New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-19
TO LADY FRANKLIN BAY.
THE VOYAGE NoRTHwARD OF THE GREEDY
COLONY.
sINGULARLY FORTUNATE JoURSEY-rScipENrs
oF THE TRIP

Lazy fRtSKGiS BAY. ADJUST !. 1881.
! am obliged to kill two birds with one stone,
You individually. Am tying 10 write 20 everybody ana
can assure You " IA no small task We have NOT yss
mites from the place where We intended 20 erect our
house But We might as VOL be in Upernayik as nero
for ali the good it does for stopped by an I'M
peuerable barrier OF lee which Is nothing more or les.
tnah me northern lee PACK which ss nos Ss
critical our voyage TO this point was most successful
5a a ' @se ' b Seo tbe 'S a ~ ] Sp that
far-tEo Poars, Captain Halls expedition, aui the Brit
captain Mares To GET correct idea OF position It
would be well 70 read accounts Of these expeditions The
difference betweeu their experience aud ours y IN ths
way They had their lighting With ice al the way from
Helyile Bay. while our lighting VIZ nave % commencs
right here FOnr bOuTS before we Ieache9 mere yeser1y
everything seemed in our favor We mad met very ttls
innumcra6e Of insurmoun SIZE were sceE Da thess
gave NJ little. IN TACT no ;rouele. a. We we'1 n.e
ant and happy, and f1h OF congfstuia2ns % ,, our
good luck and the happy prospect 81 soon Eettbg
But Ike others who have been here before ".
doomed 10 disappo ntment and here We are now an
chOred 10 the northern Tee pack extending from soie 20
shore across Ousan channel ana a. fr noh q. me eye
alas for Us. before can Land there, and
It aoSetaer key We may not 90 . a, al Weean 90
up our hope j. for tue pack TO break on gIs9na{ ia
sections, enough that can get inio Lady Franklin
Bay behind the shelter OF island, or into DIS oyey
Harbor where the ship Discovery wlntered Bur tho
pack comes At once We may turn tail and before IT,
and there no predicting then where would have 20
GO The only possible h3rbor Tor Us be,oN i iery es
di-taBt-Rtter Bay, who're We stopped comirg an, AID
left supplies all other plsces hods or nles, hong
closed BY ice, Hotced coming by. Yet we hope ior
mcni and ready anything that turn even 10
taking 10 an Zee hoo II necessary hii we cl1ys ,ss
saying. winch thnk very M ura' Wy 'o1il tey
open wafer have extended just eight miles lAItherF
Thou art 80 near and yet 50 aI apphes most lo'cDV
But We we're having too good luck and had to EXPECT
TO on jack from GaahAun Disco and will leave my
letter 10 III, 10 say my last farewell Tor year. uhul
From Gadh4un to Riitrnbenk where we stopped dav
or two 10 gel dogs and skins the VOYAGE was very
tsnce excepting through the WAigant -rat whore wa:
foggy which prevented any from getting go0d view 81
Disco Island aud the glaciers which are famed FOR their
T- o:tv mountain, on the coast u Greenland, when
ever got glimpse 0fthrm. ooS~d fierce o9d ana
griAke. such bluiy, hiy country can thhA,
else be seen. covers the tops OF All tho
bills and oftrnfmes n extends into the r2ynes-i vas
going To valleys, bur nothing approaching VAley
could be traced. We caught sight Of an occasional
glacier which appeared me to be- frozen rivers the
water o. which 20 certain -esspnS When ruhnns ICES
In layer ter layer until the Whole Is one sold mas, ..
which nsyer haw owing 10 ths shor oL tae
warm season These glaciers extend fownnsy rSht 20
The seaand heir vertical euit sh9" pHlhIy 40"
many o. them 20 lel-t are formed one can easily see
where h-y nave hrsken on or icepcf&s We nave cen
usually falls 10 The gaze oi Are tri{eers
TOO manv indeed for pretend to estimate the num-
Saaf tcy % %e 3'' SIMPLY a.Tenlshiaciy
Will not attempt to describe them They are beyond
! all my expectations from reading, IN wonder aad
many OF them IN beauty. from their supremacy
rica variety OF colois lne Pen 'an lazy t ~ '"'
From m 'tenbeok our yoyaga continued pleasant with
| tie exception OF some rough ana toggy weather.
winch caused several empty their stomachs in0 ths
brny and the for required rs 10 move seIily s,d
stay outside Uperaayk half day. 50 we could see 10
make our WAY inlO haror But I'm glad 10 he able 10
announce tina rough has not once DotheIed me-
am can safely say taat have most perfect stomach.
