Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-03-24
AH0THER ARCTIC EXPEDITION.

The history of Arctic explorations
shows how unwise it is to pronounce
anything In this world final. As far
back q 1856 it was said that the Arc
tic hemisphere had been thoroughly
explored, and every accessible spot
visited and examined. Since that
time the fate Of Sir John Franklin has
been a~scertained, Sir Leopold McClin-
took has passed through the Arctic
Seas from Behring's Strait to Bafin's
Bay, and DR.. Ksne's steward, Nor
ton, as also DR.. Hayes, and, last year,
the Austrian explorers Mayer and
Weyprecht are reported to have seen
the open Polar Sea. AT this time
there are several exploring expedi-
tions under way-Russian, German,
Danish and American the latter Gun.
der Captain HaD) having, when last
heard OF, got beyond Greenland.
America Is now to have the credit of
being the starting point of another,
under the command Of a young gen.
tleman who is called a Frenchman,
though he was born in New Orleans
and his mother vas an American lady.
This young gentleman (Mr. o.
tave Pavy), having, during the last
five years, diligently studied the his
tory Of Arctic exploration, has con-
WINGED himself that it is possible to
reach the Polar basin, and that the
best way to do it is through Behring's
Strait. He is possessed of sufficient
wealth to defray the expenses OF such
an enterprise, and has made arrange
mants to start In May next. His ex-
petition will consist Of five men be.
sides himself, and will proceed from
San Francisco in a chartered ship to
PetropaulOvski, the principal town
and military station in Kamtschatka.
There he will procure the reindeer,
dogs and sledges necessary for his land
Journey. His outfit will be taken
upon the ship, which will then pro-
coed Through Behring's Strait to Cape
Yakan, on the northeastern coast of
Siberia, where the expedition will
land. But prior to doing this, Mr..
Pavy will take observations of the di-
rectiOn, sWiftness and temperature of
the currents, and ne will be guided by
these as to his future course,
first object will be to cross the sea
from Siberia to the land discovered by
Long, lying between severity
one and eighty degrees latitude, and
he expects to reach this unexplored
country in August. According to Mr..
statement, there is but little
Ice about this land, and the climate is
there than on the Siberian
coast. He will cross Il on sledges
with him a raft, on which ne
will embark when he has reached the
Polar Sea, and run straight across it
10 S~pitzbergen or Greenland. This
raft is the peculiar feature OF the ex-
petition. 1t is composed Of four keel.
rubber cylinders, fastened to-
on the decks by wooden stats,
which the necessary mssts and
are attached; It IL sloop-rieged
md 80 small that 1t occupies very lit
lie room. Mr.. Pavy's pack can be
in a barrel, and the raft Is ca
Of carrying 10000 pounds Of
besides the crew.
The idea OF crossing the Polar Sea
n a raft Is certainly daring enough,
wen for the present daring age; bat,
the papers from which the fOregO-
ng particulars have been extracted, Z
10 information Is given as to the mode
" which Mr.. Pavy proposes to keep
himself and his comrades warm on '
he aforesaid raft. This Is the most
important point Of all 20 be eonsid-
red Ia Arctic exploration. It Is es- !
that there should be heat