The New York herald., 1874-08-03
THE NORTH POLE.
Russian Special Search fer the Austrian EX-
plOfing Ship TegetthOff.
WHEN THE VESSEL WAS LAST SEEN.

The Russian government has announced its in
tention OF sending out an expedition in search Of
the Austrian ship Tegetthof1, OF which nothing has
been heard since the 21st OF August, 1872 The
ship was provtsioned only Tor three years. so that
unless help reaches them before the winter 1t may
come too late to the lives Of those on board.
Geographers here divided between two
opinions-either that the expedition is doomed to
perish, it be not already lost, that, in October
! or November OF this year, we shall have tele-
graphic news from Wardoe or Hammerlest OF its
being hOmeward bound. Be that as 1t may,
II Is too soon TO sing the dirge OF these four
and twenty bold navIgators. The name Of their
ship betokens success, though not gain. The hero
ism OF Admiral Tegetthon at Lissa did not prevent
the loss OF venetia, but 1t maintained the honor
and confidence Of the Austrians And so, perhaps,
a similar tate awaits the good ship Tegetthor-it
will not attain It's object, but will save Its honor
and find It's way back.
| HISTORY OF THE AUSTRIAN EXPEDITION.
| The Austrian North Pole Expedition Is the child
Of the German one Although Germany has fur.
nished such an unusually strong contingent TO the
ranks OF discoverers, especially In Africa, and on
all occasions has shown as lively an inter-
est in all geographical questions as Eng
| land herself, yet her name had never
been associated with the North Pole. DR..
Petermann OF Gotha, for years tried in
regions, till at length the events Of 1860 produced
more lively national feeling and the first expe-
dition wal organized. 1t consisted OF single
ship, the Greenlander under Captain Bodeway,
and left for the Polar Sea in the summer of 1868,
IL was intended TO serve IN some sort pioneer,
and returned in a few months, as originally in
ships being equipped by the Germans in 1869, to
ma ke a voyage Of discovery in the Arctic regions,
and. If possible, penetrate to the Pole Itself,
Their course was to lie along the ice
bound coast of East Greenland, and from
Pole. me Germania and the Hansa LETT the
Bremen Harbor, June To- 1869, and hing was
suddenly reappeared. The crew and scientific men
OF The Hansa returned on board foreign vessel,
in the most miserable plight. They had lost their
! voyage and encountered adventures OF all kinds.
The Germania, however, entered the harbour OF
Bremen In good condition. richly laden with SCI
entlfc booty.
TWO Austrlans took part In this expedition
Lieutenant Payer OF the Rifles, celebrated for his
Investigations OF glaciers, and Dr. Gustave Laube,
Professor at the Prague Universty-but the credit
North Germans. The emulation which the ex.
clusion OF Austria from Germany excited between
the Germans OF both countries made the proposal
OF Count Wilczek to TT out an Austrian Polar ex-
pedition extremely popular, and IN a short time
the necessary sum for the equipment OF the Tegett-
hof was raised by private subscriptions. The ship
was Quilt on purpose for the voyage and furnished
with every requisite and Improvement which
perience had proved to be OF use In former ex.
peditiOns. 1t went equally well under SAIL or
steam, and the steering apparatus had been most
were placed on board, and fuel for the same period
which could also be replenisned from the floating
and Siberia. Captain Weyprecht, one Of the best
officers in the Austrian feet, and Lieutenant
Payer for the land Journeys, were the two com.
manders. Under them were dve other Officers and
the Norwegian Carlsen, the Old experienced steers
an mon oar ee VINO .s mas been M forty times
from the Austrian neet were as good as any In the
word. Tan, strong men, exposed in their native
icy storms OF the Bora, the most violent in the
world, and thus Injured to all weathers. wild by
nature, they are usually held in discipline by the
iron rule OF the German of1cers, but Sometimes
as at Lissa when the graphing irons were used
they exhibit the fury OF the tiger and nothing can
resist them then. When at the end OF August
1872, the Norwegian sailors had already put on
their winter clothes, the Dalmatians, in the light
est summer dress amused themselves on the ice
and executed the orders of their captain with the
same uncOncern as ii they had been IN the harbor
OF Pola.
The Tegetthon was. to have sailed round Nova
and with warmer water was supposed to lie. Dr.
Peiermann mad advanced the hypothesis that the
u n wse OF whc G nIS Ta en M tine North Pole
less than thirteen voyages undertaken from
Seemed to 10 m coaI@ 9fs tSs
the Carey Sea the Austrians were TO
sail direct east, and endeayor to reach
possible that, by means of the nomadic tribes,
they could send letters to Europe through Siberia
mer to penetrate as lar as possible to the North
Pole and return by the Pacific ocean. During the
Teimyr, Lieuen ant Payer intended to travel nOrtn
and east in sledges. While the Tegetthor was
Payer undertook voyage to the Arctic Sea in the
little Norwegian vessel the Ibsjoern and
IN the summer INNER OF 1871, in latitude OF IS
deg. they found open water. The following
summer the Tegettnon put to sea, and somewhat
later Count Wllczek the father OF the expedition,
accompanied by Admiral Baron Douolebsky Won
SternecK, the geologlst Hoeler, Palerl, the wen
known guide TO the great Gockner a photog-
rapher and nuntsnan, undertook voyage in
the above named lDsjOerQ, from TrOmsOe north. to
establish depot OF provisions and GOALS at some
pont II possible eastward, IRON which the Teg-
etthoff could draw supplies.
PARTING CoMPANY-A LAST SIGHT OF THE SHIP
On the Goth OF June the Ibsjoern left the harbor
OF Tromsoe and steered for Iceland the south cape
OF which came IN sight on the 10Th: Unavorabe
ana 81, stormy WINDS however prevented their land
Horn sound. On July the ship lett Horn Sound
to search Tor the edge Of the Ice and so san
penetrate north OF Hope Island Ialed on account
Of the heavy ice masses which blocked up the pass
deg they were obliged TO return and
san round Hope Island to the western side OF it.
perence, and especially the favorable reports |
made by Weyprecht III the former year, proved IN.
necessarily for fourteen days the coast OF Nova
Zemba. near Cape Brltwin came in sgnt. On the
follow,l:@ morning the ice had entirely disap-
iree from ice and smooth as glass; even the
Hson blink onyn which mad accompanied the expe
disappeared. The wind was favorable. and SO
the mouth OF the Matochkin Shar was reached |
without difficulty on the 29th OF July. Here two
Norwegian vessels and two Russian schooners
were lying at anchor. on the 18th OF August the
Ibsjoern weighed anchor and steered north.
Little hope was entertained OF falling in with the
Tegetthon. and 1t was looked upon as Ja0 NOR
CANA when on the 10th the man on the look out
announced the undenned and distorted form OF a
three rnasted snip. However. on the following
day the Iegetthof was really TO be seen lying fast
bound In the Ice. The little Ibsjoern succeeded
ID working It's way to her, and on the 18th
at noon a joyous meeting took place on
board the Tegetthof. Both ships now steered
northwards TIL the following day, when by the
Barent Islands the ice efiectually prevented all
further advance. Cape Nassau, where the depot
was originally TO have been placed. was only about
100 miles Distant but, all circumstances CON
sidercd, II was resolved to form the depot on one
OF the Barent Islands. A cleft between two
rocky walls discovered on the noIthernmost island
onered an excellent hiding place, and here by the
uIlteu I'VE iapors o Do'' SHIPS the provisions were