The Red Cloud chief., 1879-02-13
rmr SECRETS oy rHn NORTH rorv.
A. Opa Whss~v's vt-ws-.ssss~r-
rn0ean os.e,

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ass ftsasisa Cheusieis
Captain "trip. . weli.kuown whaling
cap,sin who has m ale several Voyages.
Ia the Arctic Ocean. IL = disbeliey.T in
m open polar sea, Ills srip Ia tho
world ~ ice the present year has bu,
confirmed his experiences In the past.
In . conversation with him a Chronicle
reporter procured some interesting fact.
ON this somewhat mystihed subject. Ma
vessels have been ahlc Ia got farther
than S8 deg. north this year, and all
captains report heavy Ice In N. Arctic.
IN one ~ his voyages. while Captain
Trip vas master ~ the bark Arctic. h.
reached ne high ~ latitude 7s deg. In
1870 Wrangls's Land wss clear n leo.
aud In 1871 his ship was within n mile
~ the shore ~ thai land which ma bu.
man being has c,er stopped upon. 90
Tar ~ history tails us. With the aid ~
. splendid glass. he got . good view 81
The entire lay ~ the land. but b. was
unable b. see any human hsblmtiop.,
or evidence thereof. No animal life
va visible save sea birds that fitted In
mid air along Tho shore, The esrth was
green. M n % being visible anywhere.
n coast range l. Visible from ID. .
which resembles coast regions farther
south. extending M fsr ~ California.
shrubs were plainly visible. but Capt
Trip was unable To discover an, large
trees or forests.
Wrangel's Land runs northwest, and,
W far aa known. extends i%ndehnliol,
fnto regions never penetrated by the
pUHtfa .uA pa. .. " ta.l.-
tina, portion VI Alaska bordering on
The North Pole have NJ tradition tina,
any people have ever been seen on
Wrangcl. Land, though they state tina,
deer ~ n variety nnknown W Alaska
have been found on Herald Island. In
the heart ~ the Arctic. and from which
the land named can be- distinctly sosn.
u IL supposed that the animal. made
wai across the icc fruIn the min.
land az Wrangcl Ia the island. No
canoes. clothing. or relies ~ u Kind
have drifi.d from Wrang.I'- Land a.
Alaska, A. M indication that = now
race ot human beings existed In the
u~nesplorcd regions ~ the Arctic.
still. u u believed by those sea cap.
tain. who have taken close observations
that The mysterious oonniry alluded Ia
IN habitabIo. Tho fact that no snow
was Ia be seen. that vegetation looked
green aud vigorous, and that mountains
looucd ny In the distance. M shultcring
Tor the valleys. are so man,
proofs that humanity could nnd n fooi.
hold there. II seems that no whaling
captains hayc ever attempted la land
nm Wrangcrs Land. but u must bc re-.
mcmborcd that they visit tho Arctic
~ business men. and not as
explorers,
Captain Trip says that II the North
Pole exists aud IL IA over 20 be- discov.
ered. tho discovery will be- made from
The Pacific side, ~ nRylRaiorr \ reach
many degrees further north on IN. IA.
rihc while suffering less Inconvenience
rom climatic rigors than ON the Allan
lio. AZ koisebue Sound. at the mouth
II auckland River, Captain Trip saw
and seven hundred fcni high. beneath
which u stratum of Ice WAS distinctly
A. Point Barron the land IL
ala feet above the lee. all beneath
being n stratum III CONCEALED water
How deep this stratum II remains un.
known. but u II certain that IN. earth
= gradually formed itself on tho ice.
There IN reason Ia believe that wrnn.
srIs Land IL II like formation. ut least
the shore. There II no telling
how far tho leo body extends inland ms
! sahStraium. II y body ~ earth seven
hundred foe, high can rest on n mass
" hoe along the shore. there In no ren
'on Why u mountain savcn thousand
high may not have leo ns a basis In
he Interior.