The sun., 1889-12-15
THE FROZEN WHALEMAM
A Deserted Yankee Ship Wandering In tn
Arctic Seas.

| Arctic seas.
| NEW LONDON, Dec. 14.-A most remarka-
Bile story OF spectral frozen ship. Graded
among the icebergs Of the Arctic regions and
floating deserted and alone throughout those
frozen seas. has been brought here by Henry
| Glass. q young whaleman OF Ledyard. who has
| returned from three years cruise in Behrng
Sea waters In the whaling bark Reindeer OF New
Bedford. Capt. Baker. Tho Reindeer brought
full account OF the silent ship. which is none
other than the 335-ton whaling ship Young
Phoenix OF New Bedford. which was lost In the
ice pack in the Arctic over a year ago at the
close OF the seasons fishing.
The incident Is said by old whalcmen to be
without parallel in the local annals OF tho fish
cry. and they also add that as the Young
Phoenix seems. from the accounts. to be liter
ally dry docked In icebergs, there is but little
doubt that she will go swinging around tho
Arctic in the intense cold for years. perhaps for
centuries. for the very elements there will con-
stituts her protection.
The Young Phoenix was o stanch shin. She
was crushed and set to leaking by the ice so
that 1t became necessary to abandon her
hastily. as she was thought to be sinking.
This occurred long distance to the north OF
One day In the early part of last May a man
named Leavitt who has charge OF tho Pacific
steam Whaling C9mPSSay's Pan yoS statioa at at Cape Cape
Barrow. was astounded to see ship standing
toward tho shore about a mile in the ,offinR,
spent the winter in the Ice. and the appearance
OF ship there at such an unusual time Of the
of that tabled ship. the Flying Dutcbman,
darted across his mind. but finally he recov-
cred himself. and walked down toward tho
the land. He says It made charming picture
to his famished eyes, appearing as If formed of
The mass continued to approach him. and he
finally made out the complete outlines OF the
full .riGged ship Young PhGpix, q vessel with
moyably, with her deck Just above the levoi Of
the Icy valley where she ieclinod. Her three
shrouds. backstays, braces. and stays covered
with ice coatingS In fantastic shapes, brought
Sg IN th9 bs bs IN 19q s9f
The silent ship lay stern TO the sea. about
flllty yards from It. aud slightly heeled to port.
which, numbered the decks, tho, hawser and
shafins their stffened tatters idly In the Breeze.
while the rest had the snug man. o'-war furl OF
year before and we're were frozen tightly to the
sirouded in crystals by tho, glass. blowers art.
out to the leo pack and boarded the ship. He
found everything intact m upon the & decks 81 as ST It
ars Rs and Re ropo
wero coiled on the DELAYING pins as the crew
had placed them. There we're no traces of
the ships dayits by the ice, but the great quilt
OF snow which enS nShrouded the Young Phdnlx
from stem TO stern revealed the hguration OF
tho matches and paraphornalia, which showed
that she had at no time since desertion been
rolling In seas heavy enough to disturb any OF
her fittings. 1t Is supposed In fact, that she
was picked up free from the water by tho same
Ice pack which crushed her.
Ieavitt went down into the ships cabin and
found several articles which lie dragged over
the fields OF ice to his boat and conveyed to the
shore He would have continued stripning tho
vessel, but the Ice foe containing her drited
oil shore on tho following day. 1t remained In
sight several days afterward and then vanish
cd TO the northward.
Various theories are advan ced as to the prob
able course the Young Phoenix will now take.
and as to how long 1t will be before she is seen
again 1t Is very likely. old Arctic whalemen
say that the island OF Ice now surrounding
her will DO built up by tho addition Of floating
masses. and In time she may become fixture
somewhere around the north pole dry docked
In the ice. for II Is said that In those remote
folds tho Ice may possess an age OF hundreds
OF years and may be continually accommodating
IN one quarter while breaking on and dissipat-
ing In another.
to her owners In New Bedford, who
her at the bottom OF the ocean, They
have no hope OF ever recovering her. sho is
and cargo In the neighborhood OF $4,000.