National Republican., 1873-09-12
SAILING TO THE POLE.
tcOntinued from FIRST Puo,.)

| channel commences, which was named by Can
Of the Navy. That channel ls about twenty N ye
miles wide at the beginning. Entering this
channel the Polaris followed northerly Course
min. The channel was no, entirely clear before
We encountered the Ice, but Il was 30 that the
shlp could steam through without dlfficulty.
| record was made out Of the proceedings OF the
thrown overheard. Thst wss the irst q he he
tained record up to that time. Before The oh.
servations were ruade Captain Hall thought we
were great doal higher than we actually were
channel no observations were taken; Captain
from the log. from winch and ffou tho last ~
T,son ,,,,SS. 10 a. u Deg min found that We were
We were fastened to this piece Of Ice few
hours, and then started eastward, intending 10
small inlet, which was named BY Captain fisi
Repulse haroor. From my observations on
the shoI9 found u TO be in latitude 81 deg.
bost; 6at they found such . tids that that they Il
thought u would not answer for hArbor, and
came back to the vessel. We then started north
n the e T more
went two or three miles, and found we could
not and never got as far north as latitude 50
deg. 10 min. again: Farther north, as far As the
eetting farther north would he TO push through
Robeson channol- This channel wldens out aud
very suddenly, and all the Ice Is gathered and
pressed tightly together. The nArrowcst part b
In latitude 80 deg. 70 min, and II any vessel
could push through this nar,owest ssn thlns
perhaps still farther north. was on the east
side OF Robeson channel, and coud see far to the
uorthwsrd Of IL. The land 70 tho east side runs
one point, which was to the southward OF my
position. On the west side, on Grinneli Land,
took the points as far a. could be seen. This
coast trends and vanishes iu due north direc-
tion. From latitude 50 dog. . min. I thought
could see the horizon At forty-uve miles. Icoud
see no elevations; / Just saw the bright line,
elevations directly to the north, they are too fsi
on and could not be seen from that position.
YRox I'VE RxroHr OF TIE CORRESPONDENT or the
| TNEs IN NEWFOUNDLAND.
The return Of the nineteen members OF Capt.
Hairs expedition to st. Johns after voyage OF
six months and eleven days on an Ice noe, was
such new and interesting event that praised
the good fortune that had accidentally brought
me to Newfoundland two days after their or.
rival. ! have since had an opportunity TO see
Capt. Tyson, the second oticer Of the expedi.
ton, and Chief Steward Heron. and TO hear
| fvuin their own mouths an account OF the geo
graphical resalts Of the expedition, as well ~ Of
their extraordinary strange lie for more than
half year on an Ice noe. during which they had
dfifted from latitude u deg 20 min. down to q
n, u.s
hundred miles. Capt. Tyson Is 4 man Of about
forty, Of . quiet, reserved bearing, and q face
with thoughtful and resolute expression. Chiel
hs50p ssS ssp. ySsns s,,
dolngs on the expedition from beginning TO end
the latter part Of which has been written undei
| such difficultes that 1t can hardly be deciphered
The party conslsted Of, besides the Meteoro
log.st Meyer, seven seamen and nine Esqulmaux
| Of which latter Hans Christian is the most inter
estns and wno Is NOW from pI h6e sn6 .naa, ~,
, such broken Rngliah that my conversation witt
, him progressed but slowly; u was clearly seer
j that the sudden change 81 living had M aneete. n,
on the Ice noe as currently reported, but TIVE
months before they left The ship looss younse
| from cough. Two other children, boy and |
gir I'VE 10 six years old, appear 70 be quite well
Ia spite Of the many pryaiions and spnerings
Hannah aud their child Pnney exhibit real fnll
moon faces, and evidently understand to valu'
the advantages OF CIVILIZATION.
facts and TO look into the geographical part o
Constitution. Morton'a iarihest point unde
deg. 70 min. north. The open w8ter to the north
! supposed by Kane. to be the Polar sea, Ia II
reality but the Kennedy channel widening 20
to slxty miles width. ii / recollect right Kan;
spoke Of 9 water horizon to the north, and con
cluded, not belng able to see the north coast
o. Ua &c
| which, however, has now been dlsproved b.
