The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1886-09-16
ARCTIC EXPERIENCES.
SOME or THE HORRORS ENDURED
BY eREELY's EXPEDITION

The Despair That overtalSos Men in the
Regions of Everlasting Ice-Loss of
Hopo-A Signal from the Sea-Through
Long and Weary Waiting.
Lieut. Greedy rarely speaks of his Arctic
experiences But when he does plain
statement Of facts is the only eloquence re-
quired to convey an impression of the full
ness Of the horrors endured by his party.
They lay herded together beneath a
canvas stretched but three feet above the
skin bags containing them. Night, starva-
ton, and cold kept them company all that
long winter Three men occupied each
bag One could not turn over without the
other two shifting places also. The bags
were all fr zen to the ground. Fifteen de-
grees below freezing point was the maxi
mum temperature for many months.
Lieut.. Lockwood should share with Greedy
the glory Of the expedition. Obedient to
command, the former was sent forward
against his own advice He returned q
hero, having reached the point farthest to
the north ever attained. A frozen sea
stretched beyond to the ice-bound horizon.
Lieut.. Harber, OF another expedition,
gives ll dea of the despair that attends
men lie regions of everlasting ice. On
one a his party had moored their
te y shore. They remained in this
p E several days, hoping thus to
eec - usual seventies. On making OBJ
ser 8 at the end of this waiting they
foul. at they had been carried five
miles to the north. Their moorage was
floating Ice instead of terra firma.
THE PRECURSOR OF DEATH.
an situation like ours loss Of hope
means loss of life," says Lieut.. Greedy.
"When poor Lockwood crawled to my bag
and whispered his despair / knew 1t to be
the precursor of death. 1t was invariably
So" One by one they dropped off. The
end seemed to be at hand for all Of them.
Provisions were exhausted. They ate
their boots and devoured the filthy skins
that had covered them during the winter.
The Arctic spring had brought them sea-
weed and diminutive shrimps, but no
strength. The survivors lay beneath their
covering, with frightful hurricane shak-
ing the canvas like death-rattle.
All hope was gone. MOI "That is a sig
nal from the sea- whispered Greedy Each
one heard 1t, but all save he doubted. The
others declared family that it was only the
call Of sea-lion. The least exhausted
crawled to reconnoiter He never re-
turned. The wind howled savagely,
louder and louder, and finally tore down
the canvas, covering the unconscious bod
les as II with shroud. Their comrade,
overcome with Joy at finding the rescuers
had refused to stir from their boat Leav.
ing him there, they made the search alone,
thus causing hours of suspense for the dy.
ing men.
Though weary waiting, Mrs. Greedy
never despaired of her husbands return.
Like poor Lady Franklin, her great devo.
ton sustained her. The love for and of a
woman like her might well support man
through desperate trials. Beautiful chill.
dren, too, one stranger to the father,
kept watch by their mothers side. Mrs.
Greedy has both grace and nobility of
character. These constitute her great
charm. The sight of this young couple in
their happy home is most eloquent in
bringing to ones Imagination the full
pathos and joy Of their reunion after the
agonizing separation of years. II would
not endure the misery of that period
again" says Mrs. Greedy, "for all the fame
and glory that man ever enjoyed. Wash
ington Cor. Chicago Tribune.