The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-11-06
COMPLETE ACCOUNT OF THE VOYAGE

[From tho Illustrated London News, oct. %
The Admiralty have published the following de-
spatch:-
ADMIRALTY DESPATCH
July "a A. VI.
Alert and Discovery arrived here at midnight. and
will leave al X NJ for Smith sound after deposit
ing depot Of provisions and a boat
We lett UPernavik on the evening of the ed inst,
and Brown Islands on the evening of the 3d.
Passing through the middle ice during calm, with
out check. we arrived Cape York the 18th INST
The season Is very open one, and we have every
prospect OF attaining high latitude.
All are well on board each ship.
G. S MARES, Captain r. ~,
in command of Expedition.
CRUISE THE PANDORA
/ Through the courtesy OF Mr.. Bennett enabled
to give the following account the cruise Of the
!. dora
The Pandora commanded by Captain Allen Young,
Lieutenant Livingston. ~. second, touched Ivgtut,
N South Greenland, on July 80, having passed Spz-
bergen ice on Cape Farewell, in strong wind without
ACCIDENT Proceeding close 70 the coast we had views
oil magnificent scenery. which were sketched by our
artist Reached DISCO on August T.
PASSAGE MELVILLE RAY.
We make the following extract from CAPITA Young's
journal regarding the passage OF Melville Bay
We continued through the night under canvas, and
next morning, after leaving Cpernavik could just dis
tingnisn Horses Head through the fog whence Hooks
of looms continually crossed us in their Digit to the
westward from which inferred that the middle ice
was not far in that direction. Passing through long
cham OF icebergs lying aground north and SOUTH
we were deserted by every living thing II was ioggy dur
ing the night with occasional showers vt nine
A. NJ We had beautiful break in the sky and the great
! glacier was before u.s. with Capes Seldom, Lewis and
Walker in sight and here and there few ccbergs but
not piece OF foe ice boat was sent away TO collect
some loose pieces OF Ice from berg for fresh water
We were quite out OF that necessary element. We had
glorious night, with clear, brilliant sky and tenn
perature OF 80 deg. We rather be on the
\ Atlantic line autumn evening, and could scarce
believe were in the much dreaded Melville Bay.
i II II astonishing how great Is the uncertainty OF
present position that at this time of August 1857,
\ We were, in the Fox so hampered by ice
and finally bcset for the winters DRIFT the pack now
i we have clear and steering direct Tor Cape
York without having had even distant view of the
middle ice We saw nothing here occasional
iumar petrol not bird nor SEAL nor whale, nor any
other living thing and the contrast between tins ceess
sea and brilliant sun and the absence of all animal life
most striking We passed through quantity of
some broken up ice off Cape York and some enormous
icebergs; but dense fog which prevented seeing
any distance toward Shore made 1t impossible to
municate with the natives, as | had intended doing
The temperature fell to 2s degrees, the rigging
covered with frost and ice crystals rapidly formed
among the loose ice And now came the ANXIOUS and
critical period of the voyage. Former explorers had
found the pack on the south side of Barrow Strait
blocking the entrance Peel STRAIT into which no ship
had been able to penetrate Would be possible for US
10 enter this strait this throat OF the Northwest
Passage, should we be obliged to turn back at its
very entrance
II soon appeared that we were to form no exception
for the morning of August q the inevitable fog
which constantly accompanies ice arose and pro-
suddenly stopped by the heavy pack extending
tog lifted, which was at two when enabled TO
force way through the loose until night Then
We came TO solid pack, extending from Cape Kennel
TO the northwest far could be from aof
with bright icy alley from the south to the north
| west We were again forced to anchor to the ice,
! taking advantage OF the opportunity TO fill up with
i fresh water BY ten on the following morning we
discovered u small lane Of water along the southern
shore, through which forced the ship, and which
apparently led TO Limestone Island. A change now
4 occurred in the weather This morning
freezing hard with temperature Of 81 degrees our
7 helm wi ms
Now dark clouds in the south, the barometer
began 10 fall and the wind to rise in gusty blasts
the southeast We at last succeeded in forcing
our way through TO Limestone Island, where landed
aud left record We passed inside OF Limestone
Island and were toward evening again enyeoped q
thick fog which made navigation very perilous work
| 1t dark by nine. We had high rocky coast on
our port BEAM solid pack on the starboard wind on
shore. and sog, darkness and rain in tor
eents,s hat prevented the coast being seen
more than a cables length away. The stars
invisible, and, to crown all, there was
compass, for compasscs utterly useless
We could only grope along in the gloom, like blind
moment and ashore and an occasional ghostly
/ CLEAN of the / anting pack. We nevertheless got
through the night without accident but IL three
before we could see that we were of Cape Granite and
steering fair along the land. Early in the
forenoon passed the furthest point reached by the
Fox stopped by the pack before returning Re
gent Inlet and here there was not particle of to
BIO to the south in the direction We going.
