The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-02-09
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Captain c. F. Hall is giving lectures
on the mysteries of the Arctic zone
and explaining the route he intends tC
pursue in his proposed attempt tC
touch the North Pole. He expects to
start on his third voyage about the
month of May, 1871, and avOws his
determination not to cease his IabOrs
until he has touched the ninetieth
parallel of north latitude. He pro,
poses to obtain for his party a number
of seaIers in Newfoundland, and tC
proceed from there to the west O
Greenland, where. he will procure
dogs, as on his last voyage. He now
thinks there are no dogs so suitable
for his purposes as those of King
Williams Island, which have served
an apprenticeship to starvation, and
can go without food for two weeks.
From Greenland he will cross Davis
Straits to the home of the E5quimaux,
obtain there more dogs, making the
number fifty in all. He will then
take the route of the English whalers
across Bafin's Bay to Smiths Island
and thence proceed westward through
Jones Sound, following the same fOl
about two hundred miles, afteTWard
turning nOrthward and going as far as
is practicable before WOEter sets in.
He hopes'to reach the eightieth paraI
lei before hybernating.
In the spring of 1872, he means to
start On his grand sledge expedition
to the North Pole. He has great con
fdence in his skill, based upon his
experience in sledge travelling, and
will have the assistance ofnatives who
are also versed in the business. L
has hopes of completing this trip il
ninety or a hundred days, taking nc
provisions, and foraging by the way
Only half his company-picked men,
will go with him in his extreme ven
ture. If he does not succeed in 1872
he proposes to try it again the mex
year, and to stay five years if neeeSsa
ry before giving up the job.
Capt. Hall cOnfesse5 to one dilemma
which he foresees on reaching the pole
How shall he regulate his chrOnOme
ters and be sure of his whereabouts
"Every. direction then will be south
There will be no north, no east, nj
west. The North Star will be direct
Iy over head, or nearly so, and on the
first day of March the sun will appear
just above the horizon, and go round
and round, day by day, never rising
or setting, but gradually attaining {
greater altitude, until finally it will
get to height of 2310, and then grad
ually get lower and lower, until, OF
the 23d ofSeptember, it will disappear
to be seen no more for six MONTHS
What object can he sight to regulate
his chronometers ? He has asked tn
question of the best talent in the coun
try, and no man can answer him.
In the winter of 1872 he will b
where no sun can shine, but in a fin
place for people fond of eating, for
will always be dinnep-time-alway
twelve o'clock. He is having his chrO
nOmeters constructed to mark tn
whole twenty-four hours, and he think
all chronometers should be made i
that way. 1t is to be hoped that h
will take time to solve this whole prot
lem satisfactorily before setting Ou
It will be very unpleasant to think tn
gallant Captain all the while in dal
| ger of cgettfng turned round, an
finally sliding down the opposite ic,
slope, by mistake, coming Out-nobC
DIV knows where.