The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-30

The GiOrfous summer Nituin the Arctic
Circle.
The very interesting special despatch which
we published yesterday from st. Johns, New
foundlaud, of the observations of the writer
on a trip in the United States ship Congress
TO Disco, Greenland, gives us some refresh
ing glimpses of the peculiar glories OF the
short-lived summer within the Arctic Circle.
The Congress was sent up to Disco by the
Secretary of the Navy with an ample store
of supplies of all descriptions for the subsist-
ence of Captain Hall and his ships crew dur
ing the coming winter, and for their grand
expedition in the spring in search of the North
Pole. We are encouraged in the belief, too,
from our correspondents report of the plea
SAINT summer at the SEVENTEEN degree of north
latitude in Greenland, that, starting north
ward from that point up Baffin's Bay, even so
late as the middle of next June, Captain Hall
will probably be able to push his steamer
through to the Pole and get back to his base
of operations before the return of the freezing
season. The Captain and his men, at all
events, at Disco, were in the best of spirits,
and in setting sail thence were confident of
success, and hope to get thorough even during
the present season.
Meantime our correspondent fascnates us
with his cheering description of the summer
glories of Greenland. So late as the 10th of
The present month he says that at Disco the
season is very open, not unlike May in New
York that the sun sinks below the horizon
but for short time, and that the twilight is
sufficient to read by all night. We conclude
from this that from the 9Th TO the 25th of
Disco does not set at all, but makes COM
plete circuit round the horizon in full view,
with fair skies all the time, from day to day.
We are further told that the August displays
of the northern lights at Disco, even in the
still lingering daylight of the short night up
there are extremely grand, the aurora assum-
ing the forms Of magnificent arches, scrolls and
spiral stairways. WHAT must these exhibitions
Ne, then, in the long nights Of the winter season
in those wildly flaming Arctic skies!
But it further appears that while Baffin's Bay
is still shining with its squadrons Of glttering
icebergs drifting down to the main Atlantic,
they have regular summer in Greenland,
SHOWERS blooming, brooklets flowing, birds
singing, and babies rollicking on the grass"
md that in going to big glacier the exploring
party, of which our correspondent was one.
found IL waim uvIK, the persplrat1on rolling
off them like rain drops. Best of all, even
In the supposed intoerable Arctic climate of
Disco, our adventurers were cheered with the
presence of charming, educated lady, the
wife of the Danish Superintendent, whose
home is there, and with her performance on
the piano of ''Home, Sweet Home, the ''Star
Spanged Banner" and yankee Doodle.
IAnd then the Esquimaux of that Danish set
hlement are civilized, Cbristianized, all Luther
hns, and live comfortably, and their attendance
ht divine service on the ship Congress, includ-
Ing sermon from the Rev. DR.. Newman, was
surely not less an impressive spectacle to the
distinguished strangers in that strange land
Khan to the honest Danes and simple-hearted
natives.
But here wishing the complete success of
Captain Halls expedition, and believing in it,
our attention Is directed to those Arctic regions
hp Baffin's Bay as the most inviting regions for
IA summer excursion from New York of oil the
Inviting regions of this Continent to the poet,
khe painter and the man of science, to the
hover of the wild and picturesque in nature,
and to the fused up" man or woman in search
Of q new sensation or of health and pleasure.
What a glorious summer cruise to our bold
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Newfoundland, and thence up baffin's Bay to
Disco Island and back! And what grand
SUCCESS would be summer excursion from
New York to those regions OF glaciers and ice
bergs in the dog days, in stanch steamship,
Equipped expressly for the expedition! For
fishing and hunting we dare say that there is
no island or district in the four quarters of the
rlobe to compare with the island of Newfound-
land aud its summer climate, cooled by the
acebergs from Bafins Bay, is positively re-
Greshing to July straggler from Long Branch,
saratoga, or the roasting White Mountains
We throw out these hints to men of capital
and enterprise in search of new adventures.
I'm this very interesting letter which we have
been discussing, descriptive of the summer
season in Greenland, Banin's Bay and New
Homeland, field for our summer tourists is
suggested, which, with the announcement of
proper facilities for exploring it, will be per-
fectly Irresistible to thousands Of our citizens
IN search of something new for their summer
vacation.
THE ROCHESTER, Democrat Chronicle Gre
publican) says sit would not place Greeley
and republicans like him on gridiron." Mr..
Greeley must feel very grateful to his
Rochester friend. If he is to be made Q