The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-10-08


We discovered TO great terror craggy Ice piled
up high and forming the limit Of our field, which as
lar as we could see, was broken up IN every dlrec-
lion. the oaIy objects dstingushable IN the intense
snow storm are fragments OF our ice 1cd the piece
also be shversa ere on We soms bread in our
knapsacks ready TO nee Tor lie though the snow lies
so deep that one Is buried in II at every step and apt
10 run headl0ng 10 destruction.
TERRIBLE SuFFEHTNGs. AN
Such and similar scenes were not unfrcqeut after
this day. The worst night was that from the lth to
the l2th OF January. we were threatened with the
loss or our boats. Dividing into two parties, we
took leave Of each other, ieady to go down with our
last chauce--tbe boats Tho Lig boat had long been
abandoned. our faces were covered with a crust OF
Ice which we had To remove with KIN fe IN order to
be ADJ 10 eat he fine snow penetrated our clothes
our limbs were frvlcn and some Of the logs could
no lonser bs written up owing TO lrost bitten Bands;
TO leave tho house January H. and fakefor i've nights
TO, the boats which We had covered In. new
FROM the fragments Of the old using snow instead OF
mortar. II was COMPLETED January 10, but sheltered
small galley and IN The boats. In this way we speat
los nays, up TO May z. our great neldswas now re-
It's circumference did not exceed 2j0 PAGES. This
dinihntlye size was often an advantage 70 us, ~
ia ii small make had not gided between them
II steercd Dy All invisible power. Sometimes wc
were 90 c.osey beset Nv these coossal mountains
that apparently we were at the lowest spot OF deep
valley.
MAKING TOR THE LAND. Ell
May in al deg. IL min. north latitude and ~
deg. west Longitude. We cit our little isle OF ice.
We knew that the southern point o. Greenland and
Cape Farewell wi.h It's constant storms, could not
be far distant. II took only four hours 10 set our
boals ailoar AMI distribute crew 10 each. Capital
lfs the and the second maze
tBsiel tue King William. W,th three hearty cheers
We started nnder SAIL but were stopped after forty
eight hours 10y ICE intervening between MS and tho
COAST The ooats had 10 DC drawn over II, and we
worked from May 10 uniii June :, making twenty.
I'VE days, during which We had but half rati0ns, and
Suffered much from fatigue. IL required an cn.iEe
day ~ move a boat sou steps, We mad TO warm our
food over alcohol lamps, ana as we became snow
blind and our eyegiasses had been lest we supplied
teAl by taxing the glasses Out or the ASTRONOMICAL
instruments. aune We reached tle and' ~ -
hk. We campod OH the ice ana celebrated Whiisul.
TIE. From me ofn To the latn q June we kept IN
three boiis along the COAST when shove ca but
lew Signs OF vegetation.
GREENLAND.
June Is, We came 30 Il broad bay; saw several
houses and people on tae ci.ns staring 1t rs VITA
asonishment. We now We're safe. TITS The Ger
man aag,p we heard them cali out and lnen we
knew thlt .hey were cOantrYnen, the first TO
greet Us, the missionaries OF friedIicnstai kerIs,
HarlB and GerlcSe. The news Of our extraordinary
Ice trip soon spread among the EsdlInaux. VINO
came 10 welcome US. We received ~ ter hands
and from the Two missionaries The very hest treat
ment and food. June 10, inc anniversary OF our
startlng. we were told Thar me Danish brig Con-
stance, Captain Bang, regularly plying between
Copenhagen ana Greenland, would take us home
ward. on the ioLh We lei III our boats TOR Nennor-
talk, and on t.e i,0h Tor iAcnt snaa well received
III the icfrner place " the Daaish officer Rosing,
sud IN the later by The missionary Rev. Mr.
SDinder.
THE noMEwARD TRIP.
Having sent messenger 10 JulIanshaab and OBJ
tanned permission TO san with the Constance, we
loft the boats OF the Hansa, which mad faithfully
served us. June -, and arrived SEPTEMBER / In
Copenhagen. 10 our urter surprise We neard from
the DANISH pot the first news OF the great war; and,
TO our intense sausiactiou, Of German victories.
THE OFFICERS AND CREW.
Of the lansa were-captain, uegemann: first officer,
iIildebandi SECOND oiScr. Badc; doctor OF philos-
enila: doctor OF medicine Bucanolz, oil The Grcils-
waid University; carpenter, Bowe and seven sailors
me captain speaks in the highest terms of the
discipline vi s.e mea, who never gave hiI, even
under me most trying circumstances, the least rca-
son FOR complaint.
