, 1879-01-09
THE NORTH POLE.

4 believer In Wilderness nt a New World
will the jcnnnettc Hurcupts
San Ffanctsro Chronicle.
All Information concerning tho Myatery sur
rounding the North Polo Ia eagerly read by tho
Intelligent public. This interesting subject tins
got beyond the spntlncs Of scientific societies
and the studies Of learned men, Thu average
newspaper reader Il now discussing the question
Will, xeuous attention md unusual intelligence.
Tho Chronicle l'as llad recently humber of arti-
ctcs OIL tha Polar mystery. thu facts therein hnv
Ing bern CLEANED Irnm trading and Whaling Ca-
tuns who hayc matle Voyages Uryond Dchring
Strait Into ths Arctic. Ut tito many Captains n.
tcrytsWcl, but one Is a believer IN an open rolar
Sra. Th!a f. Capt. Barker, Of tho whaling
ticrt. Another Captnin nnY now 10 added 10
tho Hat Ut believers hut llc differs In optnInn
with Capt. barker. Thelattar gentleman thinks
that tll9 stOan yacht Jcannettu, huw at Mato
Isanu en- route tu the Arctic, will solyo thu
mystery by sea. Tho other gentleman who be-
Jacobson, master Of thc schooner William II.
Stevens, whO has recently Returned from tFad-
jng v0yage VI seven months til tic Arctic. Capt.
Jacobson is Of the opinion that + IL utterly I'M,
pcnotratu the mpsstyo lee barriers whlsi arc to
be found II the Arctic eYcn In tho most open
season. There arc eol1Ic ycaFa when sailing
vcssc! can crt from - deg to Is deg north, mud
"
craft Gun vcs a. high as Is deg TO " de- nortii
Should harl season fellow, when tue jcyterCs
drift cow toward Nehrlne eea, tho stauchett
steamer could not gct Is far North a the latt-
tudo lnl]lcslrd.
Tho unly way, sccor,'Tns 10 Capt. jacobson,
that any rev Information ran be procured about
the rosr rrgions !s 10 establish q general ralnp
On W1angr''a land uI Herald Island. rlace
tl.erc, specially ltted for The work boiose them;
lat them have plenty OF proyls!ons. TOBACCO, and
warm clothlng, mud then say to Tic leader. who
evsr he may no: "Ticrs's everything you
you can't fina 4, and something that Will make
i tensatton.n The Captain IL certain that II
tho right man IN the right place can ba found,
Wrapgcl's Land, un which no mortal has ever
trrra ineo1ntta. This statIans. he thinks, should
be from fifteen to twcnky miles apart, aud few
reliable nea should bc Kept 1t each. Continue
thcln aorthwsrl. somethiEo after tha fashion Ut
wilderness OF new world IL reached. Capt.
Jacopsuu bc1.cyes that Wrnneels Land corr
talns plenty Of Wild snln,als, and that herls OF
rrfndcer will be encountered. Numerous docks
shore, and the. Arctic duck, ~ tue bird IL
ro1llpolty called by satlort, ID very plentiful.
There need ba no fcar VI acurvy. With land
exploring party. No opinion could ba procured
slbllity ot striking luscious bed OF strRaber-
rles, an orange grove, Or q batch OF bananas,
eyen more Luscious than tho Sandwich Island
a.lic!c. lla was aiao equally 1ctieans ~ to shu
probable sts1s OF summer goods lu that reGtun,
but believed that II anything III the k1ud w.
t4tcd y would not bc Hawaiian ulalu Of Acxl-
han srbuxa.
Cant, jacobson has nade a,auy voyages TO ilsc
Arrtg, but never has been atla u pick UP from
tho natives bordering on tha FN4r. IRON the
Alatkx side, aLy traditions coueerning
Wruugcls Land. tie las lookcd fos strange
varieties Of wot,deRwa1e, peculiar ltnplctnents,
carved pieces of wood. Or anything tiial might
float With the rurreuls " bs carried III ihc ico.
be19&, which would tndirate that there Wiz ~.
other Fars u people beyond the Invisible ~ nu
Eazed postlwaEd, but he WA ueYet successful
Ii procuring the least evidence. lllaGppoEtuul-
ties were much better than those Of sea Zap
tatns, as the latter seldotn touch ahole, while
trading CaptaIus Makr It their luyils4s to do ~.
Al Herald Island, wt!ict. u ahout seycntY-elc
degrees north and i75 degrees wcsi. there IL tu
clear weather = splendid VIEW u Wsankels
Land. This lilaud II tie tugtlsest point ol land
IL Jet discovered tn the Arelr, It waa Grst dis
covered ~ lsl9 by Capt. Kvi1set. 4ld s SUP
commanded. II is abous 90 feet aoorr tue
level u ths sea Tnerc IL L" sepe,stlon, beyond
Autur ltcilri,s. and IL u MOI Euow1 whether 1t
VA, rTes iualo;tcl u MOI. SEA caYtasuj ou-