New-York tribune., 1882-02-10

DR.. Kancs celebrated explorations were made and
ii has thus far proven the readiest means OF
reaching the higher latitudcs. The second
polar route through Behring Strait was
adoptcd bv the famous Captain Cook, more
than hundred years ago. and with a wooden sail
ing vessel he reached point and achieved results
that would do 10 discrcdit o an expedition IN the
present age of steel and steam. In the same quarter
of the globe, though much further from Behrlng
Strait Baron Wrangel and his cOmradc Aniou
travelling overland from Russia reached on sedges
early in the present century. points which still
mark the highest latitude attained in that region
possibly excepting the wandcrngs OF the crew OF
the Jeanette. The last named expedition, the de
tails of which fresh in every mind, entered the
Arctic Ocean by the Behring Strait route but was
caught in the ice near Herald Island, and the ship
disabled. For nearly two years the helpless vOyag-
ers drifed toward the northwest. Finally they
abandoned the wreck of their ship and made their
way in boats toward the mouth of the Lena Lieu
tenant Danenhowers later dispatch stated that the
ship was lost in latitude 7G- - north, longitude
1j7c east but there is reason TO believe that an er-
Tor was made in tclcgraphng the data, and that the
latitude really was rs Is north. stated in the
first dispatch and as indicated on the above map.
The Jeannete's crew discovered three islands: {:
Jeanette Island latitude 76' II north, longitude
lJSc So east; Henrietta Island, latitude IL $
north longitude 1879 32 east. and Bennett Island,
latitude 76onorth 3S' l4Sc20east No other discover
les Of importance appear have been made and the
latitude reached fell short by several hundred miles
Of the height attained by other expeditions, being,
httlc indeed. if any, in advance of the achieve
mens, in the same region, of Wrangell
and AnjOu, sixty years before. The Behring
Strait route was followed also by the
,~it fha aat1t
not of finding the Jeanette but Of defining more
exactly the boundaries of Wrangell Island. The
first landing upon that island effected last year
bv members of the Corwin expedition, and after
ward the island was entirely circumnavigated, and
its approximate size and shape thus ascertaned by
the Rodgers The Rodgers is now wntcrlng III -.
Lawrence Bay.
The route up the Norwegian coast, toward Barentz
Sea. was followed by ScoTesby in 1sl7 and by
Parry in 1927. Those expeditions reached very
high ATTITUDES, near the coast of SpltzRerGen
higher in fact, than was attained Iast year ny ii'
Alliance relief expedition IN the same region. In
IS71 PAYER and WeypTccht made notable voyage
north of Novaia Zemlia Their vessel was ne Ieget-
hoh Lieutenant WeypTccht ol tnc austrian navy
commanding Lieutenant Payer.oi the Austrian army
belup N charge of the forces on land The ship was
caught in the ice and drifted with It, hepessly to
Franz Josef Land when was tn1' uscoS Sfneu,
Quarters in the fall Of 1872, and were detained
here bv ice until May 20. 1874 when they aban-
doned the ship and made their way across the ice to
Novaia Zemlia where they were fortunately picked
mn hv thr shin Nikiiai and taken home 20 Europe
In the same direction the intrepid English explorer
Leigh Smith has repeatedly led expeditions htted
ouf ut his own expense. In 1850 he reached the
highest latitude ever made i'll hat region, surpassed
IN Polar advance only by The achievements 81 Mares;
and he is now supposed to be wlhtennS IN the
MINER norton of Franz Josef Land, faI north oi the
mint reached by PAYER and Weyprecht.
Attempts have also been made 10 reach the
Pole by sailing along the easisrn coast
of Greenland. but with unlmportant results lhe
principal expedition sent thiiher was the second
German North Pole expedition. consisting OF the
sbtps Hansa Captain Hegeman, and l'ermanla,
Cnrrtoia Koldeway. The vessels left Europe to-
Se9heI IN 1869 The Germania cruised about the
Greenland coast awhile, and returned home safely;
The Hansa, however, was caught III tho ICE ana
ahondoned Her crew took TO the ice and drifted
some 600 miles southwark. spending thus about
seven months. Near Cape Farewell they took to
their boats, and succeeded IL mahlns ther way UP