Connecticut western news., 1884-09-10
IN THE WAY OF SCIENCE.
The British scientinc Association and the
 American Arctic Explorers.

A striking contrast of opinion was de- veloped in the British Scientific Asso- citation at Montreal, between Lieut.. Ray and Lieut.. Greedy, the commanders of the two Arctic exploring parties, upon the problem of the existence of an open polar sea. Lieut Ray, passing his con- elusions on his experience at Point Bar row, expressed his decided belief that there is no such sea. Lieut.. Greedy, on the other hand, looking at theresults he obtained from his explorations, reached the conclusion that there is such sea. Several of the members of the Royal Geographical Society, wi poke after Lieut.. Greedy was throuFh, coincided in his opinion that there is an open polar sea, Some of them are quite enthusias- tic over Lieut.. Greely's confirmation of their views. Capt. Bedford Pim, of the Royal Navy, who rescued McClintock in his search for Sir John Franklin, in 1853, and who himself came near dying of salvation in the Arctic regions, spoke in warm praise of the American Lieuten- ants work, and declared, amid applause, that it should be pushed on until man had reached the pole. Capt. Pim, who is an exceedingly hale, hearty, stout, and enthusiastic old gentleman, who wears gold-embroidered naval cap, and whose long white side whiskers stand out boldly from his big, jolly red cheeks and hap-like outfiiers as the captain sails along the street at & man-of-wars gait, declared upon his honor that there is no jealousy in the British navy be- cause the American flag had been car ried further north than the banner of England. He warmly congratulated Lieut.. Greedy on the number of miles by which his expedition had out stripped the British. He told the story of the quartermaster of an English ship at the time of the Grinnell expedition, who, pointing to some of Uncle Sam's sailors, exclaimed to one of his own men: "Look at those Americans, how they are rushing into the ice"
 "Yes," said the British tar, "they knows nothing, and they fears nothing" [Laughter.]
 "But now" added Capt. Pim, i've shall have to say of the Americans that they know everything, and fear noth- ing" [Great applause.
 Capt. Pim afterward privately ex- pressed his opinion that the United States and Great Britain would make a team that could link the world. As to the talk about cannibalism in the Greely party, he declared that it was all non- sense.
 "Why, hang me-" said he to a re- porter, "Td eat you fir was starving"
 Gen. Lefroy, Lord Raleigh, RIr. Ire Iawny Sunders, and Admiral Orumaney joined in congratulating the Americans on their achievements in the Arctic. Speaking of the pole of greatest cold not coinciding with the geographical pole, Lieut.. Greedy said he thought the pole of cold might possibly shift it's place like the magnetic pole. The pole of greatest cold has generally been placed in Siberia, but his observations showed that at his station the mean temperature of the whole year was five degrees below zero. Fahrenheit, making it, so far as observations have gone, the coldest spot on the globe.
 About fifty guests were present at the lunch given to Lieut.. Greedy at the Windsor Hotel. Four toasts were drunk, viz. To "the Queen and the President" to "our Distinguished Guest" to ''Lieut. Ray," and to "Mrs. Greedy and the ladies'"