St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-18
channel had

have reached IS north If this open channel had
not barred his way
No fossil remains were discovered on this trip,
ana the only ones found were trunks of trees on
the southwest coast of Grinnell land The only
sea ANIMALS seen by Lockwood at SO degrees and
70 minutes were warus and seals and strange to
say the Walrus is not to be found at Lady Frank
I'm pay. All degrees and IS minutes the de-
fecuon OF the magnetic needle was 104 degrees
west more than one-quarter of a circle AS far
as LOCKWOOD went northeastern the breadth OF
Greenland coast continued The maps of the
new regions he discovered are in possession OF
Lieut.. Greedy and are very carefully made
THE RETEAT HOMEwARD.
All through the two years at Lady Franklin
bay the magnetic needle was never quiet, except
during storms. In February 1888 pre- partitions
for the retreat were made by establishing a de-
pot at Cape Bond, twelve miles to the south.
Day after day anxious men looked off oyer
Lady Franklin bay, expecting the ice to open SO
that they might commence their journey toward
home. at last in August, 1888 the welcome
news that the ice was open was brought ali
then was made ready, and that day the party EN-.
harked in the little steam launch. Behind themthey
left their dogs as they could not be taken Four
barrels of pork and some seal oil We're left for
the animals. Lady Franklin bay was crossed to
Cape BARN, distance thirteen miles, and then the
western coast of Grinnell land followed as
far sonth as Cape Hawkes.. Large quantities Of
icaYS ice were met, anu extreme was tle danger
that every moment the little launch would bs
crushed. Several times all the boats were nearly
lost The suffering of the men was great. They
were not within fifty miles of Cape Sabine. Strk-
ing from Cape Hawkes. direct for Bates Island the
party was caught in the ice and frozen in, ten
miles south of Cape Hawkes. In thirteen days
they had drifted south twenty-five miles on the
foes, suffering terribly from cold. So they drift
ed TO within eleven miles of Cape Sabine, and
were obliged TO abandon the steam launch
September 10-The pack now remained rn--
tionless three days, and several times the party
got within two or three miles of Cape Sabine,
only to be drifted back by southwest gales. Five
seals were killed and eaten while the party were
drifting about. Eventually d heavy northwest
gale drove them by Cape Sabine within a mile OF
Brevoort island, but they could not land
Sept. 22.-There arose the most terrific gale
they had seen the Alc i ocean, tleiriee foe
was driven hither and thither by the tempest,
and the waves washed over them again and
again, the spray freezing to them and causing
intense suffering. Night came on, one of inky
hackness. The wind threw the heavy foes to-
gether and crash after crash of ice breaking
their own foe, warned the men of death
was near to them. No man knew what minute
the foe might break up and the water engulR
them The first faint light of dawn showed them
that little remained of the foe on which they
were. The sea washed another close to them,
closer and closer it came, and at last, at the
word, the men succeeded in getting upon it.
The storm slowly subsidized and they gained land
at an Esquimaux point near Baird's inlet.
WHERE HOPE FIRST LEFT THEM.
September 29.-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 terror to every heart
At Cape Isabella and Cape Sabine were found
only 1900 rations, and from Garlington's records
1a cd tba fota Of tbap ro+ar
knew that death must come to nearly all of the
party, long before ship of rescue could force
its way into Melville bay. Efforts were made to
sustain the spirits of the men by lectures and
light reading,
October 15th-the party removed to Cape ga
bine.
January 1S,-Cross died of scurvy.
In April, the rations issued daily had dwndled
to four ounces of meat and six ounces of bread
Man after man died and all hopes had lied.
When on that day the blast of the whistle reused
the survivors from the lethargy of approaching
death. a
Lieut. Greedy, when asked as to his ideas upon
the probable results of the Arctic explorations,
said:
81 do not think that the north pole can be
reached unless every circumstance hitherto
found to be unfayorable should prove favorable
to the party attempting to reach the pole. If
it is to be done at ALL it will be done by the way
of Franz Josef land. 1t could never be reached
by the Jeenette route. That there is an open
polar sea am well certain This is proven by
the ice drifting OCT of Musse bay and Spitzbergen
in midwinter, and the Northern
drift of the polar pack experienced
by Pavy and Lockwood 80 degrees. Men can
stand two winters very well at Lady Franklin
bay, but physically the strength rapidly deteri
crates. If We had had every supply and neces-
sary of food we could perhaps have lived eight
ten years at Lady Franklin bay.