The New York herald., 1878-10-25
ARCTIC EXPLORATION.

DR.. ISAAC l. HAYES ON PAST AND FUTURE xx-
petitions TO THE NORTH PoLE-HIs FAITH
IN OPEN POLAR SEAS.
The Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church. In East
Washington square. was nilsd last evening with
large respectable audisnee who attontivsy lis
tened 70 lecture on .srhs Arctic Regionsn by Dr.
Isaac l. Hayes, tho vol known Arctic explorer Row.
Dr. Richmond, pastor Of the church, introduced tho
DOCTOR VINO az once entered upon tho subject Of his
lecture. and related his experiences from tie time
that, under Dr. Kane, he nrst passed the coast Of
Greenland In hs little 500 ton schooner up 70
the time that he planted the Star Spanglsd
Banner as near tho North role ~ ever man
had penetrated. Referring to the mysteries
Of that marvellous region the lecturer. alter
stating that II II almost impossible to conceive
the magnitude OF the Ice fields thrown Of from
Greenland, said that the real danger Of Arctic nav
CATION the broken drin ice. II vas through this
that on his second expedition his party made their
way TO Smiths sound Bafan's Bay was found open,
but the gale forced leo down. and the had
to seek shelter behind iceberg. Tho pressure,
however, became too great, and with tremendous
iorco The vessel actually lifted upon the Ice
released, however, again after twelve hours but II
was with difficulty that she could bs kept afoas
RxxARKABLE PHENOMENA.
the darkness In which the expedition was
snveioped during fully three months whom
thousand miles away from tho nearest spot
OF civilization, with fifteen men only consti-
tuting . world TO themselves, with nothing 10
do but tho Watching ei shs various instruments
alluded to In eloquent terms BY the lecturer. The
strange transparency Of the atmospsrs when the
thermomstsr marked seventy degrees below zero,
with the stars In the heavens LOOKING hard and eold
and when they seemed TO have lost that twinkle TO
vrhteh rod this
the extraordinary experiences gathered by the ex-
plorers. Often the Doctor loft mis- party and went
alone on the sea Of ice. There was no sound IN the
air nothing but groaning and creakng beneath tho
ice. II was wilj weiro wonderful stilne ess whore
the solemn communion with nature alone compen.
sated tor the awful surroundings And st,ii was
negative silence: It became positive by the very
noises created within the body. while the blood
rushed up 20 the and made tho situation uncn-
durable. II maddeusd MIN. There, amid the solemn
stiffness OF the Arctic night, the mind Of man, no
ss,d. was indeed ssa up 70 the great Creator The
Inc sun made rs appearance ON tho horl-
soa was The eeginning Of new NE
aid Of dogs ana slsds the explorations across the
frozen were undertaken. The constant sunlight
great astonishmsnt OF ALL whom only 4S0 miles from
the poles, which two weeks more Of tournsyng
open water. TSs march back TO me sea VAS fright.
fu one; dif1cuit Of accomplishment that tho Icc
turor said that no mad no recollection Of any,hing
journey.
rHR PASDoRA's ExPHDfTToN.
Or. Hay0s then explained that leo would not form
except where Il Is protected by land. Even loo
degrees below zero woaid not form leo except whore
hsmmsd in by land. He did not believe there
much land within tho great basin surrounding the
pole. There was an open sea there, because there
could be nothing else II vessel should be be-
yond tho land belt n would be able 70 move along In
the Same manner the Atlantic. There was
open water In FRANKLIN Bay, how far ne
could not tell The efforts Of the Russians In
that direction, however, proved that therc was
Of open water Oae more heroic effort would
soon be made 10 ascertain the extent OF snat open
water, ana all well know u was an euterprisc
undertaken by the proprietor Of the HARALn That
expedition was already partly lifted out Able ofacers
commanded II and picked crew had been selected
Tho vessel once knovn tho Pandora, now christ.
sncd tho Jcannstte, her way 70 San Francisco
aud would doubt arrive thsrc shortly. She would,
ne SAID, probably salt from San Francisco about
the 1st vi June, striking Behring's straits nrst fol-
low tho coastlins 10 ths north and east, with
the hope oil reaching those largo open spacea The
expod ton could fail, he believed to yield great
results to science, and doubt the Northern pas
sage would bo found, for which all mankind had
looked for 30 long, AL should remember that she
tudes, were human beings, with aims, ambi'
and ASPIRATIONS True, they subsistod entirely
what the hunt furnished thom. But they, TOO, had
their religion their sympathies, aye, even their par
adisa Tho lecturer then explained religious be-
iisi OF these people, with their visions Of future
land, where the never sets, and whore the best
hunter only can approach tns salmon pots and eat
forever. Al the eoncusisa OF the Doctors remarks
some Photographic views OF the Arctic regions
exhibited. Al tho close vote OF thanks was tsn-
dorod TO the lecturer.