West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-01-06

ged screw steamer, Of 420 tons, carryiu,
engines OF eight horse power, nominally
She Is long. low. aud with rakish look
and not an inch of space in her interior i,
wasted. She s built OF Dantzic oak. cs
pecia'ly strong in the hull. Her f,or i.
= sharp and wedge shaped, so thst If caueh,
between ice foes the pressure would lift
her upon the ice rather than leave her cx
posed 10 the danger OF being Crusb,d a
ltor bow is solidlY filed in, aud has an
external guard of iron straps to protect
her timbcrs whcu cutting channel
through the ice. On the bottom and bilees
she Is extra panked, and her i,a,nrs and
beams are Of the heaviest timber. Her
machinery was of the most cotnolets
character, and she carried duplicetss or
every part, She is provided with "a oo,n
pletc whaling outfit, a eteam launch, I've
whale boats, and folding boat that will
carry ak men, eight tents, 6x0 feet in size.
u uislhling apparatus with capacity Of
800 gsllons per day, ico saws powerful
enough to cut through eight feet II ice.
ice pegs, hoops spades and knives. AT
the Mare leland yards u large poop cabin
was built on the vessel for the accomm, -
dation Of the officers and TO afford more
storage capacity. She was provisoned for
three years, and WAS well aupplicd with
arms and ammunition. The Joannette OK
pedition was especially we'll 1ouippcd
with scientific Instruments, which, among
other things, embraced complete set of
Photographic apparatus. Too hundred
miles OF telegraph WIRE were carried, with
telephones, so that constant communice..
ton could be kept up between those ON
board and exploring parties worSing on
land. The expedition was also provided
with an electric light Of immense power,
which was presented 10y the inventor. El-
ison, and which was expected To- be of
great service during the long arctic night.
Nothing that experience or scientific fore
thought could suggcst was left undono 10
provide for the safety and comfort OF the
memocrs of the expedition. Ii was M.
ranged that corps Of ,sQuimaux, with
dogs would be taken on board at 81. Mi
chael, together with number of dog sl,ds
aud walrus- skin boats. At this port the
Jtaune'te took ON The balance of her car
go, coal and proviaions, carried TO that
place 10y the schooner Fannie A. Hydc.
The route laid down for the expedition
was as follows: Leaving San Francisco
she bore away to The northwest for the
Alouiian Islands, distance OF 9, 100 miles
TO Ounalaska hnrb D, on the north side of
the island OF the same name. From the
Pacific Ocean she sailed through the Unal-
ga Pass iuto Behring's Sea. From Ouna
lsoka her course Was TO st. Paul Island.
2lD miles distance. This ia a trading post
OF the Alaska Commercial Company.
whore supply of sealskin clothing was
obtained for the crew. The next point
in her course was 81. MlchaePg. near the
Yukon River, and about 900 miles from
~. Paul; thence her course was TO 81.
Lawrence Bay, on tho coast OF Asia.
From 81. Lawrence Bay the route lay di
rectly through Behring's Straight into the
Arctic Ocean, her course then lying along
The shore OF Wrapglcs or Killcrs Land.
Having proceeded go far, the real busl
ness of the expedition may be said to havo
begun, and the course Of the Jeanette
thereafter depended largely on circun-
stances and was lcft entirely To the wiz
dom OF her commander.
The Jcsnncate arrived at Ounsllska
Island on August 9, 1879, aud tho naval
department a. Washington received a re
| port from Commodore DeLong on August
%. From all the intelligspce then a.