Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-12-04
An OMEN Polar aeen,,.

giUns which lie north of the cghtieth parallel oil
latitude, Apart altogether from the interest at
taching to the Question whether the poles oc tht
earth can he reached, there Is much to encourage
Arctic research. The fora and fauna of Arctic
regions are well worthy of study, and even more
interesting are the glacial phenomenal presented
| IN that dismal domain. lie students OF thu
| earth magnetism cannot but look with interest
TO those regions towards which the magic
needle seems TO direct him. Within the Arctic
| regions also lie the poles of cold, there thC
winds complete their circuit, and there, if d
| modern story he correct, lies the handspring OF
| the whole system of oceanic circulation. But
| lastly, material interests are involved in Arctic
| voyagine; since the whale fishery forms no I'M,
| important branch Of industry, and its success
| depends in large measure on the discovery Of all
the regions where the whales do chiefly congre'
gate.
The discovery Just announced by DIR. Peter
mann bears as closely ON this question Of the
whale 6Sl cry as upon those problems respecting
the Polar regions which had perpleXed men OF
science
Among the expeditions which had sailed
| during the spring of the present year, there was
| one, under the command of the German Lieu
tenants Payer and Weyprecht, which had
| sought the almost unviSitcd seas lying between
| Spitzbergen and Nova Iembla. In Ia Norwegian
| sloop they penetrated into these seas, and now
| we have news of their complete success in at
| tanning very high northery lattudC-the
| highest, we believe, ever attained in that di-
rection. In latitude rs degrees north they
| found open water, extending IN longitude from
AZ degrees TO 60 degrees teastl, and aboundnr
in whales; and they believe thar under iavora-
| bic conditions this sea would afford an opeh way
| TO the pole
| It's TO be remarked in passing that one of our
| scientific contemporaries has been somewhat
hasry, as we judge, in regarding this result.
full OF interest as it undoubtedly isas "the dis
| covery Ofthe open Arctic sea- which has been 50
lpnu spaTphpl - The nf or . harm
| is an open polar sea extending to the pole of the
| earth itself, is as far from solution rs it ever
was. 1t has long since been known thai open
| water lies beyond the icc-bOdnd seas which sur
round the northern shores Of Siberia 1t is to
| this open water, not actually seen. but ms ac-
| tually discovered as though it had been seen,
| by Wrangel and his fellow yOyagerS, that the
name POlynia was first assigned. ID has also
| been shown that there is open water to the
north of portions Of the American continent;
while within the angle between North Green
land, and the prolOngatlOu Of the western shore
OF kennedy's channel, open water trolling with
the swell OF a bOuudlesS ocean, has been seen
to extend las far as the eye could reach" to-
wards the north. Ii is also well known that
close by the very region where PAYER and
Weyprecht found open water, our couurymau
Henry Hudson, sailing in one of the clumsy
tubs called ships IN the days of Queen Eliza
beth, reached tar higher northerly latitudc
than the German y0YageTS. He did not, how
tbe, have r,erntrsts,i ba,,yoen SritzIor,ror NJ
No,-, Tan,bIo he sailed wound b ,ortb ,7,os,li,-
shores of the former island.
Sir Ed. Parry, in 1927, reached yet farther
north, and although his voyage-on due
northerIv rnnrse from Snit,hcrgar ,ros NOT
sac ion,;ns, hnt rnsac,I,nJ h. ,, - H.
and slsiges o,er Tho icl.co,r,r,1 go. zoe ,Io
rnannnr IN which l,;s ,,r,oross to,,,rj ia ,io
was finally stopped shows clearly that the seas
on which the ice-tieds lay were both wide and
tbeir conrsa rvSr yrhat fbsV snnnosad IN h .,
snIid ica-6eId evtcnJin, ncrhs ,+fi It
a sbnrt dsta1ca nf tho ,,dIa or gyen ho,di IL
tn, ,,r, barsssnd Ia, tbo dSio,Itas ga I ~
rarS which tLay bsd "a i,conntar ,t,i sC,'raI
y ',' ~ iir, ~ I IiiT
Tho oiara Of Tho enot,-Aaiis. b,,t tba stiiI
Ma 5ad Stnoiilv on,a,5 Mai h ~ , 7,r'l
IF anbia,,inrr tbat ar,e,yise ,rIinb 90 ,',,- Ia
otta,n,,tod a. Tai, A. lsn,rtb ",gt.,,'t ,'''l
from the north haga,, TO tr,, tIi,. .i;t -
seemed nc tbourb The ,rnar,iion 0oiIg a. e.,
49, ,,;,, ia - il o''s VI w
onnnsa the Efforts oc th ntr"arS rI o 4"
npsfsJ on dcSnito Tho ,,-inds h,t li e;.
