The New York herald., 1875-10-17

Struggling trough the pack Ice the ram
dora steadily worked her way onward, and
despite the diiculty soon passed the furth-
est point reaaed by the Fox when Nc
Clintock was in Iearch of Sir John Franlxlin's
relics.
KING WILLIAMS LAND.
Soon after reaching that point the
Pandora neard the island known as
King Williams Land, thus navigating
o sea where 40 ship was ever before,
except, perhap, that of Sir John Franklin.
Here it was, nc doubt, where that explorer
was finally beet by the masses of ice that
proved his destruction.
WEATHER CHANGE.
From King Williams Island the Pandora
steamed down the west coast of Prince
of Wales Land, and encountered most deli
cious weather. The atmosphere was soft
and refreshing, and the bitter cold of the
Arctic Zone was replaced by warm air cur
rents and open Gpanses of water.
AN EXCITING MOMENT.
AT this time the most intense excite
ment prevailed among the officers and
members of the expedition, as it was expected
that some important results were at hand.
Many believed that they would be sure to
discover traces of the Franklin expedition,
and some were sanguine that even Sir
Johns papers would be found. In this, how
ever, they were disappointed.
BEHRING'S STRAITS.
The Pandora eventually making Behring's
Straits, the voyage of the steamer seemed
to be in successful progress, as Rouquette
Island was already discerned ahead. 1t was
then considered probable that the vessel
would be able to reach Bellot's Straits
AN ICE BLOCKADE.
AS the steamer moved forward all hands
were gazing eagerly ahead to the
southwark, but on reaching Rou-
quette Island the officers and men
saw the edge of the solid pack of ice, which
stretched across the Strait from side to side
in one unbroken expanse of hummock ice.
Straits.
AN OLD BARRIER.
1t was this same pack of ice that stopped
Captain McClintock in the Fox, SO there was
no hope of speedy movement of the icy
barrier
END OF THE TRIP.
The Pandora stayed at this point until the
7th of September, when, finding that no fur
ther progress was possible, Captain Young
and his officers saw that they must decide
either to remain through the winter in the
ice, or return. After mature deliberation it
was decided to be useless to remain in winter
quarters, and that it would be far better to
return next year.
THE RETURN VOYAGE
The return journey was full of difficulties,
as the ice was rapidly forming and the pas
sage of the Pandora was constant series of
exciting scenes and narrow escapes from the
moving ice foes. Finally escaping through
Peel Strait, the ice still rpidly forming
and accommodating, the steamer finally
reached the Carey Islands in safety
There Captain Young found the
long looked for dispatches from Captain
Mares for the British Admiralty
These he brought home
THE HoMEwARD Run.
From Melville Bay the homeward voyage
was almost uneventful The dreaded bay
once safely passed unharmed, the Pandora
steamed direct for England and arrived safely
in port.
FAVORABLE SIGN.
Captain Young reports that from the
prevalence of north winds there is
abundant promise that Captain Mares
will prove successful Should the
expectations of the Pandora's commander
be verified Captain Mares will proceed to
the highest latitude possible for On Arctic
vessel to reach.
DAMAGES.
The Pandora only lost two topgallant
yards and two jibboom ends her whole
voyage. All on board are alive and WE'LL
THE SHIP AND CREW.
From the New York Herald Of July s. 1881