Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-02-09
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The a,anne,tv Survivors.

PARIS February S.h.-Ine following dis
patch iron Ia.u.tnans Eisenhower, GATED
Iikutss, February 4 h, has just heen rec ived
here: .-Ds Lens party is between the
stations Of Biieur BSlinoi and Sis'crouck
Ustulson. K, in a narrow wilderness so hi Is
long, devoid of habit&tion and 81 Ie
Jerome j. Collins has volunteered to. stand
by the dying seaman. Hans Erikson, and let
Others Of De l. ns's party push south. Tie
new search builes huts and goes over every
inch of the regior, which Is plrwed by
heavy drift ice every spring. We visited
Nordensk jold's winter quarters, and found
that be was safe before we entered ths ice
mar Herald Island. The general health of
the crew during the twenty-one months OF
drifting was excellent. No scurvy appeared.
We used distilled water and bear and seal
meat twice a week. Nc rum was served
ont. Divine service was frequently held.
We took plenty Of exercise. Everyb body
hunted, but game was scarce We got about
thirty bears, $50 seals and six wairus. No
fish or whales were seen. All possible OBJ
servations were made during the crift, the
result showicg 8 northwest course. The ship
was keeled over and heavily pressed by ice
most OF the time The mental strain was
heavy on one Of the ship's company. The re-
suit of the drift tor the first five months was
forty miles, There was cvclidal NOV msnt
of the ice drift, which lasted six mont rs, and
was very rapid The soundiDgs were pretty
even, They vera is fathoms near Wrange'l
Land, which was often visible 70
miles distant. The greatest depth found
was so fathoms, and the average was
80. The bottom has blue mud. Shrinps
and plenty Of algological specimens were
brought up from the bottom. The surface
of the water had temperature Of 20' above
zero. The extremes OF temperature of the
air were: Greatest cold, So below zero. and
the greatest heat Az above zero. The first
winter the mean temperature was 80 below
zero second wi0ter, 39' below zero. The
first summer the mean temperature was 40
above. The heaviest gale showed a velocity
of about City miles per hnur. Such gales were
notfrequent. TIE barometer and thsrn omeier
fluctuations were no. great. There was
disturbance OF the needle colncident with the
auroras. The winters growth of ice was
eight feet. The heaviest lee seen was twenty
three feet. The engineer states that tine
heavy truss saved the ship. November 21st.
from being crushed. The telephone wires
were broken by the movement of the ice.
The Photographic col ectioo was lost with the
ship. Lieutenant Chipp's 2 600 auroral OBJ
seryations were also lost. The naturalist's
notes were saved. J.anneste Island was dis.
covered May 6sh. in latitude 76' A., north,
longitude l5SS Do east. 1t was small ana
rocky, and we did not visit it. Henrietta
Island was discovered and visited May 24.h,
in latitude TT s. north, longitude 157' 81 east.
1t is an extensive island, bnt animals are
scarce and glac ers plenty. Bennett Island
lies in latitude 76' So north, longitude 148'
% east. II is very large. On it we found
many birds, old horns, driftwood and coal.
but no seal or walrus. Great tidal &C ion WIS
observed. The coast Is bold and rocky
cape. The south coast was named Cape
Emma We drifted back during the first
week Of the retreat twenty-seven miles more
than we uld advance. The snow was knee
deep. We had to go thirteen tunes over. and
over the track seven times, with loads. Lieu
tenant Chips boat did better than ours
(MelviIle's) on the afternoon Of September
18th. The three boats got clear of the ice eff
Siminorsky IslaLd at noon of that day.
Alb at dusk he was 900 yards of
our weather quarter, and lowered his
sail as if rounding to, and We lay to
for twenty four hours under . triangular
drag. Nothing was seen OF Lieutenant
Cnipp's boat az daylight. He could not get
back TO the island In the northeast gale. He
wss uaabls to carry hia share of provi.ioas.
I Observed . strong eAstesly current nsax ths