; Captain Hall. Morton himself Is member o
the expedition. and remains sun on the polaiis
he therefore was able to exactly describe tn
cape discovered BY him before. On the ives
coast there Is q cape, which h likely the Cap
o. Dr. sGq a aS Ss
, Of Polsris bay Captain Hall found the cb.nn,
%ss %e q .cn
mates TO Be forty 10 forty-nve miles long. Tn
vessel became beset by Ice before Il could reac
he northern end Of that R,ssse Ta. pss,.S
= Captain Tyson could see the high coast from IN
= masthead, trending northward and then bendin
! round toward northeast. From MS nigh stand
northeasta water horizon with heavy ciou
: hank over IL. The steward, who, however, di
not 20 aloft, could see only ice IN that direction
, At later date Mr.. Meyer ascended the chain 0
elevations behind their winter quarters and ver
ned the direction OF the coast, but he also coul
see nothing but Ice toward northeast. II Is there
fore quite probable that the sheet OF water dis
| covered BY the expedition may shrink togethe
! again, II it Is not the common cement OF poa
!, sea, TO which conclusion the direction OF th
!. | eastern coast seems to point.
TIE RETURN TO PoLARis BAY.
After the Ice had set In motion and the vesse
!. which had been greatly damaged on August q
Z In latitude 80 deg. 10 min., had got clear again
n Captain Hall, instead Of proceeding north in tn
open water a. far as possible. which CAPITAL
|; Tyson believes to have been practicable, h
!. was prevailed upon by Captain Buddingtor
! the navigator and present commander Of III
i Polars, to return to Poaris bay for winter quai
terA. This resolve, Il seems, had been regrette
s by all on hoard. Tue Polaris had steamed up d
its highest latitude so far without accident 0
q hindrance; the crew had not been dlspirited B.
y any misfortunes and IL reused their deepest In
, sEa 0uFV hAa 20 fI.A At.A
|. strait, which seemed to invite them TO furthe
i progress north. The reason for this return, l
!, seems, lay In the fact that DR.. Hall, In whom
@ Ts..ei ia nos rss. Z tsSSshs is not bot s piSpsS
oppose the remonstrances Of the nautical com
mander, who feared 10 become beset Dy lcl
, again that might hinder them to reach wnte
hsrbor. When The Polaris comes back We vii
heve the opportunity To hear the reasons OF Capt
: Baddington, for what now appears TO Us an Of
On September 8, 1871, the Polsris reached a
last Thank God bay, which was selected for win
, ter quarters. 1t lies 10 latitude 81 deg. IS min
cue Sans o. rP hs
good opportunity 70 proceed further north 4
iid not. however. reach y farther than point tha
/; channel. A sharp bluf on the nofthern end Q
4 Polars bay he named Cape Lupton. On Octobe
2. the sledge party returned to the vessel, q
g Capt. Han did not feel we'll, aud the days ais
! became short. This sickness grew worse yer
rapidly he became partially parsiyzed, and 0
= MONUMENT OF wooD, .....
y with the Inscription bf Halls name and deed
n was erected over the grave, which Is situated 0
d the coast, halt . mile from the anchorage Of III
!, Polarts. ..|.s ... ... -. 80 D..
. From the moment Of Halls death the thougi
\ OF continuing the explorations was given uI
and the winter passed without hardship or privi
ton OF any kind; but also the hope aud wIshe
: for further successes were gone. The aim q
the expedition seemed to have been within
reach, and fortune had smiled on them unit
q they turned their back on IL. '..
ls 1t probable that Captain Halls feeble stat
!, OF health ut that time Influenced his unfortunat
resolved lie surely hoped after his conyl
lescence to be able to proceed further mort
. next year. Now all that was gone. The onl
= thought would seem to have been for honewar,
and a. soon - the ioe broke-on August i
4 1874 the vessel took . southery course. AboI
this time pack-lce drifted from the north thrOug
Robesou channel but IL II quite likely that 10
IN days later passage for further progress mort
previous year. After the vessel had come sout
from latitude 81 deg. d min. for more than for
degrees, It was, on October 10, beset again, In
deg. 20 min, and this event became the drl
cause for the separation Of the crew aud the
miraculous voyage, that ended In St. John. B
fore give an AcoOunt OF II, shall mention son
Interesting facts that were observed In the vii
II ter quarters Of the Polaris, the northernmol
p ever made by an expedition. Captain TysO
represents the climate rs decidedly and unml
lakablY milder than few degrees further soutl