The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-07-05

! PoIlectIy nat, 8hu can be trans
ported on q sledge across the ice
without the least difficulty. When
open water is reached the order OF
things is exactly reversed--the
boat is unpacked and spread out.
and the sledge and its contents is
taken on board, dog team and all.
4 As to those who are going to be
tho principals in the adventurous
and dangerous expedition, they
are, all told, twenty mine men,
There is not a man among them
whose qualities and character have
not been well tested, from the cap.
tain down to the cook. The lead.
er and comnar3as ie chief is, ~
course, Captain Hall next IN the
command comes Captain s. o.
Buddington, of New London, an
old whaling master of 80 years. ex.
Perience, 81 of which were spent
in the Davis strait and Baffin bay.
lie is an old a,.d. trusted friend of
Captain Hall, who has implicit
faith in his long experience and
acknowledged ability. The second
officer is Mr.. III. @. Chester, also a
whaling man, OF twelve years. ex.
perience among the ice and the
third officer is Mr.. William Nor.
ton, who was DR.. kanes trusted
friend and companion, and the on.
ly living mortal to whom it was
ever permitted to look upon the
Polar sea. He had the. sod. -nr;.sI
Havana, and to bring his remains
from there to Philadelphia for in
terment. Mr.. Emil Schuman oc
cupies the post of first engineer,
and the scientific corps will consist
of three gentlemen, one Of whom,
DIR. Emil Bissells, of Heidelburg,
Germany, will attend the expeoi.
tion as q surgeon naturalist. A
student from the observatory at
Ann Arbor, Michigan, will proba-
bly, be the astronomer aud an Off
Ger of the signal service depart
ment will be aboard in the capaci.
ty of meteorologist. Besides these,
there will be q blacksmith, carpen-
ter, steward and fourteen sailors,
besides the Esquimaux interpre.
ter, Joe, and his wife, Hannah
This latter interesting couple, with
their little daughter, are genuine
specimens of the Esquimaux, but
having been in constant company
With Captain Hall for eight years
past, they speak very good En-.
glish, and have acquired civilized
manners. Joe is famous hunter
and sealer," and his little wife is
quite an accomplished woman in a
small" way, with considerable
talent for languages and for music.
Their little daughter, who will &C.
company them, is five years old, and
has been for somo time at school in
Connecticut, where her parents
have been lately residing, the
guests Of Captain Buddington.-
They will join the ship at the
Brooklyn navy yard, and q nice
cosy little cabin has been fitted up
for the exclusive use of them and
their child. They are glad to visit
once more their native fields OF
snow and ice; and it is not at all
certain that they will again return
with the expedition.
Although Captain Hall expects
to accomplish his purpose of pene
trating into the great Polar basin,
if such one really exists, and Wis.
iting the north pole, in less than
three years, the Polaris has been
proyisioned for four years, which
can be extended to six, with a lit.
tie economy and jndicious distri,
button of rations. The great sta.
pie of provisions is the socalled
"pemmican," which is composed
of three parts of selected dried
meat to one part of the best suet
mixed with some other ingredients
The food is both nourishing and
wholesome, and, through the alb
sence of salt, there is no danger OF
ecurvey-that pestilence of Arctic
travelers-to be feared from its
use. 1t is packed in 45 pound
tin cans, Theoretically aealed, and
of this there is no less than 10000
pounds slowed away in the hold
the manufacture of which consum
ed and condensed $4,000 pound,
of ordinary beef and 5000 pound.
of suet. Besides this, there is any
quantity of dried and desiccatet
vegetables, such as potatoes, toma
toes, onions, etc., and a large STOCK
of -four, biscuits, sugar, coffee, tea
condensed milk, canned fruits, and
all other necessaries tor a protract
ed voyage. Captain Hall, however
expects to be able to economize with
these provisions to very consider
able exteht by substituting in theil
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