The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-03-22
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Reaching the POle-What Mr.. Ameri.
Gus Symmes has to say to the
HOWgate Plan.

louisville Courier j Journal.l
In conversation with Mr.. Americas
Symmes, the present upholder of what
is generally referred to as the "Symmes
Theory" about the proposed HOwgate
expedition, a reporter of the Courier
Journal was made acquainted with several
facts of interest. After alludingto the
HOwgate plan, which is to have persons
gradually approach the North Pole as
they become accustomed to the climate
of the Arctic regions, Mr.. Symmes
says:
Should the Howgate plan to reach the
pole be adopted as the best, and another
expedition be started out in search of
the Nortn Pole, it would be best to make
some arrangement to have part of the
expedition test the truth of the Symmes
theory, while the others were making
slow approaches to the pole, as proposed
by Mr.. Howgate. Capt. Tyson, of Capt.
Halls expedition has written a work
called "Arctic Experience" in which
he says: "Though do not believe in an
open polar sea, yet know that the wild
animals that inhabit the northern regions
60 off north every fall and come back in
the spring fat, with their young follow
ing them" Such is also the testimony
of DIR. Kane, Capt. Parry, and Capt.
Ross. all of whom made more than one
voyage to extreme north. Into what
country or climate those animals 60 to
spend the winter and produce their
young has never yet been discovered,
but that they do 60 nOrthward is proven
beyond a doubt. According to the
Symmes theory they pass over the verge
and into the polar opening, where they
find warmer and more genial climate,
and where they find plenty to live on
and produce their young, coming back
fatter than when they left. Where those
animals travel man can surely follow,
so let part of the men follow in their
wake, and if they reach "Symmzonia
Gas Capt. Symmes intended to call that
undiscovered country, they will have
accomplished more than any previous
expedition. Capt. Hall got about as far
north as 820 and found open water, and,
while encamped on the tank of an open
sea, he wrote his last dispatch to the
Secretary of the Navy, in which he says:
find this much warmer country
than l expected, and it abounds with
life-seal, game, geese, ducks, musk cat
tie, foxes, wolves, rabbits, partridges,
lemings," ETC., showing that he was
just entering "symmzonia when his
set time for returning to his vessel had
expired, and he went back, and was taken
sick and died. Capt. Parry, on his voy-
age, got up to S220, and here found the
sun 80 hot that it melted the tar out of
the seams of his vessel, and even small
flies came on board of his boat. What
icewas in sight was too rotten to bear
his weight, and being nearly out of pro-
vision, he had to turn back. Capt. Ross
experienced s0drm Dinds coming directly
from the north when he was farthest
northward, and DIR. Kane's men found
open water, experienced gale for three
days, blowing steadily from the north,
and once it became so warm as to melt
the snow and ice about them and far
south of them. What does all this
mean? What must it mean? A warmer
climate is certainly somewhere north
ward not yet discovered. Therefore, l
say, divide the expedition when the 80
or 800 is reached, and let one party fol-
low the wild animals into their retreats
or, within the VERGE" and
let the other follow Mr.. Howgate's
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