Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-07-18

TIT W ttft dlF WIS IOtfItu 10 lie
generally one degree lower than that Of
the water. as So
There WAS no ice seen from, July | when
south of Bear lsland) TO the 1lth. VIXEN
the vessel had reached within two miles of
Amsterdam Island. Now. however. II
lay 10 The west. east aud north as tar "a
could be seen from the top of the highest
mountain of that Island. with the exeep-
tlon OF a small strip Of navigable wafer
along the coast through which the vessel
penetrated, from the 18th to the 2Sth of
July. with short interruptions. To Shoal
Point, latitude eighty degrees seventeen
minutes north. longitude seventeen de.
@rces forty minutes east. when thicker lee
compelled her to enter Sarge Bay.
The temperature of the air along the
north coast OF Spitzhergeil. from the 27il
to the 2sth of July. had been. with pre-
vailing ca>tcrly winds. in the mean SO de-
srees . minutes. and that of the surface of
the sea "a degrees minutes. In Sorgr
Baf. with cg.lm weather aud sunshine the
temperature OF the air rose on the 2gth
and 3nih To " degrees. the mean nj the
two days being ~ degrees. while that of
the sen remained al 81 degrees thus Illus
tra'ing the power ot ISOLATION in hays and
near the land. On the 18Th nf .mlv. In
kcbhc BAY. the temperature ct tie air had
risen Io u degrees. In the fiinlopcm
strait, into which the vessel proceeded
southwark on the 3lst of July. both the
temperature of air and sea fiji to b de-
erees. la I.ommc Bay. where She lay AZ
auc or nn the LIT and 2d OF August, the
air showed in the mean II dryrces ; min
uie>. the water 20 degrees minutes. The
bay being. like Sorgr Bay. entirely free
from ice. Here one of the glass bail, wa>
found j. used in the Norway fiSherie.
proving that the Gulf stream Following
the north coast of Spitzbcrgen. extend.
also Into Lommc Bay. Capt. | I've pcuc-
tIatcti into this region four degrees further
east than the Swedish expedition of 1854
and further than anv other explorer. Al
their ea>termo>i poiu, latitude 80 degrees
= minute, north. longitude y degrees
east there was. on September g. open
water before them To- the eastward and
southwark, n far a. they could sec" and
that there must have been also considera-
BILE open water beyond their horizon. 10
the southeast would appear rrum the
abundant rain. with southoa~torlv winds
experienced duiin. the following two day
the 1'h and .th Of september
That ca>tcrnmo>t poin; of ~lnyih and
Nc l. distant less than two hundred
miles, or only about days run of \ good
steam vessel. from the northern most pniu,
reached hy Wcyprccht and PAYER only
Nc"Al' previous "ll the mr. VI Sep'em-
Der II j. Of especial interest a. regard,
the solution OF the Polar question. that
The nayigahiiiiy uf this part Of the Artic
P''''n -. l"e ''''r !" i''l'"d" -
- HeSfr"> u"i'h. w1> thus shown by
~, q" '"' 'N' I" tN''hu NV" u"@ree-
u'''n ~" / H'is i'tth'f 70 me
H,"' "'"'ia 'hte' Hc-r"'>. Z" i de-
y minute, norm
ny '",n'' "' AF'Alh IVES cNplora-
'''> '''''''' N 'h',e 81 IAArr AMI "ey-
fi''h'- 'hh Throw much hsht on the prob
.t " ur summer OF i>'@' "i
'', s '''I Ia, N".'n ..i roar sNrrdli9n
thr sea explored hv Wc,prcrht ANA Payrr
va, oplv accidentally or Tor rho linn. o,,n,,
ANA ftyr from tee. the firm hor,t r b,,iuo.
r,--.si,.d .p,nr,vhat q, the. NORTH ar n,,I,,.i
oil. hut iu the ahn,, .i,f.u.,-. ~. ~.
the ptbut that fhcr, l. no p,r,,,n,.,, H..
even iu latitude - - north. In ;hr vrr,
,h..... Ii III. I.,l.r -,
against which all The year m. f,y ,n,..,.
ol the Central Polar Basin rr. II,
might hr aid that these oh..r,,,i,,,. -.
oult fer two YEAR. ISisS and ISL b,, 60,
tnr l4tt.r Wc have mon. oh.er,.,t,,,,,. ,h.,,.
f.r .lly pr,.,iou~ y..,r Gn,, rh,. t,...,in,',.',
ui ,Npinr4fisu- III rho Arr,ir. rbrr. g.
u" firm. inprurtrahlc icr on Eastern
Greenland uou,. .r,,,,,J S,.i,,t,,..,..,, r.;
tha Nova Z.mhla Ia. around Nov, I.n.
hla aud tn the Kara ~ca: ami ,y.n -. f,r
Foo ihe siberian Arctic Sea a. Inn,i,,,J. :,
- ,-.t-r. iiu Indication ~ i-c yy,. ..,r,ur,-