Connecticut western news., 1873-10-03
The POiariS Survivors
Their sunerings and their ProvidentiaI
 Escape,

Xner SuHer1nXS nnu uhe1r PFOvtdent13I Escape.
 Captain Sidney O. Buddington, sail ing and ice-master of the unfortunate Polaris, and second in command to the late Captain Hall, the leader of the ex- petition, has made a statement since his arrival at Dundee, Scotland, relative to the separation from Captain Tyson B party, and the subsequent experiences of his own party. The following are the main points of his statement
 In the middle of August, 1872, I re- solved to abandon the expedition to the North Pole. Shortly after the Polaris
 began to drift southward. From con- tact with the ice she was leaking badly. | On the 10th of October the leakage was so great that had large quantity of provisions put on the ice.
 In the night gale came up, and in a few minutes the ship had parted from her moorings, and at the same time the ice began to crack in all directions. Owing to the fury of the gale and the darkness of the night we could neither hear nor see the party on the ice. Indeed, the situation on board was desperate in the extreme, and every effort was needed, shortened as we were of hands, to weather out the night. We momentarily expected the Polaris would go down, and she was kept afloat only by the greatest exertions and un- tiring efforts. We never saw the Tyson party on the ice after the storm sepa- rated us.
 On examination the following day, we found the stem gone below the six foot mark. We saw the impossibility of proceeding further, and ran in under the lee of nittleton Island.
 We built hut on the main land at Lifeboat Cove, and removed our stores thither. Here we remained for the winter.
 During the winter two boats were built out of the Polaris, and bags were made out of the foresail and filled with provisions, under the superintendence of MT. Hubbard c. Chester, the chief mate, and started southward. After three unsuccessful attempts, on account of the ice and heavy sea, we landed at Northumberland Island, and briefly rested. We then pushed on again, sui terlng great hardships, and subse- quently landed at Dalrymple Island.
 Agaln we took to the boats, and then, after great trials, had the good fortune to meet the Ravenscraig on the 22d of June.
 The steamer Arctic brought to Dun dee ten members of the expedition. Three others were transferred by the Ravenscraig to the whaler Intrepid.
 A further statement from Dundee says that after the separation from Tyson and his companions, the Polaris was finally abandoned in a sinking con- dition by Captain Buddington and the remainder of the expedition. The party wlntered in Lifeboat Cove, where they built timber house which they cover. ed with sails. The winter passed with out event, except the breaking out of scurvy, which, however, was unattended by severe symptoms. Plentiful sup plies of walrus' liver for food were ob- talned from the natives, and to this diet is attributed the mildness of the disease. In the spring, boats were built of thin pine boards, taken from the cabin of the Polaris. On these the whole party embarked as soon as the ice opened, and sailed southward. On the Sd of June they sighted Cape York, and on she 22d of the same month they were picked up by the Ravenscraig.
 MT. Chester, the first mate, is regard "a as the one who did the most to save he party, and the rescued men speak n the highest terms of his exertions.
 They also say that Captain Hall en- oyed the confidence of every one, and HIS death, which was unexpected, was leplored by all on board the Polaris.