New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-31

TIE NET LANDS IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN.

II viii be remembered that telegram from
San Francisco short time ago reported the discovery Of
a new Arctic continent by American whaers Two IN
terestIng letters have written by Capt Long of the
bark Ne and Capt Raynor OF the ship Reindeer concern
ing these discoveries Capt. Long writes;
HoNOLUIU, Nov. 3, 1907.
During my cruise IN tho Arctic Ocean this season saw
land not laid down ou any charts That nave seen inc
the tth August and tie next day at "a o'clock a. M the
snip was Is miles distant from the west point OF the !aud,
! lad good observations this day, and made the west
point 10 be IN lat 40 north aud long 1879 80 east The
lower pnrs Of the land entirely hee from snow
ton There broken ice between the snip ana lana:
but there 10 indications of whales ara NOT Ieei
Justified in eudeayorug work through II and reach the
shore which / think could have been done without
much danger. We sailed to the eastward along the
land during the 18th and 10Th, aud IN some places
,as vcrv clear and peasant and we had a good
view ~ the middle and eastern portion OF the ahd near
center about IN the longitude OF $50 degrees ter
4, mountain which has the appearance OF an extihct
volcano. By approximate measurement found II 10 DO
$50 feet high had excellent observations on tho 18TH,
aud made the south-%eslrrn cape Whch hHSe iemJo
i 81 west II inposs to tell how far this land ex-
t.nds northward but as far as the eye could reach
id See ranges OF mountains until they were lost In the
distance and learn from Capt Byen OF the bark Nsu
titus land northwest OF Herald Island as lar
north as ~.
Capt. Raynor writes: ,,...-.,- No.. 80,
send short account ~ large tract ~ land lying In
the midst OF the Arctic Ocean hitherto but little known
This land has heretofore been considered 70 De tWg
charts Pover Island which Is LAID down 10 the Ssst
southwest OF Herald Island. The other is simply arAe
'cxtensiyc land with high peaks" On.my last cruise
sailed along the south and east side OF TINS hIh9 IOI
considerable distance three different times ana once
cru.ed along the entire shore. ana Dy what cosuereu
trustworthy observations made the extreme south west
cane 10 lie I'm north latitude zoo 50, and east longltude
f7s7 49, The cape found To lie IN hOrt lhltuue
75 TO- aud west longitude 1862 40. The south coast appears
10 be nearly straight, with high rugged ellis, ana eey
barren The northeast coast have not examiner 10
any extent, but IL appears To run from the south-
cast cape In a north westerly direction Tor ABOUT
rs or 20 miles, and then turns to the norm
and northeast I learned from Capt Blven mat
he traced IL much further north and has seen others VINO
traced II 10 the north OF latitude no think there - no
doubt that extends much further TO the north ana that
there "a another island lying 20 the east OF ~ say IN Ohg
tude 1909 west and To the northwest or POINT barrow
with passage between II and the land nave Just ue
scrbed. for thinking 80 u thIs: We always
mud ice the south OF tho known and-tuther 10 tne
south than the eastward OF IT, The current runs
to the west from 10 three knots an hour In
rer from 90 10 50 miles further south than We do between
that and Herald Island and there always strong cur
rent setting to the north west between those localities
unless prevented by strong nOrhery gales uOr III suc
shoa water the Arctic Ocean the currents are chaeu
sy by the winds which would Indicate thht there 10
passage In that direction where the waters pass between
Two bodies Of land that holds the ice the one KNOWN the
other unknown. would add that the southwest cape
of this Island described above lies Is miles distant from
the Asiatic o Siberian coast"