New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-14

| die autumn; that IL had capaclous EaiDOTs. atd
bounded IN reindeer in A cite harcs and in mlOfS
d BIRDS: but no man could pretend 10 say foreeD
NV lar the best equipped steamer. commanded BY
The most able Arctic officer could penetrate Ia that
| sea through such openings as Tie current of Winds
sglt produce through missss Of closely. uedged ice
DR. Pctermann said the eject Of an Arctic ~
break mp the ice OF the edge Of the pack but he (Sir g.
bnck) absolutely discntcd from the dea that eXpe
dion could make progress To the North Pole from tNo
vest Of sptzbcrgln. In 1918 he accompanied his
fiends, Sir John Franklin and Admiral Beechey, In
he very firs Polar expedition In this century from
England. They tried necessarily night aud dey 70
iuTce their WY 10 the North tie Slips the DorOea
qua Trent were greatly damaged, and the men tx
hlnsied. bui with their utmost efforts they
able 10 get beyond eOoU. Then, again. the ice there
was not Ike tie ice westward; some of it was five
miles In diameter. much Of it froH, 40 10 ~ feet in
thickness, ard only two or three feet above the sur
face Stu they went on porseyerng; Of the SHIPS
the Dofoihen. was crushed aud cely scawOry but
shc vas tched mp and after trying intellectually for
Tree months to tc 10 the north In one dir ecti0u
Trey were compelled most reluctantly to abandon the
attempt They then went along the Ice from Spl'z
bergen toward GIeenliEd. going along the edge OF
he packed 49, Snhl they were arrested by mpnnetrnble
masses on The coast OF Greerland. aud Ia all That space
tbeio was not an opening Of half mile. That being
50 ard the season being far advanced toward
frclkd 70 rriinqush the ENTERPRISE and return TO
England. Dr. sooTesby, the captain II q whaler. how
eyer often told him that he at ore period cot rs far
- degrees north. but that never occurred second time
with him. Hear Learl With respect to Capt Os
borns plans L. shonld sly that u lis two vessels should
DO tALrte enough 10 nnd IN open te1soIfhdt Wns
Open weather I'd the leo loose that they could sail
anon. IL and take up their station in Smiths Sound
aud IL in the folowi Winter the ice should be found
closely wedged and imT0yaby fixed. he saw no reason
WHY pnrtyIropery equipped and not finding any very
large spaces OF open water shHd rot succeed IN get
ting very TO the Pole. If u" to the Pole. Hear
hem.
Sir Edward Beleher knew personally what sledge.
trayo Ing was and lie had tie difficulty ~ meeting
open water hen he could not launch bis boat IN IT. lie
saw great difficulty ia carving vessel ruund to Smiths
nv Lra a. a
editions had ia cd N that, and he believed The prae
ticahiy OF going up Davis STRAIT aud Of getting up
to Smiths Channel. in the iope next year OF going
thence further month, very doebiul With regard
TO tn expedition 10 ch Sir Geree Bach had nundei
TIE question war did they 80 the right way He (sir
| Edward Belcher) tlougb they KEPT too much toward
Orecnlan and thet hey were seeking for whaling
ron and Lot 20 advance the cause oi science In that
the, made great mislkc Whales ike warm water and
tn ali Kept toward the Equator. end be hnd TO doubt
ta II SeoIesby had pursued co1i SO to c Oh
Spl betgen lie would Lave driird round the Pole. rs
regarded the slcdCe s,sem 10 uuch doubted It's icls
| lity They would have long, weary AID uncertain
in order 10 ieGah the opening 81 smiths SOUND
Granted thai they secured the vesses te rs rear and
that slcdei opera'ioLs we're duy prepared the sea
was open IN MAY, az he believed l. would be- lie would
ask II their leCges were a. b. boat sedges. ~ 70 pass
over open water Ii 80 tie attempt was wilder th"n
that Of Parry. and Doth Richards end Osborn wen
tnew the difficulty attending sry such orsrat.on ~
enjoyed the friendship Of Tho late sir Jares Ross
and they frequently cohyerscd On irhvehng by
| boat sledgcs Sir jones ves accustomed % say
,osed on the men when those boats got into snow;
Iley were to be unlHad,d. nDd even then they could
scarcely be e1rica'ed On some occ sioni, when the
snow rad melted ttey Nuo detained for houts, not
advancing mile IN tao DAYS lie (Sir T.. Belcher) also
met Baron Wrengel aud Mh,b.e gskln bis henienant
at Pctropauloyssi ~ is.o. al er Their ugsueeessin
exploration by dcg'' ara then Simple %. i's', u,
d" Via, could We 90 when We met Win water Was
lust he would put To the sedfe prcJectors On we
other band, their t.sss would be able to hnisn and
reporf n not successful IN one season. recruit Dad
H,. In he Second. accord
auee With experience camel, tbs Government could
add 10 the force reduce IT, rs events war; nnted
Admiral Coluson said TIE question oi ~ open ROAR
Sea had ~. origin in the remarkable expedition OF Baron
WIange FROM the coast u ASIA and u received con-
drmatlon from subsequent cSplorons but we're those
M, mon ho' Instead o. expansive scasi at Gates
bend sound Lis admiral CO,ru's) sedgc sank, and
be Wus otiged 10 make great GboHr mere tHey
were cob !Dccd that no open sea MAS l ssht' Iheie
vns general opinion that because lee wasted AWAY
here must he yacuy ~ thcbiek o: It. bU he coniended
there vas 10 foundation for such theory. Inc pro
sre,s Of 10 shp Fox a. she approached tho tea 10.