TIE AGCtIc STEAMER GElNASIA,
arrived lew days AFTER Wards september H. safely
III Biemelbayen. Captain Kolacrray has reported 10
tae president OF The committee, Mr. Mosle. that they
spoke the lansa Juy 20, 1859 Tor The time. The
GermaB!a reached, August S in u deg. 3. MN.
north latuudo ani Is ies. 30 hin. west longitule,
She east coast or Greenland and went a. high rs
deg. 81 Iasn where they were barred by the ice.
September y, ere frozen IN and overwinterci.ln
my OF sabine isand. The greatest cold was 50 deg
below zero. On expeditions made in seI9hs dsscoy-
cred coa. la the spriug OF the curIent year went
again -lei g:is - iar as Il dcs min. norm a
tgdc AMI Is deg. west longitude. Deep Snow inter-
tered with tile exploration OF the interior. Astron
omcal observations were made, also measurements
trip by boat 10 the Caverlng Island they found
deserted ENauimaux village, numerous nuts and
graves.
Towards the close OF July another attempt was
ma 10 TO gain 70 the north keacned u deg. 2Jmin..
and were stoppat by icy barric.i,.
August 6.-liaving steamed southward, dis
covered In 10 de.s. 70 nIi STRAIT which
followed for seventy Two miles in q
westerly direction. Cur position was tYelty-
SIX degrees west Longitude. Temperature Of
tie water four degrees, Keaumur; Of atmosphere
ten degrees ReauInur we iound numerous icebeSgs,
some 4 600 feet bigh; climbed mountain 1000 Icet
high. and saw many glaciers ana mountains fur
tncr In the interior, which, On measurement were
found 10 b. la.oDo feet high There was lalr vege-
tation-berries, blfcn. wniow, Alpine brushes and
1oss--hcTis III reindeer, musk oxen, po.ar hareS,
snow Dens and other ,oTl.
August l5-our further progress met with an OBJ
sarle ed by The ureakaee oil our steam boiler.
ghe season being well advanced re resolved TO rec
luGn. Though W. had ;soundaDt provisions yet TO lasr
q year aud thirty tons OF coal. The PACK ice was
weatncrea severe storm While In The Ice.
August M..-ont ont OF ~ IN sescn,y-two degrees
norm latitude and fourteen degrees west Longitude.
We Obtained soundings NJ 1900 fathoms, ana OTlen
tried the deep iead. Oar course was between Ice
Itud and tne Farce ana Shetland Islands. saw no
vessels unul reaching The mouth OF the Jalde; met
here ne German rnonofs, ana took pilot TO Brcai
ernAyen. Much scientific material on board the
berlaana and all Hands WelL
RESULTS TIE EXPEDITION.
Sim,sJn2 ap n a lew words tae scientific results
mined, The aldng 81 che Germaiia IN Greenland has
demonstrated, what was formerly doubted that
Greenland eAst coast can BE- approlcnei by steam
SHIPS in tn. latitude. Ia rne second place the said
coast a, been explored Tor distance of seventeen
degrees thoroughly examined and aa;foaomcally
hNea Or ~ least Its position corrected from seventy
tHTee 10 seN enti-seYeD degrees by the GermaHla
Tue P0s>ini 81 Winfering III the polar region OF
East Gre enidnG una low dUubtel, las been SHOWN.
important t8ets nave Been obtained concerning an
approach % pole " water, n selglis. and u
has been rendered certain thar practicable coast
r0ue OF The supposed extent esis,s i large part Of
the INTERIOR o. Greenland mas been explored. inland
mqtIni4ips have ,ieen measured STRAITS discovered
which Might possibly AFFORD passage through
Greenland to Ba iiu's Bay. Considerable mo-
JerHi has been gai Ga l9r botanical and geological
science no l,as HAN for the ioss fora and lanna
uasmnch as the expedition brings back large col.
lccuons Of .dehtrttis ana petrnactons The mag
neilc observations iorm rich material Illustrating
tnoSc OF >ab.ne, made III 1922. An attempt 10 mea.
sure degree rom Pendulum Island across the ice
quite successful Daty observations OF tile TIDE
gave valuable Information respecting The tidal wave
Ut the 'cal sea. fhe necessary INKS between the
meteorological observation ~ Bafir'S Bay. on the
one hand, aad Nosh Splzbergen on the other,
have been Supplied. The winter was usciuy occu-
p,ed 10 ya.Uaue physical ana astronomical opserva-
iion- aiiea by most superior instruments.
fmaiy. ite meteorological science was benefited