The Hawaiian gazette., 1868-12-23
The Recent Ex editions 20 the
North Pole. ad Contemplate
ed French Exeaitieu.


Mas, hzvirg SuolecteG Steari 10 his viii
cut opsB. by It's 3sa1sroais thro1gh the
mountains ard sstahiissd rapid coDnunf
cations seross the ocean While the surface
eS the ee1tissats Is croRsd with railways,
6as taksn f1ll PosSesSpoof bis KiUgio1.
and that emery uooS asd corner Of the
earth Is esuiiizr 30 ha. Bat we are.
from time TO tiDs recsa6ea. By the an
so11eeueus ef so1e gres enterprise. Of
what REMAINS ssil uu6oc- Tns interior
Of two coutisezts IS YET eEelaped in Bys-
terry. and the s1tremiris q the world.
where dsy and right dTv5is he year into
TIVE equal parts. are yst bcth unknown to
the hzm4n eye. These a,e gsat prob-
lsGss. the sol2ti0G Of whica VII reqaire
a vast amount Of pertinscicus sbcs ard
fudsatigsbls energy.
Many attempts have been nads D reach
the Poles. Our objses Is net 10 real the
uaues Of aH the uaviyat0rs Who haze met
With horrible death IN those icy REGIONS.
or who have been obliged to give up heir
plans Of exploration. being unable to aver
come iusurmou5t4bls Obstacles, bat We
wish 10 point cut the Gndsniable progress
that can &c noticed in the res1lss Of the
successive expeditions. which results lead
to the belief shat q complete success Is
not practically impossible
When Cock returned frvu the Antarc-
TIC Ocean, be vas strougiy convinced that
10 ship would ever be able TO 20 beyond
the latitude Of Il :. and yes We have seen
WedsieH reaching a :. and Ross psne-
trstiug through the ice IN a open sea.
where be wen; as Tar s. 7s@ south hti-
tu5e, and that without the assistance Of
stsarl-
In the northern hemisphere the discov-
cries Of PaFry. Kane. and Haves have ma
terially enlarged the limits Of the known
world, and justified the hope that, in no
distant future, the Arctic regions vii have
revealed al thsir secrets. SeEsrsl pro-
ieess Of Poar expeditions have been
seriously proposed and discussed IN the
coCrse Of the last few years. and the most
prominent Of these are the English, the
German and the French projects
The theory Of Captain Shsrard Osborne.
the main promoter Of the English sxpedF-
sian- L hazed upon his behsf that the
NvSth rue L uUIEIug uUs an Iu1ueuSe
spherical cap Of ieehergs, broken here and
there By casual ersTices which are closed
At tine Of great cold The Vazt expanse
Of open sea that Aortoa and Hayes uet
with il the northwest. and the Polar seq
that Admiral WraBgeI discovered north
Of Siberia Eoald not therefore exist bat
at certain times. ard under certain apora-
bic atmospheric eouditious, and the Pols
can ouIy be reached with any chance Of
SUCCESS BY an expedition starting IN the
winter zeasou, and by means Of sIsighs.
Capt. Osborues plan vas 70 leave Eng
land With two ships and rs men; to
starioa oue of these ships. with 25 men
ca board, al Cape IsabeHa- and to proceed
with the other To Cape Parry Having
thus crowded himself with 4 pEaee Of
rssage IN case Of disastsr- he would
then select the most courageous aud hardy
Of his eoupa1i01s, and start With them IN
the hitter paFE Of February The distance
between Cape Parry and the Pole Is 500
uass, makIEg It 1000 maes going AMI re-
taruing. and thai distance Capt Osborne
intended TO travel n dxrE days Tbs
pIaH vas AZ frs &yocably E=tsnsi to at
the English AdniraIrY, bat lost many sup
portsrs when Dr. Pstsrm4aa opposed to
js au0shsr, based UPON the probable exist
enee 0f IN open ssa around the Pole Il
Il bad not been for that IuEsrTsGti0o,
which rssuItsd N dlEidiag the English
uaEie1iors irEa two parties. the project ol
Capt Osborne Eoald probably have been
PUT To the test
Dr. Pstsrua1H- 1z We have already
stated, belisEss Il n ope1 ssa. free Of 0b-
ss1cIzs- He L of oPIuioa that the bisa q
reaching the Pale With sleighz ought 70 Be
entirely discarded E5x he cnatsndz that
such a sTpe,iIEisn Es1If be Is a1s1ecs=z-
fl a. that Of PzTT IN Is77, when ths
masses ct ies we're Eaating gldsr hin and
ezrrying him baek u The sa1thzzri- Ehilz
he EE advancing. VIII great troohlz. u
the aor-hFa-l Dr. Pstsrua11 thinks
thzFEslrs. that the P0Iz can 61ly b
reached hy sea AZ the tine ct the bEEzsziillz
y 0f the ies- His pan ( that the sIpe
GIri1a INST E1E0E the 6srsctI1a 0f ths
GaIEztrsan ruGud the northern HaIts q
E~uPe- and then that the zhiPs should d
sent between the floating iEsberE q
SpiEznsrgsa add NsEI ZsuhAa- heeazss
&C thai siis the bankz ars Issz 6a1gzr1zs
than At Suith' Strata He zzzrzs Z
that the epen "a Z 70 bs faand n thai
6arzcti51 j EEtls aboTs the ed szd 54sE
Seress of Ezzit15s- Thz1kz 70 The g1tiir
1g ef5rtz Il Dr. Pstsruzzn- ths Gerzzr
sEPailrsa ssEtsd h1a Bezzza. NorEzs