The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-02-18

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te's' snd found he wu aie before va entered
ihe Ice neaf Herald lslila
"1he feHefal health n ne e,ew during tbe
twenty oue nanths' dfift wa ssoellrnt M
trufyy appeared We uae1dltnIed water and
lear and seal mea iwlsca aw,dk No tuu.waa
Icreed ont Disinasrfvice WIS eraafis hela
We took plenty u exercise E,esyb.ly
hunted tiame was scarce We e,d alm,t
thirty beus, two hundred aud nfty ieala. and
tla walnis, No hsh ~ whalcs were eeu
An possible observations we're uair dur.
Ing The drift, the result shoalng hof.l.s AT
tourse The ship WA keclcd over. and heav-
" pressed by lee moti oi the ilnc The men.
td atruln sas heavy on all oi the ships com.
pany. The result Of the drlit fof tho frat five
month. was fofty miles, There was q rycl0id
al movement Of the lee. The drlit the last
slx months was very rapid spundInga we're
pretty even They were eighteen fathoma
near Wmngcll Land, which was often vlslhlc
scvcnty.fse miles distant. The greatest depth
found was eighty fithoms, aud tho average
thlrty-hye. The bottom was blue mud.
shrlmps and plenty Of algnloglcsl specimens
we're brought up from the bottom. The sur.
face water had q temperature Of twenty do.
grces above zero.
"Thc extremes Of temperature Of air we're. /.
Greatest cold 81 below zero aud greatest heat
~ above zero. The frst winter the mean
temperature was % below zero; the eco.
ond winter 30 below zero. The first
summer the mean temperature was 10 degrees
above zero. Tho heaviest gale showed q
velocity Of about flity miles per hour Such
gales were not frequent The barometrle aud
thenmometrle fluctuations we're not great,
| There were disturbances OF the needle 90.
incident with the aur0raa The winters
| growth Of Ice was eight feet heaviest ice seen
twcnty-three feet The engineer states that
heavy truss saved the ship. November 81, from
being crushed. The telephone wires were
broken by the movement OF tho Ice The
Photographic collection was lost with the ship
Lieutenant ChIpp's 1000 auroral observations
were also lost. The naturallst's notes were
saved
"Jeannette Island was discovered, May 10,
In latitude 70 degrees a minutes north, longi
tude 15s degrees ~ minutes east Il was small
and rocky, and We did not visit II.
Henrietta Island was discovered and yIs
tied, May a. In latitude n degrees $ minutes
north, longitude i57 degrees ., minutes east
II Is an extensive island. Animals are scarce
but glaciers are plenty.
"Bcnnett Island lies IN latitude 10 degree'
81 minutes north, longitude iis degrees .
minutes east. II Ia very large On u "
found many birds, old horns drflwood an
coal, butno seal or walrus. A great tidal nc
tion was observed The coast is bold an
rocky. The cape on the south coast was name
Cape Emma.
1--WE drifted back the flrst week OF the rs
treat twenty-seyen miles moro than We coul
advance The snow was knee doep. We hal
10 90 thirteen times over and over tho track
seven times with loads.
"Lientenant Chips boat did better tha
ours tMelyilles) during the afternoon of Ser
tembcr y, the three boats having got clear {
the Ice of seminoysky Island at noon iha
day. About dusk he was 100 yards OIL on
weather quarter, and lowered sail as II rount
Ing 10. We lay for twenty.four hours under
triangular drag. Nothing was seen {
Lieutenant Chips boat At daylight II
could not get back 10 the island In a norihea.
gale. lie was unable 10 carry his share of u
provisions
81 observed strong easterly current nes
the Lena delta. There were masscs Of drlf
wood between the Siberian Islands.
"Jaek Coles mind is not wholly allcnaiet
lie has not been violent for twelve days, bu
Is happy aud harmless. Getting homo ma
restore him.
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