The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-02-10
The Lost Jeanette.

.,,,,, roR COMMANDER ny LONG
sroey OF ~. VOYAGE ANp ITS DISASTROUS
,,pxIx,Trox--IIrE IN the FROZEN RE-
CloNs
X,,w YORK. February s.-Tbe Following
/. special TO the Herald
..PoriS. February S.-The following dis-
.,eh from Lieutenant Dancnhower, dated
f,In,.l. February 4. has just been received
-. he Longs party is between stations
p,,.ur fBolinor) and Sasterock (tIo-
~ In a narrow wilderness eighty mics
- deyoid az habitations and game. .c-
""t Collins volunteered 10 stand by the
-, sr,man Hans Erickson, and let the
",,rrS ~ he Longs party push so'th.
M nc,, search builds huts and goes over
10y inch Of the region. which l. proved
h, heavy drift ice every spring.
We visited Nordcnskjold's winter
,,,o,,er. and found that he was safe before
a. entered the ice near Herald Island
rIo General health " the crew during the
,,scrty.opc months drift was excellent:
NJ scuryy appeared. We used distliled
,,s,cr and bear and seal meat twice week.
W nm was served out. Divine service
80. rc,.,,lorly held. We took plenty OF cN-
,rci.c Everybody hunted. Game was
,',rca We l,oi about 80 hears, 30 seals,
mi q walr,is. No fish or whales were
IN. All possible observations were
,,,,dc dnring the drift, the result showing
, no~,hVcst course. The snip was
lied over and heavily pressed by
the ice most OF the time. Inc men
,al strain was heavy on some OF ine
,bin's company. The result Of the dIhi
,or the first five month, was Iofiy mics
There was cycloidal movement OF ,ne
,cr The drift during ilie last six months
was very rapid. The soilhdinGs were
,,re,,v even, They were eighteen fathoms
ee.r Wrauccl Land, which was Often Vlsl-
iJesc,cntv.t 1--WE miles distant. The greatest
dcn,b found was eighty ia,hom> ana lhe
AVERAGE n,iriv-fve. The bottom W.:s Dlne
mud shrimp. and plenty. of aiEolOglca'
sncci,ueus were brought up from 'he Dol
Tom. The snfacc-watcr had temperature
nj twenty degrees above zero.
=. The extremes Of the temperature were
%. ,oIIows. Greatest cold. - degrees below
Iero. greatest heat. 81 above zero. Inc
first ,,inter the temperature was ~ degrees
hollow zero: the second winter II was ~
b.Jo,y zero. The first summer the mean
t,mnc~,turc was 90 degrees above zero.
The heaviest gale showed velocity OF
olout dfty miles an hour. Such gales were
MAJ treatment Baromctric and thermo-
metric fluctuations were not great.
Their, were disturbances OF the nee
me coincidcnt with the aiToras.
The winters growth of Ice was elgh'
feet. The heaviest ice seen was twenty
,i,r,e feet. Engineer shocks heavy truss
we'd The ship on November 2lSt from be-
in., crushed. The telephone wires were
broken IN the movement Of the lee: Inc
nbn,ograDhic collection was lost with the
Shin. Lieutenant Chipp's 1000 atrorai
observation. were also lost. The natural
Isl. notes have been saved. Jcannetie
stand VA. discovered May 10th III latitude
~ DEGREES 81 minute- north. longitude l9o
d.ore.. ~ minutes east. y WAS small and
rocky. and we did not want II. HeRllett
island was discovered and visited on May
9nh in latitude :, degrees minutes north,
longitude 157 degrees - minutes east. II
i. nm extensive island. Animals are scarce
a,d ,,,,cicrs plcuty. Bennett island lies IN
latitude 76 degrees b minute, north, longl-
tudc Ils DEGREES 20 minutes east. III Is
yerv large. ON il we found many birds.
old horns. ddft-w0od. and coal, but no
seal or walrus. Great tidal action was OBJ
.erycd. The coast was cold and rocky. /
The cane on the south coast was named
Cape Emma.
we drilted back during the first week
al the retreat twcnty-seyen mile, more
than We could advance. The snow was
knee deep. We had 20 90 thirteen times
over and over the track, seven times with
loads.
"Lieutenant Chips boat did better than
our. Nclyillc's) during the afternoon OF
Scpiembcr 18th. the three boats having got
clear Of the ice of ScminovSky island ut
noon OF that day. About dusk he was a
thousand wards of our weather quarter,
and lowered sail rs il rounding Ia. We
hy to Tor twenty-four hours under a trian-
gular drag. Nothing was seen OF LlcGteh-
liant Chipp'~ boat NJ daylight. He could
\ mot gct back to the island in northeast
aalc. He was unable TO carry his share OF
4proyi,ions. observed q strong eaStcriy
8,urrcnt near the Lena Delta. There are
bna.,c- Of diiit wood between the siberian
ISLANDS. JACK Coles mind is not wholly
<llcnated. He has not been violent Tor
tWclsc days, bat is happy and harmless.
sGctting home may restore him.