Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-23
the present depression in trade, which prevail
ed in free trading and proteotionist countries
THE OPEN POLAR 1 a. SEA.

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THE OPEN POLAR SEA.
ArstU0l In Sc. LO,sts Of a Sailor who sam
He Has Been There Remarkable STATE
s'sents Of Tz.t,aOs Not Ge,aerall,, K,.o,c,,.--
Asstef'entn0 Into the 1YseeriousJ Regtous
Eighteen Miles Wtde.f f.s,ftE4 ,f#s F,s5{ t,fa,.
sat qist. Louis Globe-D Democrat. bii I'd II
CApt. a. B. Tuttle. the Arctic navigator. who
claims to have had, and probably has had, :
longer and more varied experience "a a seaman
thaRalmest any man now living, was in the
city yesterday on hispway Ito Nv Washington to
negotiate with the government for a small
steamer to assist in his further exploration in
Arctlc sess; Capt, Tuttle ia native Of New
his parents and went to SEQ, and has ever since
some lthirtyrtive years--beenG a. sea- farinp
man.s he ls p large and muscular man, with
| the appearance Of having, been Injured to hard
ships. He has been all over the globe, he SAYS,
and has sailed in every sea, and has made TWEEN
early manhood he has been captain. of whaling
and surveying ships. One of the things that
particularly attracted his attention in sailing
northward was, that he found the sea more and
more open, especially every fourth year. He
made his last trip about q year ago, starting
tAesAOucAOS O0P6u, III - 1ul1-rl6SeQ snip;
with forty-hve men, all told. In latitude
seventy-eight he found an open sea clear Of
Ice In latitude eighty-onea he noticed a, ex
traordinary dip offthe compass, and on taking
soundings discovered the cause Of it to be i'm
men n!'ea loaas.o Of ID .,s,l .s .,,,s1 5:5a.
342t;zsrFI,sA MAGNETIC SUBSTANCE,
in five fathoms Of water. It was mixed with
minerals and fine particles of gold. In lati-
tude' eeighthy7tWo he encountered the ice belt,
grounded under the water and extending Il,
height in some places over 400 feet. It stretched
east and west as far as the eye could reach,
he here discovered that the needle pointed due
south, and in his own mind concluded that
the magnetic deposit he had passed had some
connection with the direction in which the
needle usually pointed, By climbing to the
highest points on the icy barrier, he could see
and by tracing along the belt eastwardly, he
found a passage through into this sea, with a
depth of ninety 'fathoms, or 240 feet. The
water was quite warm, and q gulf stream was
steadily setting out with a velocity Of from
four tosix miles per hour. He pulled through
this passage in whale boats, and found it to be
about eighteen miles wide. In the north part
Of this open sea he found nearly fresh leaves of
plantains, bananas and other n ,I,
TROPICAL PLANTS f.E& tyf5 5fI} ff
floating on the water, and showing that they
4
October he found: a large female whale going
north through the open passage before mem
TONED, and also saw migratory birds going
north. In July these birds went back south
with their young and about the same time he
observed whales going south with their young.
From these facts be concludes shat during q
considerable part of, the year there is warm
climate within the open polar sea, sufficient ia
produce tropical fruits: In the ice barrier on
one of his trips he found bones and tusks of
the mastodon which in 1876 he carried to the
Centennial at, Philadelphia. They were SO
large that some naturalists thought the animal
to which they belonged must have been forty
feet in length He also found some hard wood
in the shape of troughs imbedded in the ice.
They looked like feeding troughs, and the
edges had the appearance of having been
gnawed by animals. In sailing west, he struck
the north part Of the coast of New Siberia,
| where he found.a raceof people that he thought
no one had ever seen before or heard Of They
spoke an unknown language which +: y.
t.shat SOUNDED LIKE HEBREW. MA H., III
They spokea few words of Hawaiian and the
Esquimaux language, and with these and the
aid of signs they conveyed the idea that they
came from the North. He was little acquaint-
ed with the Esquimaux language, having
passed four winters with that people, living
on raw wairus, whale blubber and bear meat.
During one Of these winters, which are with
out daylight, he made a journey of $50 miles
in the dark. During his adventurous career
he has met with many disasters, the most
serious Of which was an encounter with a pola,
bear. he had both arms and both legs broken,
and lost one finger off his left band, another
being SO badly larcerated by the teeth Of the
animal that it is sadly out of shape He also
lost two ribs, which were completely torn
from his, body, which bears the marks OF
! wounds which it seems almost Incredible tina,
any man could receive and live. The polar
ported to weigh as much as 8, ZOO pounds. HI
contemplates making another trip to further
explore that open polar sea; but needs small
steamer for towing purposes which he hopes
to obtain from the government. He proposes
to start some time in 1880, and leaves for WASH.
ington City this morning. 5,si4s, 800 &55