The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-04
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ro-e.bndcwine the Probable Experience Of
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can Arctic expedition. IN building to be erected
in n very high latitude. recalls the wonderful
story OF William Barents and his ronipar ions.
Who passed an involuntary winter on No,u
Zsmbla nearly three centuries aao. The narrn-
ton Of their trials. privqtpns AMI sunsrin..s.
~ relutcd by De Vecr in his chronicle. and the
.raidontal d.covcry of the dwelling and its
cont 'nts iy no Norwegian Captain Carlson in
81, IT. almost prcci, is the same condition Ia
which hoy wrre lcN in 1897 form one OF the
mcs' interesting chapters in the history Of
Arctic Discovery.
Darcnt- 1T out iu Nav. 1896. from Amstcr-
DAM rs pilot OF vessel commandcd by jacob
HecmsS erck. famous in after timc for his great
naval victory over he.Spaniards in the Bay OF
Gibraltar. He sought northeast pas age to
Cathoy and the Indies. For more thnn con-
tury Spain and Portugal had monopol1ed the
route by the Cape of Good Hope. dealing SUM-
mary with the ships of all competing nations
II was belle cd by the Dutch geoeraphcis that
a shorter avenue to the riches 81 the East lay
through the Arctic sous. and in consideration of
its anticipated commercial imuortnnre 10 Hol-
land. special inducements had been offered for
its discovery Two preceding expeditions. Of
both OF which Barcnts had been pilot. had failed,
but tho indomitablo navigator. still believing in
the existence Of feasible route had under
taken to lead n new one.
The expedition consisted % two vessels tho
second one being commanded by Jan Coruelsz
Ryp. n veteran sea captain. Scarcely had they
entered the polar seas when disputes rs to the
proper course to be- sailcdarose between Earcnts
and the latter and after cruising together for
several weeks during which they discovered
and visited SpitzbeIgcn. they parted company
on tho first day of July After an une,enifui
voyage Ryp returned 10 Holland but Barcnts
was doomed 10 n fur different fate. He steercd
sighted on the 18th Of July. and pushed his way
M the coast through immense fields OF ice. I'M
Ill he reached the Isles of Orange which he had
discovered and named ON his FIRST voyage. Hc
hoped 10 lay his course southeastward from this
point. for geogrnphers then supposed that be-
yond Nova Zcmbla the coast OF MuscoVy trend.d
more and more southerly TO the eastern con-
fines OF Cathav. Firm in the belief that h. was
about 10 solve the problem Of q north EAST pas-
sage. he doubled Cape Desire on the l9;h Of
August and stecred boldly into waters never BE-
fore visited by civilized man. very few hours
brought him TO imp.nctrablc fields OF ice and
forced a return. and he rounded the southeast
point OF Nova Zcmba and sailed into bay.
which he named Ice Haven. Three days after
he attempted 10 make his way southeast again.
hut WIS again buflcd and returned 10 Ice Haven
where the ship was nearly crushed by ice driven
ia by gale OF wind. On the next day vain
attempt WAS made TO sail down the south coast
Of Nova Zemba to the Wagats. and on the 2Gih
Of August It WAS determined to 20 back 10 Cape
Desire and to return home again 10y the north
passage. Taking advantage OF q favorable
movement Of the ice the ship wns safely got out
.. Ice haven pu' the,iioes soon began TO drive
BACK again. and though they struggled maniuy
devon 10 ,h. ,,os, si.iao, to n. ,,,,'.. -
Liza War they tpr aa.l "a ...fI
erty, misery md grief to stay all TINT winter"
mr. sh, ,,.os -, 80 -, ,h', H. -,
A"' s",p "ns BUM 81 ",se' 1n"' sue "vs"h 10
crack which " was most fearful both TO SEQ and
To hear and nade nil the hnir of our heads To
rise nright with ,.r - So,,otir,.s nor ho,v u,,.
pushed high out OF water and sometimes she
was thrown upon her sides; but in Q few days
become ms soiI ms the innd' Thsir s,tuaiiHn
was now desperate. They were in latItud. ~ :.
higher than CIVILIZED human beings had over
wintered IN The long Ara - ni.,Lf won III snon
be upon them. n sa,,son which imIsht surround
them with unk nc,yn danvers for Tho smn.rsti
ton OF the ne md inv.sted The unInr rsginns
with Supernatural t-rrors. But. with no alter
native. they set about preparing for the worst.
Ynine1 10 mil n br,se ,,1on ,h i.nI - tet,
ne thr ~ 1 ~ VII , np9n 'v , u 70 d sep
nit ourselves unto thu tuition ri God
Fortunately eNploriuc i.rtios fnunl nlout
four miles away. mn ii driitwool and nmny
down the Siherinn rivers hy aoots: SO tbsy
built sleds and begnn to draw timber to the So
l-ct.d site The distances and the roughn,.ss
OF the ice precluded their making more than
two trips day. even In the best Of weather. and
S9 S h.d 10 fu1rd cont agans the 9,a,s
On forgy DAYS th.v dared moi ventura inland
because they could not see the bears. and vel
they coul smell u.s. Tor they smell better than
ihev see"
After many days of severe toll during which
the cerpentar dol. tho house wns rnode ready
for oc,upat on and IN 4. night OF d /. ~ nnrt
VI the crew slept in ii Tor the lirst time. 1t wps
covered W TIA blanks from ~, .hip's lower deck
nd mt. la,