creased daily bat iie Ec,olntc wlieh was iGT'ns,
sioud also be ietocubrred Tat during inter- while
ca was mnsiug. u occupied lager space n
the water then Wien N Wns made; aud therefore IN,
lad that remarkable phenomenon: downward dfin
without any s-a lcf behind IL. With respect 20 the
between the Polar and the Antarctic seas
H. c0nieBied that thcf bad 10 simiry whatever for
In the one there the open expansion, and The
other VS. pent mp by continents. They hal got
through that barrier Of Ice which Ross ron.traed by
l
b, reen but when they went beyond that they would
meet with what lie encountered IN latitude 7ean icy
wall. Tic alteration I'D better be taAeh by saith,
souid titan ~ Spiubergep. r IN That case they would
have an opportunity 81 getting nearer otle Pole by
but they wanted to make progress to the Polar
sea, q ~ must hold BY the land. lCheers.l
Admiral FiiNoy. who was received With cheers.
said b. had precnsious 10 The character Of an Arctic
navigator but from the time when rauy Sabine. aud
others Of that day their exp aions he had cure
rly noted The progress made flUil to year for
period Of 30 yes The tesul, OF hi. observations
The subject had been that great dla too much stress
haA been laid propoIioaateIy upon attempts 10 make
nssngc by the Northwest md that We hnd not given
suf eient attention consideration 10 what was done
by the early Dnich. Euglish and Russian nnygntors:
VINO In tie latter period VI the Jad In tho 10Th ana
18th centuries made very snccess nens 10 rrieh the
rorh md eastward, adj also very near ihs Norm f"e
In lels Darlington and Beanioy. feows o. inc koyn
society, gave very credible accounts OF pdtch shps
reaching within two three degrees Of the Norm
Pole and II ndiug there an opjn sea OF comparatively
warm temperature, AID swell oil the sea injecting
that there VAS no barrier W.T. la moderate distance
The object Of the Dutch IN those JAYS was 10 pass
round they considered the shortest track TO the
East Indies by the Arctic seas. and t was In making
those voyages that some of their ships went 30 lar norm
fiat Ia. sea Was partly explored near the Pole Indeed
there was an instance Of ship ht,ing gone wv"
degrees beyond the Pole. Capt hhnry, VINO had mnde
The Antarctic regoLs of the Subjects Of BIS parto'
mar study mentioned the curious iact OF barometer
! falling lower and lower ~ they got DedIer inc
south Pole showing state ~ The atmosphere near inc
South IN Pole yeTy different from that III equatorial
r. gons connected with tie movement % Ice awe! Vh
| those regions The simple leanii II Capt Slaury ;
cons i,isrstions and 81 his admiral Fizloy) mheh
humber observations. wa, that there was open water
II aud near tie North Pole. and great deal 81 open
water with aIsO a large extent Of c0nlihcnlii "hu
near the south Pole: ard We should be wdntih IN our
duty a. a nation If we wilhly yuseditle energies OF
those yOi1g men who were anxious ana Wiling 70 20
and explore tho.e Interesting rtflOhs important us
they vpfe fr commercial M wen "a scientific reasons
and Ii Ne did support tie efforts Of tne lya geo
graphical society a follow the head OF ihi rsS'dsu''
wlom hey Al loI'lei a,i i7lceneI lCLceIs'
| The President fskca II Admiral frzroy was III iaVor
l.. La nIiIhis nd u