Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-10-14
FROM TEE FROZEN SEAS.
Interview with Capt. CT Hall, the
Returned Arctic ExplOrer-What
Caused the Loss Of Sir John FRANK
IiA's ParIy-LIfe In the Arctic Zone.

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Interview with Capt. @. f Hall, the
Returned Arctic ExpIOrer-Whai
Caused the Loss Of Sir John FRANK
las Party-LIfe In the Arctic Zone.
From the New York World.
Capt. G + Hall, the returned Arctic
explorer last night at late hour, paid
a visit with friend to the editorial rooms
Of The World. The following particu.
lars of the conversation which took
place at the time cannot but interest our
readers, and will supplement the report
of his explorations which Capt. Hall has
made to Mr.. Henry Grinnell, of this CT ty
and which will be soon ready for publi>
cation.
Capt. Hall is good specimen of
manly, hardy, and unpretentions sailor,
who talks in a simple, Straightforward
manner about his experience, and makes
light Of having spent about five years
within the frozen circle of the arctic
zone. He looks stout and hearty, and
apparently none the worse for his rough
exper ence. 1t may seem strange, after
such long absence, that he is eager to
return to the scene Of his adventures;
yet he expresses strong hopes to start
next year on an expedition in search of
the North Pole.
HIS COMPANIONS.
maux, a husband with hisIwifs andh
adopted child, who bear the Engli sy
names of Joe, Hannah and Silvia. Tn ed
understand our language, having Wis ties
this country at the time Capt. Hall was
last here, and are pleasant and int Iii
gentNloOking persons. They are low
browed, small-eysd, thick>set, with
straight hair and chubby, ungrsceful
forms, characteristic of their race, and
quite different from our idea of beauty.
They resemble somewhat the lower
class Of German and Irish immigrants, and
are also little like the Chinese in sp-
pearance. They enjoy civilized life
very much, and are quite pleased to
make second visit to the United States.
The climate is rather unsuited to their
constitutions and unusual mode Of life,
but they soon get accustomed to it.
AlS JOOhNALs
Capt. Hall has a number of curiosi~
ties with him, one Of the most interest
ing of which is his journal, a large
blank book, full of notes hastily written
with lead pencil at all times and places,
and often under the most uniavorable
circumstances. Its pages contain the
record of many weary days of hardship
and suffering and accounts of moving
incidents by food and field, such as are
rarely to be met with. In order to
prevent the writing from being blurred,
the pages have been dipped in a prepa-
ton of glue made from fishes, so that it
retains a sticky feeling.
LIFE UP NOR H.
The Captain gave a vivid description
of his experience within the Arctic cir
Gle, and his life among the Esquimaux.
The largest body Of the latter he ever
saw collected together was only l25.
This was at little village near Repu lse
Bay, and was a rather unusual circum-
stance. The solitary nature Of the life
led by the explorers may, therefore, be
imagined. All alone in the frozen waste,
with hardly living thing to be met
with; living like moles in underground
houses, with dogs and EsGuimsux, so
huddled together that the human could
scarcely be distinguished from the brute;
shut out from all intercourse with the
outer world, excepting the scraps. of
news brought at long intervals by pass
ing whaleships; such an existence, only
varied by occasional expeditions into the
interior on sledges drawn by dogs, can
hardly be called endurable, let alone
pleasant. Yet Capt. Hall did not com
plain of the life.