The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-19

quarter in which the brightest dis
plavs we're seen. Mares reported |
in '76 that no shadow was cast
by the aurora, but Greedy says ne
distinctly observed his SHADOW cas'
by it. There were no electrlcai us
turbances save these manifested Dy
rumbling. distant thunder, healu
twice far away north. In the course
of the tidal observations maue' jug
very interesting fast was dlscoVSIeo
that the tides at Lady Franklin bay
came from the north, while th0se d.
Melville Bay and Cape SABINE cahe
from the south; the temperature ol
this north tide is two degrees
warmer than that Of the south toe
at sCape Sabine. Why this was
Greedy would not venture to state;
He used for measuring the sDo anu
flow Of tides a fixed guage, an iron
roo planted in the mud. The aver
age riss o. spring tides at Lazy
Franklin Bay was found to bs elgnG
feet; at Caps Sabine the highest tloe
rises twelve feet. Surf was only OBJ
served twice during the two years
at Lady Franklin bay. The average
Temperature Of the water was 20 oee
grees above zero. Wolves weighing
ninety pounds were killed around
Fort Conger. There are foxes ana
other animals there. Fish were
wonderfully scarce. Perhaps the
greatest surpri:e of the ex"
petition was the taking from
the Lske Alexander, a fresh
water lake fifteen feet above sea
level, a four pound salmon. From
the bay or sea only two very small
fish were taken during the entire
two years, and few are found north
of Cane Sabine. The vegetation at
Lady Franklin bay is about the
same as at Cape Sabine, and CONS
prise moses, iichens, willow and
ssxifrage. The hig est velocity Oh
the wind was regis cred during q
| terrible snow storm, 10 miles PEI
hour. Lockwopd's trips to the north
in 1882 were productive OF most
va liable results. S anding ca the
10 IA of May in each year, where
DR.. Hayes had formerly stood, at
abou, the same time of day. Lock
Wo.d, from an elevation of 2,OOC
feet. usirg his strongest glass on
Halls Basin and R9bs0p's Channel,
could disc n but ice packs. Here I
was that Dr.. Hayes claimed to have
seen his open Polar Sea. On the
trip of 1882, Lockwood reached the
highest latitude ever attained, $50
25/ north. THIS was about sol
miles iirectly north of Lady
Franklin's Bay, but 10 gel
there, Re travelled ovel
900 miles of open water and broker
packs, fIequsntly causing him t.
retrace his steps ti'ty miles. Lock
wool sounded the sea both years be
tween Cape Bryant and Cape Brit
tania, bat could not touct bottom
with 1876 feet of line. Markham
a few years before, about ten mile
to the west, got bottom st seventy
J two fathoms. lockwood found q
J his fartherest north about the sam
! vegetation as Lady Franklin bay
but no sigas of polar current @
, open polar sea. In 1883 he wa
) stopped near Cape Bryant, 125 mile
8 frem Lady Franklyn Bay, by a
r open channel extending weet to Ii
S coast of Gunnel Land. The wldt
of this channel varied from twenty
q five yards to five miles, but on tn
q north IL Ice peaks extended g. is
g as could be EN- with glass Wit
g his supp y OF provisions, the fail
: ure OF which had caused his rstur
the year before, Lockwood was cor
s fident he could have res ched eighty
}. five degrees north, if this open chal
: mel had not barred his way. \
: fossil remains We're discovered
= the trip and the only ones fouL
g were trunks of trees on the soutf
il west coast of Gunnel Land. TT
only sea animals seen by Loeb
: wood at IS degre % minute
Q were walrus and seals, and, etrane
:. to say, the walrus is not to be four
a at Lady L franklin Bay. AT $50, 2
d the DETECTION of the magnet
II needle was 1O4 west, more thao
It quarter of circle. AS Lockwood
r went northeast,the end of the Greer
d land coast continued. The maps I
II the new regions he discovered a
IT in possession of Greedy, and a.
10 very carefully made AIthoue
y they we're two years at Lady Frau
10 lin Bay the magnetic needle W:
ID never quiet, excepting in storm
In February, 'S3, preparations f,
It retreat were made by establishing
rs depot a Caps Baird, twelve mil
l. to the south. Day after day u
le anxious men looked off over Lac
he Franklin Bay, expecting the ice
at open so they might commence Il
lie journey. at last, On August lot
s, '63, the welcome news the ice h
y broken was brought. All hal be,
lie maize ready, aud that very day Il
j. party embsrk.d in little stea
a launch. Behind them they /:
as their dogs, as they could not
re taken; four barrels of pork and SCI
ID seal oil We're left for the animal
i. Lady FrsnkIyn bay WAS cross
ii to Cape Baird, distance.of thirte
ne miles, and then the western coast
IN Gunnel Lsnd was followed sou;
Id AS lar south as Cape Hawkes. la
in quantities OF heavy ice were met a
vs there was extreme dan er every n
e. ment that the little launch would
st crushed. Several times altthe boz
lost nho fforincr