments were OBTAINED. Inc mag,
ne.lc instruments were subsequently paced
10 tne same building, and observations were
tnere mace rom time TO time. A meteo :
rologic observatory wa, erected on snore'
ana observations were there recorded tnree