The New York herald., 1871-06-17
ANOTHER POLAR EXPEDITION.
Captain HALLS Route Held to be Inpract

Captain HALLS Route Held TO be Impracti-
cab,e--AIr. Pavy's Expedition.
The celebrated DR.. Augustus Peterman, protector
and conductor OF the German Polar expeditions. has
said thar 1.-THE discovery Of the North Pole would be
The crown Of geographical discoveries For the
past 400 years this desired result has occupied the
attention Of geographers and scientists and again
prominently before the world by reason Of the pro-
posed expedition of Captain Hail. Attempts to hnd
a northwest passage have been made at diff.
ferent times, beginning with Jean Cabots in
l496. followed In later days by Ross, Parry,
Franklin, Belcher, Sherard-Osborne, McClintock,
Ingleheld, De Haven, Kane and our eminent COM
patriot, Dr. Hayes but the highest latitude reached
was seventy-eight degrees, RENSSELAER, Bay, where
the Advance, OF DR.. Kane's expedition, had to be
abandoned after waiting three years for the ice
break sp Wiloughby, in 1858, reached eighty de-
grees, in tie direction OF Spltzbergen and Nova
Zembla, his further progress being arrested by
strong Polar currents, which were most dangerous
on account Of the immense drifts or ice. Captain
Hall now proposes TO try passage to the Pole by
JONES' Sound. Tais NJ. Octave Pavy, member Of the
French and American Geographical Societies, holds
TO be lmpracuc IN which view he is
supDorted by Judge DAILY, no mean authority
on such subjects NJ. Pavy says that 1t Is well
know that In winter the Sound is closed with packed
Ice, and in summer time is so full or drift ice borne
along by very strong current, that IL Is utterly i
possible TO make any headway THIS IS the evidence
OF all who have visited that region Captain Hall says
lie VIII winter at eighty degrees, but II he reach so
lar there w be no reason Tor going into winter quar-
ters, as at that latitude open water is TO be found
according 10 Belcher, Austen Penny anu Stuart. lie
also says he VIII proceed on Elesmere Lana TO the
Pole believing the land TO extend SO iar. There Is
no reason TO suppose that such IS the case and NJ.
Paws theory Is that the Arctic circle Is open
Captain Hall should reach eightytwo degrees north
by lana, and then attempt the remainder OF the
journey by sea- how exceedingly perious VIII it be
Al r.
pable ofhoding sufficient meat provisions for jour
ney OF sixteen degrees eight 10 the Pole and eignt
back. Well, the Pole Is ieached-is that enough
What observations can be made with the limited
appliances he can carry on the tiny craft TO justify
the expenditure OF 100000!
NJ. Pavy, In the face or such proofs OF the Inn
possibility OF reaching the Pole by either OF the
SMITHS Sound or Jones' M soand-proposes poses % to make
essay by Behring's straits in northwesterly drec-
In 1851 Mcclure succeeded in taking his ship
through Behring's Straits and sKirting the coast OF
America, reached the Bay OF Mercy, In Banks Land.
There he became icebound and was obliged to re-
turn to England.
NJ. Pavy WIN leave san Francisco on the 18th
OF July next thence proceeding to Petropanlski, in
Avatcha Bay, Kamschatka. furs, dogs three ma
tives tmaking, with four Europeans, including
win be- and 1i H
the north OF the Cult Of Anadyr, where the party
will debark aud journey overland to Cape Jakan, on
the north coast Of Siberr, distance or 300 miles.
At Cape Jakan, where Russian military post Is es-
taolished. short stay will be made before starting
let's Land He VIII take with him from
San Francisco provisions SUFFICIENT 10 last
the party till this land Is reached, and then game,
which Is known to abound there, Will be hunted ana
q large supply stored up for further needs. The
boat M. Pavy takes is made OF gutta percha,
covered with canvas-smilar TO the Nonparell,
which made voyage across the Atlantic-and
therefore amply seaworthv. II can noat 10000
pounds weight, and has TINS great advantage, that
when necessary IL can be rolled up into very
small compass and strapped on 10 the sledge. He
Is provided with quantity Of dry coIlodon, SO that
there can be no d1lculty IN taking views with the
Photographic apparatus he takes Communication
will be kept up with the Russian post at Cape Jaken
by carrier pigeons carrying PHOTOGRAPHIC sketches
or his Journal To further his Object he Is IN corre
spondence with the Russian government, with
view TO securing the assistance Of their officials In
Siberia.
captain Hall requests that persons who wish TO
see the Polarls will defer their visits till the last OF
next week, as the vessel Is In the hands OF the
carpenters and can not be shown or convcn-
leutiy.