The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-05

ary 18th, 1878, in which he says: "ln case
Nordensljold is all right shsll push right
through Behripg Strait at once and make
for the east side Of kellet Land, following
it as far as possible and getting 81 high
latitude with the ship as we csn before GO
ing into winter quarters. If our prog
ress is uninterrupted for some dis'
lance shall content myself with one landing
al first on the southeast point of Kelleit
Land, where wo will build "cairn" and
leave record Of our progress 10 date. If
our progress is interrupted wo shall, no
doubt, make frequent landings on Kelett
Land, and build several cairns; but generally
speaking, l shall eudeavor to build cairn,
and leave records every twenty-five nautical
miles of our track. OF course you will un.
dertsnd how possible il is for us 10 make
any p Ian when we do not know what wo are
going TO lind. But as ship might be sent Tor
Us neat year, i must try to give you some
idea of how we shall work. Ii we winter in
harbor | shall mako efforts to get further
north with sledges in the fail and spring, and
AS soon as tho leo frees us next summer |
shall push the ship still further, wiptering
again wherever God lets US. OF course if VIZ
get no hartor this winter and have TO winter
in the pack, no one can tell where or how We
shall bring up, or whore 10 look for us. La
The event Of disaster to the ship we shall
rerea. upon tho Siberian settlements or the
natives OF around East Cape, and wait for
chance to get back 10 our depot at ST.
MichaePs. 1ftho ship comes up merely for
tdings of us let her look for them on the
esat sido of Kollatt Land and on Herald
island, II she comes up to follow ue, when
she gets TO tho Inst OF our records on kollett
Land, she may DO sure we have drilied off to
the eastward, unless otherwise informed. If
| lind we are being carried east against all
our efforts to got north, shall try TO push
through into the Atlantic by wsy Of the
east coast Of Greenland if We are jar enough
north, and if we are far south theG by way
OF Lancaster Sound into Melville bay.
That tho Jeanette was well differed, espe-
cially in her commander Lieutenant De
Long, aud we'll manned, there cen DO no
question. Officers, men and scientists who
accompanied the expedition, wors chosen
with IN ego single TO thor bravery, their
forlitude, their physical strength, their intel.
ligence and their atainmenls--th latter in
so far as officers and scientists were concern.
cd. They started out in stauLch ship,
fitted up and prepared expressly for the ad.
venture, with determined wills, high resolves
and unquaiing hearts to carry out noble
purpose, and If thov have porished, they de-
serve tho kindest romembrances Of their
countrymeu and their gratitude for he
double effort that inspired them in their
perllous undertaking tho effort to rescue
other brave men feared to have been casts-
way and lost, and the effort to advance tho
cause of science and knowledge. Consider.
ing all the money that has boon expended,
and tho valuable lives that have been eacri-
feed in those arctic expeditions aud
the unsatisfactory rcGults coming
tborefrom, the question naturally and roa,
sonably arises, cui bonoY Suppose tho north
pole could be reached and full knowledge
ofall tho region round about il obtained,
what material advantage would it be TO man.
kind! The fact has been demonstrated be
You'd csvil that il Is impossible to over And
practicable northwes, passage from the At
lantic TO the Pacific ocean. A passage that
might be open one month II is not reasonable
to believe would DO vpan another month,
owing TO tho vast acres of floating ioo 81.
ways found in the polar regions and if an
ever open passage could DO found, the rigors
and hardships Of tho journey are SO great
that it would not pay 10 make it, Then, in
this practical and ulili arian age, why waste
money, lives and time in such fruitless un-
der,Sliingsl