The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-06-28

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st Jehn'sl Newfoundland, BY far
the elsArest and conplete IN :
tory Of the voyage Of the Polaris
that has yet been published, We
copy from his communication the
following interesting passages; sxs
dsl4 THE OPEN POLAR SEA. aw,
The enact position q, Cape Con.
stitntion, which. il. NAY be rerpeaAs ~ ~
bered, was Moreton's furthest point
in 'Kane's Expedition" has been
fixed at 80 degrees % minutes. The
open water which he reported to
the northward, and yhich Dr. Kane
assumed to be the Polar, Sea, now
turns out to be an expansion of
Kennedy Channel into q wide
sound, from seventy to eighty miles
long and fifty to sixty miles
wide. This is called by Captain
Hall, Polaris Bay, though the word
bay does not seem properly appi-
cable TO this enlargement of the
Enortherly channel II I remember
right though I have not Kane's
book to refer to-he describes q
water horizon to the northward,
and inferred, as he was not able to
see the northern shore, that this
sheet of water extended TO the
Pole, not altogether an. unnatural
or forced hypothesis, though it has
been disproved by Captain Hall
Moreton himself was with Captain
Han, and is now with the Polaris;
he was thus able to point out accu-
rately his own cape, while on the
opposite shore was . cape, which il
propably the Cape Union Of DR..
Hayes, but which I think that Off.
Ger places in q more northern lati
tude as to the limit Of land in that
directjonseen b. him. Passing tc
tho and Of Pola<is Bay, Captain
Han found that the channel again
cohkAetsdsinto q marrow passage
Of from twenty TO twenty-five miles
widsoosnd which Captain fTysor
does not estimate at more thar
| forty TO Iforty-6xe miles in length
though the ship got beset befor'
reaching it, northern extremity
These straits we're called BY the ex
plorers Robeson's Straits, and Cap
tain Tyson could PEE from the mast
head the high western shore ex
tended northward, and then SCENES
TO curve round to the northeast
A heavy bank Of cloud was restin,
over what seemed to Captain Tyso
i Z water horizon to the northeas'
The steward. who did not how
ever, 60 to the masthead, saw notl
ing but ice in this direction; and 8
. later period Mr.. Myers ascende
the range behind their winter qua
ters, and confirmed the direction (
the western shores, while he coul
sse nothing but ice to the nort1
I east. 1t ID, therefore, prcbab
Z that if this is not the commence
ment Of . polar sea, the expanse
water thus surveyed by the navig
tors again contracts, as the ten
ing Of the eastern shores led to th
hypothesis.
l 80 sse -
When the ice moved sufficient
to disengage the ship. which b,
been severely nipped on the "a
Of August in latitude 50 16,
stead Of pressing on into the op'
water ahead, which, in CAPITA
Tyson's opinion would have Be
practicable, Captain Hall was, a
vised by his chief navigator q,
> ioemaster, Captain Buddington, wi
il now in command of the ship,
fall back into Polaris Bay to wint
\ quarters. This proceeding seer
to have been universally regrett
by every man on board The Polar
had reached the extreme northe
Latitude without q check Of a,
! kind; she had steamed to that poi
; unhindered by an obstacle. T
crew were fresh and sanguine, th
) had been discouraged by no reve
ses, and it was with feelings OF {
deepest classification that VIII
an open lead Of water appeared i
viting them northward, the shi]
head wss turned the other WI
J, The reason seems to have been Il
B Captain Hall, upon whom the q
! solute responsibility Of navigati
: did not rest did not feel justifi
: in opposing the representations