The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-26
THE GULNARE.
HER COMMANDER INTERVIEWED
He Tells of a Believer in the Poleocrysti,
sea-Dr. Pavy Described rs u Mon
omaniac - Cavalrymen--The
Arctic Explorers, Etc.

son barracks. The Lieutenant is tall, |
soldierly-looking man, of splendid ply
sique and ruddy countenance. He hast
been in the United States army since
lobS, and has seen much cavalry service
on the plains. A reporter listened to the
story OF some of the experiences of the
Lieutenant while absent on his memoir
able trip in the Gulnare, and during the
course OF the interesting interview, the
and practical value of polar expeditions.
"Ies, | was commander of the Gull
mare. The trip was very foolish one
ana the vessel was entirely unsea-
worthy. We had two or three serious
accidents before we reached Disco, and
Then were compelled to return to the
United States. Among my companions
on this voyage were Lieut.. Low, DIR.
octave Pavy, Sergts. Jewell and Rice
ana Mr.. Henry Clay, Of Louisville, Ken
lucky"
PavyY
"l es, indeed. He was monomaniac
on the subject of Arctic explorations,
nut withal, brave, genial, talented rem
tleman. The Doctor had some verV in
genious theories about the pole which
he was anxious to establish, and he was
an implicit believer in the existence of
Il polcocrystic sea-"
"Some of the mon in Greely's eypedi-
ton were with your"
] selected most of the men who want
on that expedition, and nearly all were
taken from the cavalry service. They
were chosen ON account of courage and
! powers of endurance, which had been
displayed in border life. Scr
giants Jewell and Rice, Brainard.
and several others of the ill-fated
Greely party were my associates on the
Gulnare. Jewell and Ri % were mem
0ers OF the signal corps service. Jewell
Tor long time was stationed on Noun
washington Rice, who went along as
| photographer, was from Washington.
and a brother of the famous photo
grapher at the capital"
"And Lieut.. Greely?"
81 knew him intimately. He was n
sim, wlry man, very near-Sighted, and
rom ms appearance one would suppose
mat he could not stand hardship, but he
was OF the stuff that could endure a great
deal OF starvation. He ate less in week
than an ordinary man would dispose of
IN DAY. Greedy is gentleman ofsplen.
ana attainments and wonderful nerve.r
What Will be the outcome of this ex-
pedition?"
"The United States will not send out
another exploring party, as | sec no
particular advantage to be gained Ser
gent Bralnerd, of Greely's company,
went further north than any human be-
ing has ever done before, and he was
within four hundred miles of the pole.
The soundings show that the water is
shallow in that reg on, which means
that within a circle of eight hundred
miles around the pole there is nothing
but ice, which attains thickness OF
thirty-SiN feet i'm Wintprn
pole?"
81 am satisfied, and the facts win SUD-
port my assertion, that there is no polar
! sea, and all that would he discovered
there is solid mass of ice, dotted by
islands of bare rock. Besides, many of
! the old scientific theories have been ex-
ploded. II used to be held that the mag.
netic current came from the polar
: regions, but it has been found that the
center of magnetism is south Of vii
l liams sound, ut which place the needle
OF the compass points directly perpcn-
. dicular. lthas been supposed that the au-
t rOra bOrcalis originated in the north, but
the fact is uncontrovertibly established
, that IL is produced in tho Antarctic cir
! Gle; for in tho far north il appears to
! come from the south, and the lines of
i greatest display are in the Antarctic cir
! rs much n mystery rs over. The term
! northern lights is q misnomer. still an.
other popular error was that the cold
= tidal waves were generated in the Arctic
5 regions, and 10 determine this uueStiou
: the United States Government pstnb.
= llshcd signal station at Sitka, hut no
= trace ol the supposed polar wave was
discovered. think it is pretty gcner-
ally agreed now that our bli2zards arise
IN brush America, aud not ut the north
o pole.h
"Whero do all signs of human life end
. in the North, Lieutonant?"
AT Port Fulk. There are no animals
Q above that point, except an occasional
@ rat seal. Port Fulk is several hundred
# miles north of the latitude reached by
1 Sergeant Braiuerd."
o ".NhOut how many English miles is IL
@ rom ~. Louis to the place where Greclv
,. and his men were found2"
Q 81 should Judge, making allowance for
r the curvature of the earth, that il is i'm
D the neighborhood of three thousand
+ miles,
Q ",How many Esquimaux are there in
cNistonce?"
"About 10000. They are never found
10 north of Port Fulk, and are like all
@ Indian races, tricky and Ignorant
r "Why is IL, Lieutenant, that no OK
r petitions are organized to explore the
: uthpole?"
i alt is impossible to penetrate the solid
\ masses of ice, and because the greater
h diameter OF the circle around the south
4 pole renders the dense sea of ice impas.
' sable. II is much colder there than at
A The north.n
~ "What do you think of the route IA
y the north pole by Behring straitsY"
A at is impracticable on account of the
n ground ice and the absence of open wa
n ter-ilows. There are no icebergs there;
q the Ice runs into the son in solid mass
}. and n ship could not pass through il, ms
n by the Greenland route. IL was won.
/ dcrful combination of circumstances
Il that enabled the rescuing party tn enter
"a the frozen regions carly I'm the summer
a and such nm opportunity might not be
\ presented again in one hundred wears. OF
n course some entorprlsing scientists will
- tit out another expedition to reach the
II pole, hut still persist that nothing is Ia
n he gained except the satisfaction Of ut.
q tanning what so many mtn have been
~ striving for so many years, The most
! complete expedition sent out from this
country was the one that sailed ON the
Protous, the strongest vessel that was
ever built, but still IL could not resist
q the force of the heavy ice and was
y crackedlike mn egg-Shell. The Jennettt
! was no moro lifted for Il voyage of such
/ dangers and NiciSSitudes than NIissis.
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