WHERE NO SNIP HAP EVER BEEN
been able penetrate before, unless indeed the
their last voyage. All on board were now in lever
I OF expectation We within $50 miles OF King
William Land where the Erebus and Terror
II abandoned after two winters IN the pack; and If
found ice in Peel Strait We OF reaching
that point and picking up more relics Of the lost
xpedition-perhaps, OF Sir John Frankliis
papers, scrap OF which have been found. Be
Sides If we reached there, felt hopeful of making
the Northwest Passage the dream of naGigators for
4 centuries The wind round to the south
west but as yet we had no sun to guide enable
TO take angles or directions so we followed close
allan thn IN ha
4 arriving into quite another climate, for
\ are in an iceless sea, and the cold sting
OF snow, except where got glimpse of the high
lands OF the INTERIOR which can be perceived patches
OF snow. In the afternoon passed rookcry OF gus,
secure IN their lonely isolation on the face OF the rocks
n place where the vegetation formed extensive
green patch down to high water mark. We keep good
lookout on the shore with powerful ASTRONOMICAL tel
escope; and cairns are constantly reported but they
prove upon inspection, TO be huge gran
pecially the. ridges strcwn At SIX
in The evening reached Ross cairn, the of
Somerset lett by him and McClintock in lS4g when
they round the coast from Port Leopold foot
in search Of Sir John franklin. After divine service
Captain Young landed, found the record lett by Ross
took IT, and left copy and another record Of his
Again that night enveloped by fog and obliged
to heave to and wait until morning brought. clear
atmosphere. Once more the sun came out clear and
bright as we again new down the Sound, rapidly
diminishing the distance to Bcllot Strait. II
OF the oveliest days ever saw rather like what one
would expect some sunny southern than this
grim unknown Peel strait Its waters were smooth
glass and reflected the rays Of the long fash
Of dazzling light that blinded the eyes; the afr
soft and mild May morning. On the the
low shore Of North Somerset, a mass OF bcwlders
and granite rocks round and smooth
and heaped up in Wild confusion: TO the
west the distant Of the Prince Of Wales
Land, high and mountainous, embodied In purple mist
lay SILENT calm and beautiful In the golden light of
Arctic evening. We we're rapidly approaching
Belct Strait and Captain Young between coasts
well known TO him from having explored them on foot
aud LAID them down charts during that wonderful
sledge journey OF his when out the Fox At length,
low down on the horizon, sighted Roqucttc Island,
ten miles north OF Beot Strait and right before
Sure, we think shall reach the strait OF poor Bclot
though we get no farther. Some OF even calculate
that we shall be there by and animated the dis
cussons and excited our expectations as we gaze
eagerly south. The skipper is reserved and tacurn
however, and does not hazard opinion, for there
whtsh glare the horizon above and beyond
Roquette Island which him has an
nous look 1t is the dreaded ice blink