were as fhe Iahers of Sisv,,SnS. as cast ne tbo,
ionrncreJ nortb,yord tI, ,rin1s ii t., ti
wsr,I the whole Of tho ico6aI NJ, ,,Gici, ,h
were vovaoinT The ice-fclJ ,vos NOT G,.oi A.
tLa,- bad sI,n,7oso5 b,,t ,.,st a., 80 T., -
mi tbici,nnSs r. ,aS a,ot;nc 90 ~, 60
seas M snrcr avidanc, couIJ 6oSa ho i ON
NJ tho eietenca Of l,,,, 49, - Ill ~
nortI When parry lei bi mon L,,o,,,i
tInra mist have heer S,Io t,, an IT, ~ ~"
nnrtbor I,r of tho rel i ali aI All o ~
ina. IN a distance 0f IT Last t, b,,,IroJ Ill
toIyarls the nnIe S,nb an ,t,,t f -, ~ M
H. % t ,t ~, Irt VI mI,t' az
marc ,tLoriv Ir;ct 81 ~, ,r,at i ffiJ ~ '"0
Rnt tbc jiscoyery i' ~, aGnonoI aithoo
if aftonis No new eyidenre of nrorta,,cn 10
snecting fine omen noIor 600 ia ynt Of rroo IN
taroet in s6ouin b,, l 80 ~ ~ ~ = Va. i,I
mo northern Snifzhercan maj, ha reor5d oi,
| a now rnurse TITO ,5,,,ao+r ,,.,st no ,,rtt'tt
erly shore of Snitzher%9n &c mi ~ dor,ops
II has bepn ottenrn+ad again and ,oi ,;tI't
s,,ccass ,fio ,i rc. IL au 49, mililou'
| tennis has hnen NOT r,ernl,, cii h 80 AZ %.
astar Tho ronte fnlIo,,ad h,;y ia,it,,,,t d -
and ynracht had boon th9nbt co. i "S -
ising II lioS noa, 70 tb Sill; "a, 80 pio ii
and the sons Leino norro,,or saon,ad . H.
IL, 70 rorni icn-fo,,j 49,, iilute IlHe
Now tbo+ II hos heau s,,,oess ,i
a,6n, ,,',,, IN i,It! t'a'Si ~
fact tbof TIC oroT saa io,,,oo ti anJ
Novo Zanlha ,ho,, ~ ,1 "a; ~. 81 'ii''
indnce ,nanI bord,, Li, 80 "'Ii nv uo" ~
route and n9ssihiy - vo,aon f, ~ .Io rne
Nv, ~ GUY, 80 ~ ,GJ ~ IA u tho HoIth
800 ~ 20 ~ 'HeiL search lor theSe crea-
cool in raocbiTI o,o 'Ia'e,ro's CGu suc-
49, - - = ~ Ip0u N'''01 caIcl N
t, ,'ii un"n Mo nav ulscoFeIea IL
nv b " Tho So "tTToT oeS ap5e 10 'ei
We NiICtn0l 'i'G oea lea,ly 'ots eAtenu laI 10
| OF .gIV e Ats.ts
81, ,,Iap VI 'o nI sels Niot llciuulu@
sao t ~ Htratol Itolectloul 10
i h ~ l Plol'aoi5 lne oPG' water uiS-
coneneu ~ e e,l [a3er ana Htyprecht
hih IIi i'0of no o'i2 WIN the seas on
, ion ilo9'i 'IilSSi J put 'lso WIN lHe open
T"Soi te1euJu " DIs' hahe ana iluyes through
'AS SiHl , IH''ilncl' .
oiiU nG tnis NC 30 we may NOT only nope 10
me''t oIioto ioIs IIal Tue hoItn pole mas oeeh
i ie"DneI' put a!so ihai Sonethlh@ mas Deen
iieu IeSpectS Tue opep sea 10 the north OF
I oIi ecu au IespeGtlug lhe htherto unVls-
lte roItnel1 SHORES OF the island I'VE SUPPOSE
VI ulee.ilallu. IL Is even posslole mat voyage
Az tne couIse now discovered may supply
sile oesL means OF asceftalnlnS the conhguraton
VI tno hoIletn shores Oi that strange aren't
peIlSo SI9S 10 me norm oil inc American CONT
melt. iuueed II Is dlHcull to say now otherwise
muse SHORES can ever be reached. All the at
,elnpts hlthefto made by tue seekers after
EoyaSers 10 ma course outside the North
are donhtIess ave., H. I,'u a. oul IeaeLs
western noSSooe @ ~ ,ti ~ ,,i0 iioiI u
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