Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-18
WHOLE NO. 1O,4O3.
THE HIGHEST LATITUDE EVER ATTAINED

THE HIGHEST LATITUDE EVER ATTAINED.
Being $50 25' north. This was about 500
miles directly north of Lady Franklin Bay;
out 10 get there he travelled over 1000
miles, the open water and broken packs
frequently causing him 10 retraes his steps
my miles. Lockwood sounded the sea
both years between Cape Bryant and Cape
| britannia, but could touch bottom with 1S5
| iathoms of line. Markham. a few wears
| before, about 100 miles to the west got bot
| tom at seventy-iive fathonis Lockwood
/ found at his farthest point north
about the same vegetation rs at Lady
| franklin Bay, but no signs of
| polar current or open polar sea
| IN 1855 he was stopped near Cape Bryant.
10 miles from Lady Franklin Bay, by an
open channel, extending west To the coast
OF Grlnnel, and the width of this channel
varied from 20O yards to five miles but on
the north the ice packs extended rs far rs
could he seen with glass With his sun
ply of provisions, the failure of whsch had
caused his return the year before, Lock
wood was confident that he could have
reached SO north if this open channel had
not barred his way. No fossil remains
were discovered on the trip, and he only
found the trunk Of tree on the southwest
coast of Grinnci Land The only sea ami
mails seen by Lockwood at $50 %
were walrus and seals, and, strange to
say walruS is not 10 be found at Lady
Franklin Bay. At $50 ~ the DETECTION of
the magnetic needle was 1919 weSt-more
than quarter of circle. As far rs Lock
Wood went north the eastern end of the
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PREPARATIONS FOR 4 RETREAT
Were made by establishing q depot at Cape
Baird, twelve miles to the south. Pay
after day the anxious men looked oil over
Lady Franklin Bay, expecting the ice to
open 50 they might commence the jour
ncy. At last August "a. 1883, the welcome
news that the ice was opcH brought all To
be made ready, and that very day the
party embarked IN the tlttle steam launch.
Behind them they lett their dogs, is they
could not be taken. -Four barrels of pork
and some seal oil were LETT for the animals.
Lady Franklin BAY was crossed TO Cape
Baird. a distance Of thirteen miles, and
then the western coast OF t'rinnell Land
was followed south as far as Cape Hawkes..
Large quantities of heavy Ice We're met,
and there was extreme danger every mo-
ment that the little launch would be
crushed. Several times all the boats were
nearly lost. The suffering OF the men was
great. There were now within fifty miles
OF Cape Sabine Striking from Cape Hawkes.
and for Bates Island, the parry was
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ana ma lro%eH III zen iilties s"u'h on the noes
suffering horribly rom cold 80 they
dnited TO within eleven miles OF Cape
oaulhe, ana We're ophSed 10 atEimdoh the
steam Iaunch September loth- lhe pack
now Feihaiheo iuotl"iless loF 'hree days
aI''I SeFeI'! llles ttie party sol WiIhin TWO
OF tlrte i'hIes ol Nape 0aolic, ohly 10 oe
drlited BACK ny southwest gales; rive
se;tlS were kiiled ana eaten Whlle the party
were urlllhS ABOUT. eventually
heaVy gale tfoa the northwest drove
them by cape SABINE, Wlthln mue ol
Brevoort lslahd out they couid not
lahu. Septeihper ~ tlere arose the most
terrific gale they had yet seen on the ArCuc
oceans: Ihelr Ice noe was urlveh hlthef
and thither by the tempest an dthe waves
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spray ffeezlng TO them ana causing tftein
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