, 1876-10-28
Such Was the Experience of En-.
glish Arctic Navigators.
They Reach II Point Within 400
Mics OF tic Pole.
Incidents Of Sledgc..tourncy OF 200
Miles U5cr The Ice.

LONDON, Oct. ga telegram Inns bccn re-
fessetl, announcing tic return to FaicHtta, Ire.
land, IT the british Arctic expedition, under
Cnt't. Nares. comprising the steamers Alert and
Discovery. Their progress to the Sortll Pole
WAS found to be impracticahle.
Capt. Mares reports that no land could be
discovered to the northwar1 uf The hgcs. tatl-
tudc reached, namely, . degrees, 20 minutes.
but in other respects the expedition was sue
ecsBfui. The Alert has prosecuted u Queens
town, anl Capt. Mares to London. Al well.
The Alert arrived at Falentia at 2:30 this
afternoon, that being the first land nude since
leaving the frozen regions. She parted co1npn.
ny With the Discovery On the Atlantic.
The Alert and discovery left purt Foulke on
July 81, 1si,, and entered the tcc on Cape 3ablc.
After severe and continuous struggle they
renclsed the north side Of Lady franklin Bay,
where the Discovery was left in Winter quarters.
The Alert pushed on and reached the limit Of
navigation on the gtlofc Of the Polar Sea, where
the icc raried IN thickness, being In soinc places
l5o feet deep. President Land does not exist.
The Alert wintcrcd III latitude 81, 81. at this
point thu sun was Invisible 14a days, and tenn
peraturu the lowest ever recorded was e1pc-
ricuccd. 4 detachment with elctiges was dis
patched nothward. It VAS absent seventy duys,
mud reached latitude u, ~ Another party
ROUNDED Cape Colombia, the ,lorthesmns,st n,liit
Ut America, ant traced 20 miles westward from
| ward. These sledlge PARTIES met with
| no game, and suffered from scuryy.
Huns Petersen died trom frost-b!,e.
Jofln Porter, of the Alert, md da,nes
IN tle flcdgIng cxpcditions: No Esquimuux
were seen, nor were my icebcrgs met with be-
yoml Cape rnion.
The expedition encountered great difficulties
| in returning. The Alert's r,lddcr-l1olt was
damaged. The vessels ieft Smiths suund Sept.
| Y. They stgnalcd the Panlora Oct. III, ull well.
| The Alert parted from the Discovery In gale
on Oct. 10. She will shift her rudder Mt EalrIl-
Admiral ut Queenstown tclcgrupt.s that the
Discovery Is expected to arrive hourly.
The l0west temperature during the winter
VIE 1Oa degrees below the freezing paint.
| DuEiu, the gc-jour,leys the Ice was 50
rugged tl,at II was only possible to advance
u.ile day. During the winter Tic!, collections
fl the department Of natural history were na,lc,
and many valuable scientific dissertations taken,
Excel!cnt coa' was fund ns.ar tue place where
thu Discovery wlntere1. The expedition cxpc-
rtcnccsl the culdest weather ever registered, the
! Temperature bcirg 81 degrees l,ruw zrro for IL
fortnight, and falling oncc to lul degrees below
t:ie frreztng uofnt.
The pandora, wEcu spoken by the Alert, re-
pnrted licz screw slightly tsalnage1 t'y icc. The
Pandora called ut 1.ttlGtUn Isianl anu Cups Is
abcl!a, bilt waR unable tn reach Cape Sabine.
| ite Lie expedition Hd not tuuGh At Litt!cton
Isthnd un liz return, 1t missed the letters left
| by tho Paudorn.
! The health of the crews, with the exceptions
already mentioned, las heen good Possibilities
were severe but not numerous. Petersen, the
| INTERPRETER, died III forty days after both feet
| Ind hccn ninpttasel for fra>t-hltc.
All tn. nen.hcrs Vi the expedition declare 1t
impossible to get nearer the pole than tiletr
northern exploring party, which penetrated tn
within 40D miles OF 1t. TN thu return from
their s!cdgc Journey the men were In very
,clpless condition., MD It was 1.eeexsary to draw
| some Of them on the aletlg,s. The ulunking Of
the Alert was mlh.t, damaged by ice.
| A member OF the expedition tclc,rapls to the
IaAy .yttas tint the northrr,,n.ost lnliu reached
| Wis In latitude b:j.01. After TINT there wuk
lee. The point iurthest west reached was III
longftu1. IS. Lady Frankin's Struts Is really
u bay.
| Felcrmnnn Fiord wus clpscl by glacier.
The nortt,efntnost point in Greenland seen was
iu latitude 6c,.57