The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-19
GREELY's WORK.
The Explorer Tells of His Lite /"
the Arctic Regions.
Arale OF Suffering and Woe.

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Portsmouth. 17.-For the purpose
of Obtaining some idea of the gen.
eral nature and probable Value ".
the scientific observations msos y!
Lieutenant Greedy, an Assocla gu
Press reporter. visited h1na on ca.u -
day. Greedy stated the opJece "a
the Lady FRANKLIN Bay expeditlon
wac to establish polar station, one
of the thirteen suggested by Lieu.
Wevprecht. of Austria, who uls-
covered Franz josef Land -Simuita,
neous observations of all physical
phenomena were to be taken: nc he
complete programme that WIS ~ 70
followed was arranged by an lnee
national polar congress in winch
representatives. OF thirteen nauons
to5k mart. The observations. III
making which the greatest possloie
accuracy was to be had, were inc.
of the declination and devla tlon U,
the magnetic needle. t,mperature VI
the air and sea, height OF the Daro,
meter and mean and maximum rsse
and fall of the tides. Exploratlons3
were to be merely incidental
tn the other objects. Inc
exnedition wss fitted out
under the authority Of the United
States Congress; it was composer
of three officers OF the army,ons act t
ing su geon and nineteen enilsteu
men of line army; stores Tor TWEEN
ty-ssven months were put on the
Proteus, which left st. johns July
18th. 1851. with the party. She
touched as Disco Island and Uper
navik to procure sledges, dogs SKINS
| and dog food. TwoEsquimaux were
added to the party at Proven; .
landing was made at Carey Island
in the north: the water and proVis-
ions cached by Mares in 1871, IN the
Alerf, were found in good condition.
At Littleton Island Greedy person.
alIy recovered the English Arctic
mail. left by Sir Allen \ Dung, from
the Pandora in 1915. At care hit>
ter Bay, in Kennedy channel,a cache
of provisions for use on the return
was made. 1t was the original In
tention to establish the Polar statloI
at Water Bourse bay, bnt heavy
masses of ice rendered Water COURSE
bay exceedingly dangerous anchor
age. Moving to Discovery HaIDol
| the station was there established OF
| the site occupied by the Engiist
expedition of rs. The erection or
house Yves Immediately com mencea
end storas and equipments Wer,
landed. On August 26th came tn
Darting between the Greedy part.
and the men of the Proteus. In
little band gathered on the trozei
shore and watched the ProLens 9
she stea slowly down Lad.
Franklin Bay. On the evening Q
the same day the temp eratuIe san
, below freezing point, and the Icy
Arctic winter was On them IN earn
: cat, Their house was finished !
abont a week after the Proteus lei
1t was named in honor OF Senate
Conper, "Fort Conger." During til
) first month the cold affected tn
{ men no more than at an
> subsequent period. At Fort Coz
3 ger, later on, in December, the ten
nerature sank from so to IS degree
g below zero and so remained for ia!
9 at time. But even IN that Weat ~
/ the cooks favorite amusement wi
dancing bareheaded, barearmed an
with slippered feet on the top of
snowdrift. During the day the me
b were dressed in ordinary outslt
Il clothinp. but their haunelS we
x very heavy. Five men were gel
= orally, for a part of the day, engage
in scientific work under Greely
d direction, and in the duties. of cam
It The remainder we're employed gel
}. orally about one hour day, and d
voted the rest of the time to amsu
ment; they slept in blankets; Il
quarters were heated by large co
:. stove, the average heat maintain.
n being so degrees above zero. Checl
II ers, cards, chess and reading we
d the amusements of the evenin
j The life, Greedy said, was far from
lonely one; many Of the men ga
they had never passed two happl
years than they spent at &c
. Conger. On the 18th OF Octob
y the sun left them for 135 dayR, al
- twilight varying from half an no
10 to twenty-four hours succeeded; =
" two months it was so dim that t
diel Of watch could not be read
it. On April 18th the sun Cal
4 above the HORIZON and remain
20 there 1876 days, giving the party
is great suAiciency of tue midnlg
n sun. During three months ste
were visible constantly. The co
stellatlon Of Orion's belt and t
Great Bear were the brightest, t
r. nor h star looked down from aim
id overhead. Standing alone outsi
* of the fort, on one of the snowdrii
g. these night scores were weired
Grand. To the north famed
aurora borealis and bright cons
lstions were get like jewels round
r. glowing moon over everything "
dead silence, go horribly oppressi
that man alone was almost tempt
to kill himself so lonely did he fe
The astronomer OF the party 81
ed that with thenaked eye star OF
ill degree smaller magnitude {
he be discerned than here; s
ng the moon would REM
be In sight from eleven to twelve d.
, a at time. The thermometer
its gistered on June Both the high