The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-08-23

polar current oT open polar sea Nc fos.
sii remains were discovered on this trip,
and The only ones found were the trunks
of freSss on III. southwest coast OF Grin.
nell Land. The only "a animals seen hv
LOCKWOOD at - degrees. - minutes wcrr
the walras aud seal and stran., Ia say.
the walras II no, 10 t-e found at LADY
Franklin Bay At 50 degrees. - min.
utes- the DETECTION of the magnetic llts~llc
Was ioi degrees west more than one
quarter OF a circle.
THE rTRnIoUs RETREAT
Day after day tn. anxious men looked
of over Lady Franklin Ray. expecting
the Ice To open. 50 they might begin their
journey toward home. At last. on
August 10. 1888. the welcome news that
the lct WAS open was brought That very
day the party embarked I'm the little
steam launch. Behind them they left
their dogs, as they could not bp, taken
Four barrels Of pork and some seal oil
were left for the animals Lady Franklin
Bay was crossed to Cape baird a distance
of thirteen miles and then the western
coast was followed south Large auan-
titles of heavy ice were met and extreme
was the danger that every moment the
little launch would be crushed Several
times all the boats were nearly lost. The
suffering OF the men was great They
were now within fifty miles of Cape
Sabine. The party was caught in the ice
pack and frozen in. In thirteen DAYS
they drlfted south twenty-five miles on
the fioeS, suffering horribly from the
cold. SO they drifted to within eleven
miles of Cape Sabine and were obliged 10
.abanGon the steam launch on September
10. The pack now remained motionless
for three days and several times the par
ty got within two or three miles of Cape
Sabine, only to be drifted back by south
west gales. Five seals were killed and
eaten while the party were drifting about.
Eventually heavy northwest gale drove
them by Cape Sabine, within few miles of
Brevoort Island but they could not land
On September % there arose the most
terrific gale they had yet seen on the
Arctic Ocean The ice floe was drawn
hlther and thither by the tempest, and
the waves washed over them again and
again, the spray freezing on them and
causing them intense suffering Night
came on-one of inky blackness. The
wind threw the heavy foes together, and
crash after crash of the ice breaking from
their own foe warned the men that death
was near to them. No man knew at what
minute the tloe might break up and the
waters engulf them. The first light of
dawn showed them that little remained OF
the foe upon which the We're. The sea
washed another close to them. Closer il
came, and at last, at the word, the men
succeeded IN getting upon it. The storm
slowly subsidized, and they gained land at
EsquimauX Point, near Bairds Inlet, on
September 20.
STARVATION SEEN IN ADVANCE
Here winter quarters were built, and
scouts were sent to Cape Isabella and
Cape Sabine. In few days they returned.
Their report sent thrill of horror to
every heart. At Cape Isabella and Cape
Sabine were found only 800 rations, and
from Garlington's record they learned
the fate of the Proteus. Every one knew
that death must come to nearly every one
of the party long before the ship of res
cue could force its way into Melville Bay
Efforts were made to sustain the spirits
of the men by lectures and light reading.
On October 10, the party removed to
Cape Sabine. On January 1S, Cross died
of survy. In April the rations issued had
dwindled to four ounces of meat and six
ounces of bread. Man after man died
and all hope had fled when, on that
stormy day, the blast Of Thetiss whistle
reused the survivors from the lethargy OF
approaching death.
THE MEAGRE RESULTS.
Lieutenant Greedy, when asked as to
his ideas upon the probable results Of
Arctic explorations, said: 81 do not
think the North Pole can be reached un-
less every circumstance hitherto found to
be unfavorable should prove favorable
to the party attempting to reach the Pole.
If it is to be done at all, it will be done
by way of Franz Josef Land. 1t could
never have been reached by the Jeannette's
route. That there is an open Palar Sea,
am we'll nigh certain. This is proved
by the ice drifting out of Mussel Bay and
Spitzbergen in midwinter, and the moth
ern drift of the Polar pack experienced
by Pavy and Lockwood in SO degrees,
50 minutes. Men can stand two winters
very well at Franklin Bay, but physical
strength rapidly deteriorates. If we had
had every supply and food we could have
lived perhaps eight or ten years at Lady
Franklin Bay"