and that cin dec are, Is blessing u sea travellers
How con orting IL. you know to be dc To LOOK WIN
comp aisaucc poor -e4sck, ef-,teken hdiFduH
cad 10 be congratulate yourself that you are not
/ tTa; way. -, H., 800.
dog skins. etc. a. So aired two EsqumduN u accompany
and ran direct from ere TO cary lsa9n, 29r al
stOppng place Here found. after considerable trOn'
Die The mail lef by the British ship Pandora Tor the peo-
pie Of the ships Alert and Discover These leter1 are %
be taken back pJ orr ship lnc 10 be sent rom w
| States 20 England, From the Iact InaJ VIZ
letters dated i've years ago mink s tsey w,p
be something ~ curiosity or hoTey - hr e'pie ,,
Whilst the party lorc Cary Island visited
5e o Po IaI Ise me s the place OF the wreck Of
vessel This was lutei"stIng ki'unu Az We 49,. r,e
around the place pull vs. piece. or copper ana e ths
cooking stove, stoVe-ppe etc. etc. but nor aVeslge OF
~ zee bi,it basijss niany other things because what
was left showed signs Of having been ON0Ihaued Com
ng back 10 the ship there, number O wal
rns and led two but did moi seour. tApm. they sank
as soon as tley died. Mr. Clay. eman o. the expe.
I'VE sbot. 6T,t into the mother of which sent
through ne back OF the neck. At the NTH shot she made
toward boat God purtins out OF her ~ounl, ana
see looked very determined and wlcAed-eSihehty
would have made il hot for if had gotten 70 the
boat: but when wiIhin twenty fcet Gay anu srh'
Two balino her head one Of which entered her mouth
and thai wa me last VI her poor thing. II seemed
wicked XIII her AFTER We saw We coll hOt s'cIr' VIC
body TAr only certain way OF getting them thhh
after t, experience and what I've learned, wouo ne 20
each them the ice or Land at sufficient i7, any ION
the prevent them from roluhR on; an S,,p
close enough lodge bail IN the bead % reic INC
BRAIN but This could only be dom, tHlhH, ~ sont'Dy
the ball INTO tn eye. a. the nead Il ON so. H. cha
thick Hash. We a dozes more before we rechn 'ne
ship Of which We got good close we" o. aug ~
rave NE "A opportunity notice IN ny 81 ihelr pee 'Is
t.. Thee we did not disturb. one bnnoh Or hye
seemed to be enjoying themselves immensely Payngn
the water Tn proud 10 tell You tn1t sa''sHe' 81
had IN kn- OF the few animal mad ny knel OF
| in a foreign country-anl that j. polar hear;
The only seen By our 'Ipedit.ona ,,,l !
Dali through bis brain. hit him once oeiorS n ne
side but moi mortaly. We caught MN cIoSsn- 1
raw on an ice toe The same day Lieutenant L0rkNo"i
and killed 4OCpcund square npptr ~, VIZ 49, we
caught on IN foe AID sbo' IRON our "I ,, h
him n the rr,i fire shot through The necs ana me
other tsrough or in the body our p"2osr % ec
Iy0n abe "a Mr. Rice. by the way, has been very
m taxing pictures ~ bergs and ponts Of inter
esf on the land copies which shall have 70 snow on
NJ Tct1rn I'M the matter Of bTd-sh00tisg or eEped'
ton has been most successful outd9ng: o.i.ey lne
other expeditions mentioned com ined About $40 piris
OF irr,nt kinds been shot aud Drought aDptf.
o -, n-1ierv called nv party wish four shotgnss 10
rurred with lO birds. Auks were the principal SPECIES
io,may. are wonderful sights. Myrads D; brds I'LL the
air aud You hardly make Yonr voice h|''1 o'cauSc
am IN tne perfect health ana
hi. mode Of life apparently agrees thqr2laly WIT ir
Juds,ng from 70 M, ny ~, in'-''''s ~ l''''''
wish yOu would let my good irehn hlli'' -, 80 ~.
and Ie m consider it Written also to him. 'oo'Dyt'
/ and COD blc,, you 3il AZ home . ~,
| Postscript August LIP; UP i'r '' u,l,ateJ
ana nearly ready start bAcs and house ihry ,her
| - We hAi 10 fall back nearly forty miles, dpdSlhg
foss here and tnerp and -Ou-hWcsteiY ga" favored rs
Nv me lie 90 the east side ~ the channel am we
,r,I -i-t crouyh ice -ayr trom tle main p'sN 10
nm, In berc auie II a. Ion 1tudr 6l' 40. foTlhe
s-Ily has vOrel Us. InGe-dt ooks more pr"Yd'hllsl
NJ tre,'. q, reftm from Johns thlhk WI. ,4lty
the world that W. have done very 0tdy. We nav
H. ed len musk oxen since have been here Frhy "
| meat
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