Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-16

leaving Smiths sound between the 1st and
18th of September, in time to escape most
of the danger of being imprisoned in the
ice for the winter.
AS early in the fall as practicable, Lieut..
Darlington will open communications with
the Etah Eskimos and organize a dog
sledge party, with native drivers, to cross
Smiths sound to Cape Sabine or Cape
Hawks, and then proceed northward up the
coast of EGrinneI land to Lieut.. sGreely's
station. In the meantime Lieut.. Greedy
viii have abandoned his station and will
have started on his retreat down the coast,
so at some point between Lady Franklin
bay and Cape Sabine the two parties are
liable to meet.
Along the line of Lieut.Greely's retreat
there are four caches of provisions,
amounting in the aggregate to 1,200 "a
tions, or enough to supply his party with
food for forty CIR fifty days. The first Of
these provision depots is at the Carl Ritter
bay, fifty miles from the station; the sec
ond at Cape Collinson, sixty-five miles
farther down the coast; the third at Cape
Hawks, forty-eight miles farther, and the
last at Cape Sabin, which will be in sight
from the permanent winter quarters of the
relief party at Life Boat cove. So far as
food is concerned, therefore, Lieut.. Greely's
retreat would seem to be secured. He
could, it is thought, make the distance be-
tween the station and the headquarters of
the relief party in sixty days, if he could
make it at all.
The officers of the signal service say
therefore, that there is little or no danger
of such catastrophe on the coast of Grin
mel land as that which occurred in the
Lena delta. De Long was in region of
whose geography he was entirely ignorant
while Greedy will be on coast with which
he is we'll acquainted, and one where the
outlines have been carefully chartered.
De Long had no provisions to start with
while Greedy will start with full sledges
and can resupply himself at four different
places in distance of 220 or 230 nautical
miles. De Long had no assistance or co-ope-
ration until it was too late to be of any
avail, while Greedy will be met by relief
party acting under written orders pre-
viously drawn up by Greedy himself in
view Of this very emergency.
1t is not true, therefore, as General
Hazen says, that great anxiety is felt here
with regard to Lieutenant Greely's safety.
Even if the present relief expedition does
not succeed in reaching his station this
summer, he can retreat next winter to the
headquarters of Lieutenant Garlington's
party at Life Boat cove and live there in
| safety and comparative comfort until q
steamer shall be sent for the combined
party next year.
In an interview with representative of
| the Associated Press, to-day, DR.. Bessles.
| who was chief of the scientific staff of the
Polaris expedition, and who is well &C
quainted with the approaches to Lady
Franklin bay, expressed himself as fol-
| lows:
What do you think the chances are fol
reaching Lieut.. Grsely's station next sum-
mer by water?
| Answer-Getting up and down Smiths
sound is entirely a matter of luck. There
are years when it is utterly impossible to
get through. 1 doubt very much whether
this will be a favorable ice year. The
sound WAS full of Ice last summer, anG
when it is once thoroughly blocked up, i
takes several years to clear it out.
Question-If the present relief expedi-
ton fails to reach Lieut.. Greely's station
where is it most likely to be stopped?
Answer-The critical place is near Cape
Sabine. Smiths sound, above that point
widens into a basin, and in that basin
near Cape Frazer, is meeting point o
the two tidal waves from North Atlantic
one coming around the northern end o
Greenland, and the other coming up from
the southwark through Bafins bay. TIL
result of the meeting of the two tida
waves is to pack the ice in Smiths sound
above Cape Sabine, and more so as Kane
basin is not very deep, and the iceberg
discharged by the great Humboldt glacie
are apt to get aground, aud then the float
ing ice joins between and around them
Quession-What is the nature OF III
coast of Grinnel Land, between Cap
Sabine, where the relief expedition j
most likely to be stopped, and the lie a
Greely's station?
Answar-The coast is very rugge