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and Foulke Fjord, and almost directly OPP
posite Cape Isabella, on the west dde of Smith
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As soon as the ice began to break Budding
ton and the party with him made preparations
to leave their desolate quarters, and in the
month of June they started Southwark in
two whaleboats which they had constructed
from the ship, hoping to fall in with some
rescuing whaler near Cape York, and eventu-
ally reach civilization.
sNKNo OF THE PoLARm.
The Polaris, after having withstood the
fercest Arctic storms and battling with i'm
measurable fields of ice, sunk in July near the
main land, opposite Littleton Island (Cape
OlEen), in latitude IS degrees % minutes
north, longitude IS degrees AZ minutes west
This is. briefly stated all the definite infor-
nation obtained up to this writing concern
ing the Polaris and the unfortunate crew, but
I will now proceed to give the details of the
Search Expedition from which this information
has been derived
THE JUNIATA AT DISCO AND UPpERNAvIK.
The Juniata arrived at Disco from Holstein-
borg on July ~ last. Commander Braine
Immediately went ashore and procured
number of sledge dogs, necessary for sue
cessful prosecution OF the work before us at
the North. After this the coal intended for
the Tgress was landed, other preparations for
the same vessel we're completed, and on July
20 we sailed for Uppernavik, arriving at the
latter place July 81.
FIRST INFORMATION FROM DANISH INSPECTOR.
On arriving at Uppernavik Commander
Braine paid his respects to Mr. Krarup Smith,
the Inspector Royal of North Greenland,
from whom we cleaned the first item of in
tehigence concerning the Polaris-intelligence
that, however painful to all present, was
acceptable as clew and guide for further
investigation.
QuARRELLNa WITH CAPTAIN HALL.
Inspector Smith narrated with considerable
minuteness the details of quarrel on board
the Polaris, and attributed the unhappy dis
sensions to DR.. Bissell the scientific officer,
who spoke most CONTEMPORARY of Captain
Hall, alleged that he was ignorant of Arctic
history and untitled for the work to be
accomplished, and endeavored to prejudice
the crew of the ship against him. He
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German character, and desired to take full
command.
HALLS PREMoNITIoN OF DEATH,
The Inspector further stated that Captain
Hall evidently had some kind of misgiving or
premonition of death while at Disco, where
he saw Mr.. Smith and placed in his care
valuable records of the Franklin Search Ex-
petition, which records were handed over to
Commander Braine, who will place them
in the custody of the Secretary Of the Navy on
his arrival in the United States The officers
and crew of the Polaris were utterly democrat
lied before the expedition sailed for the North,
which might perhaps have Influenced the
action of the commander in reference to
these records.
GOING NORTH IN STEAM LAUNCH.
According to instructions, the Juniata re-
NAMED at Uppernavik, while the magnificent
steam launch, named Little Juniata was
brought into requisition. The powerful little
craft was thoroughly equipped, coaled for
fifteen and provisioned for sixty days, and,
under the command of Lieutenant De Long,
with eight volunteers and an ice pilot was
sent to Cape York for the purpose of collect
ing all possible information concerning the
missing party. The launch sailed northward
on the I'd of August, amid the enthusiastic
cheers of the crew and spectators. At mid
night of the same date she arrived at Tessuisak,
the last point of civilization.
GLORIOUS SPECTACLE.
EARLY on the morning Of August the
Lieutenant ordered another move forward
have never witnessed more glorious yet
impressive scene than that which presented
itself here as we were about to start. Look
ing abroad on the immense fields of ice
Offering in the rays of the sun, and the
thousands of huge, craggy icebergs as they
sulkily foated out into BafRn's Bay, one be-
came awed by the dreadful majesty of the
elements and wondered how it would be pos
sible to avoid being crushed to atoms between
the unshapely masses that foated above and
beneath the surface of the water But the
ingenuity and skill of man can overcome
even such tremendous obstacles, and 80 we