New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-18
1uE nnEELY COLONY.

The Greedy Colony occupied the most adj
yarc.d station "a mo circuit established about the North
Pole by the International Congress. Lieutenant Wey-
prec after his from Franz Josef Land, became
convinced int ordinary processes of Arctic cxp3r@
ton merely involved terrible pr7aons and loss Of NE
He rrop,,ed an international scheme Of meteorological
observation 49, a means o. extending human know edge IN
an orderly aud systematic Tho project was tAN otdOy
received by all the great geographical societies. and The
wear ending n September l0.3, Was tHedu upon as the Pc
Rod ior Simultaneous observation rom chain Of dozen
stations stretching around the North Pole The United
States signal Service undertook TO nan two OF those
statog,-at Point Barrow, Alaska, ans at Lady Franks
BAY Lieutenant Greedy sent 10 the latter point
year IN advance Of the Ieod assigned FOR general work
lie headed colony OF twenty hyemeD, including besides
himself two eutenants, one surgeon, and twonty0ns
minor Officers and enlisted men. Three Esquuaux also
accompanied the party.
Lieutenant Greedy and his party ware carried north in
the scrow steamer Protcus during the Of ISL
They left ~. Johns on July and had remarkably
quick and easy Smith Sound, tho being free
from ice The OILY serious obstacle encountered
ic. blockade in Latitude Il 30 but the Iroteus forced
her way through safety. The track of the Alert aud
the Discovery in the English expedition Of 1876
followed from LttloOn lsand, the Proeus huggng the
ives, shore and nually dropping anchor In Discovery
Raw This had been the winter quarters Of the Discovery
tbc Alert having passed up the coast about q hundred
miles 10 the usrthcmos point ever reached by any
nlerug expedition. The hArb9r was gained on August p
aud IN the course Of week house erected the pro
Visions stores and were landed and the propa-
rtops for the winterng actively begun. The post
WAS named Fort Conger Captain Pike turned the bow OF
the ProteGs homeward, leaving Lieutenant Greedy aud
M. a.sociates m a comfortable frame building. equipped
with all necessary supplies TO last them until the summer
ofi,S4 The run OF the Proteus back 70 ST. Johns
! very rapid occupying only fifteen days.
The winter quarters OF the coonsts in Latitude
$40 40, with the exception Of Captain Hall and Sir
.,rc Mares no Arctic explorers have passed this
poiut in expeditions toward the Pole by way
! Of smith Sound. Captain Hayes, wintering
| roar Life Boat Cove. travelled by sledge
and ON foot "A far the southern promoRtory at the
opb of Lady Franklin Sound, but no did not cross the
bay 10 Discovery H4rOOr. inc POlaTs under Captnin
JIs passed Captain Hayess furthest point Aug ust
90 IN creased the nay, and the day reached
~. extreme point drifting back subsequently, 10 lh1sk
CnI ,rbOr on snOre, ahost directly OppO-
siIe .utrssnt Greelys station Inc In gh-h expedition
round ut.covery good harbor Tor WATERING, with
an abupdauce game III the autumn ana seam OI cOti
AVAILABLE for mining, On this account II was chosen ~
suitable point for the c0Onys winter quarters although
rba ori.a elan had to station the party further
10 the west Ia Lady Franklin sound Tbs haIbpr Is pro
trcal by i-lands from the masses OF Ice IN Han BASIN
II Us favorable point for scientific observation The
| a was thought might prove useful In exploration.
MEMBERS OF THE COLONY.
| comprte list OF tbe members OF the Arctic Colony
will he found below the names OF the survivors being
nnted in italics including that Of Corporal Joseph III
ison who however, died in hospital three days after
reaching GOdhayeu. Private James Ryan, whose name