Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-11-19
ON GRLtNLAxD's GLACIERS.
Llaufepsnt PeaFy = Periious Expiora'
fiop of Some Arctic lee -Gerges.

ON GRItNLAND's GLACfERs.
Llsuiepsnt Peary - Psrfious Expiora-
tiop OF Sorno Arctic Ica-Gcrges.
A It. Johns N. F. special says: The
serious appreheusions for the safety OF the
stcam-w wbser Eagle. caused by ber long
absence, and. perhaps. increated bv the
wei+known daring o. her captain, were al.
layed ty heT safe arrival this morning.
She was short OF coal and water, and hall
her crew was on the sics-list from the
ihrdships and exposure OF toe past two
months. Tie stout vessel had been sOrely
Storm beaten. aud bore many marks of toe
tempest on her hull and rigging. Her top
sides were ehafed and torn By the ragged
edges of the field ice which had held her
irt In rs merciess nip on many an anxious
occasion. All on board were delighted
~ben the Esgie dropped her anchor in The
har5or. she took seventeen DAYS from
Cumberland Gulf, and her passase IA tue
seyertst. perhaps. on record. The Eagle
has on bOsrd Lieutenant Il. +. Peary, OF
the United Ststes navy, and also the captain
and crew Of the scotch whaler Catherine.
ExPLoRIxG TIE GLACIERS.
Lieutenant Peary, who went north in the
Eagle last spring 10 examine the Greenland
inland ice. gave your correspondent the
following account Of bis adventures: Being
unable to induce any nsiives 10 accompany
him be started on the last OF June with a
Young Danish Governor from the head OF
Disco bar. After advancing 10 miles upon
the glacier a violent snow.storm drove
them into tbeir sleeping bags, showed them
In. and kept them confined two days. The
fempest finally compelled him 10 leave his
siedges and retreat on sngwshocs 20 hi-
tent. Starting again four days later, after
the storm had ceased, he penetrated 100
mites into the interior. reaching an eeya-
tivn Of 800 feet.
sHELTRRING IN TIE SNOW.
After advancing two nights In tie teeth
of binding snow-s.orm, the increasiBr
violence oi the wind drove him TO bis
sleeping.hsgs and imprisoned him two days
on lull in the storm enabled him to craw,
out and excavlte a rude shelter in The snO =.
where he spent another day before the
storm ceased.
A NOVEL SAILING CRAFT.
ON the return be lashed bis sledges 10.
geiher. rigged a mast and sail with an
alpenstock and a rubber blanket, and b.
fore q strong east wind descended some o:
the sleeper slopes OF the snow field at q
speed Of ~ elve 10 fifteen miles per hour
lie sieered bis Impromptu ice-boat with Z
haichet until the water seen of the glacier
va. reached. Crossing this he was obliged
10 drag his sledges through several miles OF
wafer and scmi-hquid slush. Next came some
rough broks Il ice, creyasses, and glacier
rivers. Finally. unable 10 descend from
the glaciers by the way be- ascended. he
and hi, companion, with their slodses on
tier backs. left the ice a. an elevation u
l,C00 feet.
DANGEROUS DESCEST.
They crossfd over the mountains and de-
,cendtd the cliffs TO the valley, lowering
their sledges with lines. They iorjed the
river from the glacier, and reached their
tent after an absence OF nineteen days.
on the ii Of August Lieutenant Peary yls.
tied the Tassuksik glacier and crossed the
base of Nour,Ook peninsula from Tlssukstg
10 great KaTi1h glacier on The intar.0r lee,
studying its coast line. Returning . God.
haven, be left In Tic Eagle or .ep;euber
9Th.
DANISH COURTESY.
Mr.. Poary speak. 70 the warme,t term
Of the uniform courtesy aud kindness with
which b. was irclted bg the Dlni-h ctliciils,
from inspector down, during his entire say
in Greenland. H. enthusiastic ia regard 70
bis rcw model siedge-, without which he
ssys De- could have accomplished nothing.
wHALEBs HAVE BAD LUCK.
CAPTAIN Jsckman. oi the Eagle, reports
an extremely unfortunate season for The
Whaling GCci. The 1riune was aground
for several DAYS on the south Greenland
coast in The early spring. The passage o.
Melville bay wac more pefil0us i1ln ], had
been for years. The entire l-ct W.
more or les seriously uippcd. TIE Jan
Never was crushed by the ice snd suls
cn Cape Aihol on June Zl.t. B-r crew
Tetrealel 10 the other ship, and the open
water was reached only Of the mouih n
Whale sound. The Eagle forced aer Wy
10 the mouth Of Prince regent inie' three
tises, Lui gas unable TO enter. Two o.
the feet did Indeed succeed in entering The
inlet. but were almost impcdairly c,n-
ptllod 10 put back si full -peed. They tr-
roNly e,caped being upset. On August
18th The Triune sank oil Pandora bay, h-r
crew reirealng 10 the Maud.
DRIVEN BACK BY GALE.
On the 3Ist Of Angus; the kagle started
,cross 10 Godhayen for Lieutenant Peary.
and when in sight Of Disco lost boat and
was driven back into Davis strait FOR
three days ~ = furious s0utheaster. II i
a remarkable fact that the west coast, from
Cape Cargenholm - Cape Searle, which the
pack has not left for the past two years,
Was found 10 he entirely free.
LOST IgR BOATS IN = HURRICANE.
On October 18th. oG Cape wal-ingham,
'he Ergle encountered a fierce northclster.
Il blew with almost hurricane force and
rai,ed h-avy and ugly sea. The bul
Harks were stove in early in the storm,
though the ship was hove 10 under a storm
;ryssil. Next, all the boats on the star
board side were WISHED away, a. well A.
;he dayIts 10 which they were hoisied
Everything movable about the decks was
also washed overheard.
At the American station in Cumberland
Gull the Eagle picked up the csptaIn alC
crew Of the Scotch BRIG Catherine, 90 IN
number, wrecked 100 miles south Of that
poini. The crew had rowed along the coast
In their boats for 10 days. The whaler star
was slso lost at the head OF the gulf.
The number OF whales In Cumberland
Gulf was unprecedented, and the American
station captured one, but continuous thick
ana heavy weather and bay ice made II i'm
possIDle 10 obtain more.
BANNING HER WAY.
Le:@ing Cumberland on November lst
The Eagle narrowly escaped being frozen
10. She was compelled 10 ram her way ont
through 100 miles Of new zee. which another
dav would have made lmpenetrablc. I'm
nedistely after she got clear Of the ice .
southwest gale drove her TO seek shelter IN
Field bsy, where she took In ber boats aud
cOi ready for the voyage home. From
Hudson Strait 10 -. Jobps she met nothing
hit bead-winds and southwesterly storms,
driving her fsr of the coast. When within
iity miles OF her port sh- carried away one
II her topfnasts and several staysails IN a
quail Of singular severity.
Discharge OF asxfess Railway OH
eiats.
tBy telegraph 10 the Dispatch-l
CHICIGo. November lS.--A Times special