New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-16
ARCTIC SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.

TWO EXPEDITIONS To BE FITTED OUT NEXT SUM-
INCORPORATION OF OTHER NATIONS PLANS
oFLIKUrRNANT GREELEYs P6RTY-THg SEARCH
FOR THE JEANNEITE.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l
WASHINGTON, March 1.-Two polar expeditions
are to be fitted out and sent north early this coming
summer. under the direction of General Hazen, the
Chief Signal Officer for purely scientific purposes;
the one to Lady Franklin Bay is to be under the
command of Lieutenant Greeley, one of the most
trusted officers of the Signal Corps the other will
sail from San Francisco and Will establish itself at
Point Burrow, cn the north coast of Alasks. The
commanding officer Of the second expedition has
not yet been designated
Professor Baird, Of the SIM hsonian Institute, and
Captain Patterson. of the Coast Survey, are coop
Grating with General Hazen and will each be repre-
sented in one or both of these expeditions These
enterprises are part Of polar observation in which
several European nations are participants with this
country. Russia has promised to occupy two
stations, one at the mouth of the Lena in Eastern
Siberia and the other on the New Siberian Island,
which is some distance east OF Wrangle
Land. Sweden has promised to occupy
North Cape in Finland. Denmark will es-
tablish station at Upernayik, Greenland. Germany
though che has not made absolute promise to
do so-is expected to send an expedition TO the
will OCCUPY the mouth Of the Oh and Spitz-
bergen. Austria, represented by Count Wilszek
and Lieutenant Weyprecht, will occupy
Nova Zembla. Canada Will probably occupy
Melville Island. Italy will fit out an expedition to
the Southern Hemisphere, and will probably select
its location on Cape Horn. 1t also expected tnat
the Island OF Georgia, in the Southern Hemisphere
will be occupied by an expedition from some other
lieutenant Greeley's expedition will consist Of
three officers OF the army and twenty-one enlisted
n ha aacnmhle1 at Wasbin 0tOD not later
than the 10Th of May and in st. Johns New Found,
land about one month later. lG ls expected
that the expedition will leave St. Johns about the
list of July and touching at Disco, will take
ON board Dr. Pavey, the naturalist of the expedl-
tion. who has been in Greenland during the last
winter collecting dogs, sedges and other materIaI
for the expedition. Several teams of dogs will be
taken from Disco and Upernavlk with two Esqui-
mau hunters. The vessei IS expected TO reach
Lady Franklin Bay by the last of August, when,
disembarking the party, viii return to the United
States. 80, ,,
made by the permanent party, the northern coast OF
Greenland probably will be explored, and 1t rs be-
lIeyed that the question as TO whether Greenland
is an island or contIned' nd can Oo tbs
northwgrd of Cape Britannia the fnrtbeSt point
seen by the English expedition OF 1860. Inc STA,
tion rs to visited annually by vessels which Will
bring fresh supplies and a mum nui1oer OF T neM
recruits in order that those united for the work
by reason of disease, OF otherWlse9, may return
To- the United States Lcutenantt. L. klshngDuTy,
of the IN Infantry, an officer who has already
made crnditabe record as a scientific man, has
been designated as the geographer of the expedition
The third officer Of the expedition has not yet been
selected 80, ,,..
The meteorological observations of the expedition
will be made by a party OF four Signal Service OBJ
servers specially trained for it,. Mr. William klce,
of Washington, who will probably be the photo-
Qrapher of the expedition. has already had experience
IN photography within the Arctic circle. The en-.
listed force is to be selected from large number OF
volunteers who have seen difficult service IN the
Xrcme Northwest, and who for that reason are BET
ter prepared to resist the rgOrs OF the Arctic
winter Lieutenant GreeIey's experience as signal
officer will 1t is expected, be found of great value
i'm making communications from point to point. For
this purpose he will use the Myers signal CODE send
ING signals by the helOgraph fOr distances OF forty
miles when tho shines, and by hagS ana lanterns
for shorter distances at other times This Wil be an
advantage which former expeditions nave not
possessed. =, A., N- n.
Negotiations for the purchase By the Navy De-
part1ent OF the steam whaer Mary and Helen were
COMPLETED this afternoon, aud Mi. William Lewcs
of New Bedford, the former owner, received blll
onpToyed by Secretary HINT, Tor 100000 which
was paid by the purchasing paymaster The vessel
has displacement of 500 tons. is year aud half
old nd n ted for fourteen years,