The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1871-12-09
The North reis.


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The Geographical and Satisfied
Society Of Frankford.on.the. Main
has received report from Lienten.
ant Jallus rayer, ono Of the t.o
leaders Of the German expedition to
the North Pole. II Il dated "Octo.
ber 0, from the Norwegian coast, on
board the ship ITarald IInartagc,"
and presents some new facts Of very
great interest. Aftcr some intro.
ductcry remarks the rcpart goes on
to say: fH4
The preliminary expedition for
the exploration Of the sea between
spitsbcrgen and Nova Zeubla, which
is to be followed next year by an OK
pedition of greater magnitude, has
achieved very unexpected result
one which Is opposed to all previous
calculations. The reason why the
principal object of the expedition
viz: the exploration Of King Karls
LandA-has not and could not be con
sistently carriedout viii be explain.
ed to you by Naval Lieutenant
Weyprecht personally. As an off
set against this failure there appears,
however, the discovery Of an extern
sive open polar sea in place Of the
unknown waters, which were for
merly considered unnavigable. The
Russians, the Swedes, and even the
German expedition of 1868, vainly
attempted to penetrate even as tar as
the Southern part Of this polar sea.
But the result now obtained is calcu-
lated to give a different turn to the
whole polar question, and to create
a new basis for the exploration of
the North Pole. .sa
WHY THE FORMER GERMAN EXPEDITION
EfeHy f FAILED. ave Il
II is very much to be regretted
that the German North Polar expe-
dition Of 1s89,70 did not take this
route, through the sea Of Nova zems
bla, as il was originally pointed out
by DR.. Pctermann, who declared it
to be the best route for penetrating
into the heart Of the Polar basiD.2
In spite Of the fact that the high
est authorities have hitherto decided
y opposed every ronte east ofSpitz-i
bergen, and that the numerous Rus
sian expeditions during the present
century have not even been able to
sail round the Northern part Of Nos
va Zemb!a, and although'the voyage
Of the Norwegian, Johannessen, last
year, close to the coast Of the double
island to the Sea Of Kara, 70 the Sea
Of Batentz, was considered an ex-
traordinary and doubtful event, N
spite Of theae facts to the contrary,
our experience has proved tho ex-
istcnce Of an extensive open sea
north Of Nova Zembla. The Sesof
Kara has been explored by the nav.
igators, Simonsen and Nattisen and
others, and reported to he almost
completely free from Ice. Simonsen
has not found any Ice even around
the White Island. On the strength
Of these explorations The connectionIl
of the open sea Of Nova Zembla
with the waters of the north Of ST.
IBERIA may be considered aii cstab-
lished fact. With this discovery
yanishes an immense territory Of lee
from our maps. The year 1877 will
undoubtedly be represented as veryiI
favorable to the ice navigation, al.
though aunfavbrable' years have
often been spoken Of without cause
orproof. But the walrus ffnnterA
of Noringla arc unanimous N re-
gardiug last Summer as the worst
season ever experienced. Even the
steamer hermann, OF the German
expedition, has not succeeded hi
penetrating into the Sea Of Nara. -
In Norway the fact that sailing ves.
sells have achieved higher results
than steamships is attributed to the
faulty construction ofthe Gefmania
as a sailiugSessel as we'll as d stearn.'
er, and it ID therefore matter Of
great Importance to subject thisl
vessel to an impartial examination. n
ThE RESULT or THE POLAR EXPEDITION.
lgrHfE is.a, sl9 Y is9l@ n ilsfliAa 1Rsss ~
The question = now arises, how
came the result Of the present polar
voyage to be 50 essentially different
from all that had hithertobecn OK
lperiepcel? sWeara "a fss from the
presumption % believe that We have
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