Smyrna times., 1881-12-28
Loss CT the JeaGnetta.

~ S''t"tttt iteA'o Sist.i "a Nlic IGt - Oi tliC
Ic9cthof. That vessel Disappeared OF the
coast of Noya!a Zc!niia, in 1872. and was
never again seen, 5ut two years aftcrwAri
Pnyer aid Weyprccht and thCir cClnpar-
ions returned Withrut i!Icir ship, hav:Hr
broken away from Artic imprisonment
and ELECTED thtir escape in tItiY beats
amer an a%oni2ing struggle. IN ike ma,t-
ncr the JoHRHette has been crushed in the
zee, ahu her gallant commander comes
pack without his Sh. two years after il
was last sighted North Of BChrin" StI.:i,
he scene OF the disaster was latitude -
longitude l57' East, and the time june
%'rd. The crew embarked in three hc.!>.
one of Which reached the mouth Of tie
Lena on September @0th, and anol her sl..-
scquenIly, while the third has not reached
lanai. Tie Survivors We're in their beats
!rol1 seventy to rincty days ard thci?
condition IN reaching land J., described rs
Pitahi". Their sutitiipc3 lnGst have been
even more h%ar:rcnding than those Of tn.
PClal!s c;(ataWays, whom DcLonG himself
rescued oil the coast Of Labrador: for
although they TOO ief their shin in lati-
tude IT and had been i1G Gays on the
iioaling ice whcH they were picked ~ IL
the 4i9rc82, toy had started with Iaare
than q boats load Of provisions. The
escape Of tN0-thir}s Of thc .j-.nlha!l's crew
is dcliverance almost miraculous. The
AuiicrinGs OF these brave sailors w!ll excite
a thrill OF sympathy wherever this last
story of Arctic adventure Il tu,i. Tie
Eng I.Sh-spcakiug world, recognizing their
AnSio-SaXoa grit, will rejoice with one
consent oyer the safety Of iiia3o who have
been reSci!ei and vii! lament The possible
fate ofth missing boats crew.
Has IInI ocor cop,,, .1,., :,
Payer ahd Wcyprctch enjoyed. when they
rcaPpoarcd after their two years voyage /?
They had discovered Franz Josef land.
1t was an accident, to be sure, for their
vessel had been caught III the ice and they
had ncen drifting in utter hclplessness iur
months when their eyes first caught Il
glimpse uG that mysterious shore: still. i
Was discovery which richly compensated
them for ali their sutItIiErs and trial..
Has Dcl.ong done anything more than 10
rc.N:'@ tdiI way en- thc track OF NOrd-ll.E-
Jo!d, the intrepid commander Of the IcGa ,
Enable I" break through the ice on thc
hthriaG Strait nlcGi''jAn. t'sta he tened 10
'ae lCt through Long Strait, and spCnui.4@
Two Winters on the Siberian CGa~t Cl,'r
edged his way us far West ~ iIir Si1tiia..
Islands? Or has he also made discoveries,
III higher latitHdcS, so that he can DO eulIi..-
thinG besides compare notes with Nor
IenN!;lo!d? The details Of his c2u;sc vii.
be awaited with the keeac-i interest. The
latI;'idc NRrre disaster overlook his trim
little Ycesci Indicates that he had 4 Ei@hcr
ambition thantO repeat the Swcdc's cxpl =
1t is a higher latitude ,hAn that OF ,:r
n0rthernmost cape which the TpGa reund.
ed, and is On level with Prince Ia,rir!;
Land aEd the snuthcrn edle OF -pi,zhcr-
Sen: Whathc. II was the hi&hes. latitude
which he had reached o. whether he hal
made discoveries Of real Importance Lc Gore
his ship waa abandoned, We shall know
when tho log i furnished in detail. !.
will Ec melancholy, indeed if this gallant
commander and his p'uc!,y comEanioHs
have struggled and suffered rs they must
| have done without having added iaatulial-
~ 10 the sum 0f human &nOW lvtiGc Cr en-
large the horizon OF the polar LaGM.
In ihc first flush Of this sudden news
| from the jeGnRctE, science ana gCoIraniiy
count for little. 1t Is the human eltlncn!
winch touches the hearts of people Of
generous instincts. There is 10y over tie
oeiiHe"ance OF the bulk Of the crew; thcre
Is sympathy for the brave co;naa1a,lcl :
Wit, WHO has heen waiting 50 2Uxf}usiy
! Tor sw1ntE-cight long months for tj,lim4;
- ~i'' ',NtCty tUShf y StiEEtN l:lGS l'G
ships cQlEpany hIs been divided and thai
SO many brave men may have pcTishcd.
| i}ut the scientific aspects cannot lc cni ne
II overlooked, The failure Of this txpc-
ditiou may tend 10 simplify he future
course Of Arctic exploration. Tho theory
! generally adopted in recent wears has been
that III order to reach high latituG.
Wthin Tic Artic Circle the vessel must
fellow coast iiao tIondng northwar,.
! " hen ReLoHg lClG San Francisco in 1873
there were three coasts which seemed 10
oIcr peculiar advantages for Arctic eXn3o-
ration. Ono was the Greenland shore.
which Kane. Hayes. Fali and Mares had
followed another Was the recently dis
| covered frlnz Josef Land, which has since
been. partially explored by Leigh Smith
and the third Was Wraugcl Land. which
Mas Supposed 10 be a large island and pos
sibly one Of q chain Of islands stretching
toward the Pole. DrI.ong hoped 70 sue
| ceed in wintering on Wrangell Land and
IN following What was fdncied mioht be a
| polar archipelago far to the north. Wran-
! GEL Land is now known TO be q snal!
island with al irnrcnetrablc sea 70 the
north, and Leigh Smiths disappearance
in the Kara sea di9GQOrages attempts to
make Franz ,{osef land 4 base Of opera
! tioNs. II The phantom quest for tae ro!e
~ ever TO be resumed, the old route
through Smiths Sound must be considered
the safest way, The little colony of
Americans and Eskmos which WAS Ian,ictl
IN Lady franklin Bay last Summer has
better opportunities for scientific r5scarci,
and extended exploration in The highest
iatitudes than any ships crew exposed 10
the terrible risks of the Siberiau waters
and the Barentz Sea c;;n possibly have
Ns'9 York liti5aQo,
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