Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-09-14

- from floating
fisgs heaylng and grinding Ia the ocean
MI her navigators made tho ship fast to
~. expecting 20 he towpd by 10 20 clear
unt Instead vast fields aud mountains
de closed In about the noe until the sur.
fsnilhg sea va. everywhere buried from
a. For Any-throu weeks, or year
v isn days, the voyngcr. wore prisoners
saship which was itself % prisoner Ia tho
yet The journey wont on to q concu-
tip remarkable ns any the most sl.lllfnl
1inner Of arctic seas over attained. The
1irulod ullors werr explorers In search
dlavags 90 the polar sea. Their vcs-
sdfiiied steadily Hul almost directly TO.
nj The pole until % reached latitude -
~ 60 min, about the limit Of all ugctic
] vuge, before or since.
pdlols Journeys by the score Of Eng.
y, American and German explorers In
Q Eciern arcti, sru from 1890 to $50
n worlds Ftill uncouuuled since they
mihied only the width Of % degs. "
ll.Iiudc aud the remaining tlirrc-i0urtts
die circle slept In the unhrol,rn solitude
flasi eternity. The existence OF an open
fH sen was yet unvorinpd, aud ono
t'oiy about Il was ~ good Us another; 70
iliE Luupcan scientists took mp the no.
"a Nat ihu equatorial currents must send
u'Iwam streams around the 'shorc OF
hea''srn continent 10 unite aud modify
liiemnraiurr OF the waters ut the pole.
igter 10 test this theory two Austrian
-tsrt-lieut. Carl Woyprccht. OF the
N.Y. and Lieut.. Julius Payer. Of the
ny-tallpd from Norway In June, 1871, In
p snail Norwa glan vessel isbiorn ard
Hilaied to latitude ~ dogs. Il min,
'sie They found an open ocean coated
"a iain ana scliMcd ice.
9Tloycl at thoVacovcry they returned
hLluro and quickly formed an cNpcdi-
lalot thorough trial Of the possibilities
Hirile navigation. It seemed not to have
n.Hd TO them that 1871 was mn on year
F'iek fio't In that locality, and they
az hIlrs ont for u good long picnic
l.Ag lhe bears aud icybcrpH thither-the
~ monatchs Of the circle thnt syoeps
s''od the pole, Both Wcyprecht and
s,IWeTe Just the men for daring deeds.
ea had served IN the wars Ia Italy aud
- aeeorailons In battle. Wcyprcoht was
navigator and Payer went through "A
s.heo training on the prccipltIous sides
wy snowy Alps and among the trench.
~ glaciers that low like slothful sen
.~uF basea, lie had also nude three
~ The arctic regions.
lal'c'srl was the screw steamer To
.A' 81 no tons burden, lifted ont with
4" Ail masts aud u l0O.horsenowcr en-.
cue was built expressly for arctic
NiHns bni was not an iecboat, since she
h'ehded 10 pillow the open polar sea.
-us l'oyi'loucd for 90 years, aud was
T-1,.l ny Ierman, Hungarian, Slnvonle
NaiAn sailors. Italian was the ian.
fiseoi the shin.
j.u issetIhon sailed from Lnnlnnd IA
A., Vs. IN company with the lsbjnrn,
N sent out to establish relief depot on
HV'a lembla coast for the expedition.
i's''th separated about the middle OF
go 'ne l.hlorn returning home. The
80 o. ihe Tegctthofi was to have been
hYyIth between Nova Tembla and
i~'iD.'g'h, the region where the Isbiorn
M, uaNlslble ocean the previous year.
s,i'u we explorers found the shin fnst
~ lhoy ret 10 work to brcnl. M tho
- opth channel into tho soa. But
~ u',' 'Ahde by blasting Immediately
49, "'n efeFlrrs mndu by saving nlsO
M once \ trench made around tia
~, V',r day would be fio2on solid tho
ns.T' 'no autumn n 1872 passed In these
NJ, l l,H 70 Hct To yea. Then came the
49, a'.o % sH arctic winter; the sun vel.
a. i.e',i the ship and rigging were en-
gtga "Fhur, and the highlands OF
vah t.'I4,,i" fllll Ia view became white,
n lo,.. lallen SNOW. Then followed
~ 4 'lsnof night, and the explorers
se1 ,i more " their fate nor OF the
p,,,', .Aln they could divine from the
t1i,go uI.nos lroEi the masts OF tho Ne
N, ~, ohtaldo was tho view az tho
l9t p1S KY peter in white" wrote
ah,ps'!vF stretching out her arms as
I'd re',i" eoA plant toward the heaven,
han.ea ~ cruel mockery Of her destiny
ulg t"''''n not u water, but of ico.-.n
E5w lyi,,.. guy now surrounding her hull.
fsdss - ulgh upoa her deck and her
i5.li t s.ll'ened in 10y linos.n ~
~ 'le sup us early ms Noyember
ttulb, iEIieu on the bulkhends of th1'
q, Gs "'th- aud the bedrlothes fro,c a.
e,d.rt ~ Tue ship. The iron Knees al
fillplseIss.' !, H'camed liko stalac: ties,
A,syllob,,''s FORMED under the berths aud
'iA cop,asl. were frosted oycrinches thick
Tie o,,,s ea'e,' breath aud vapor.
amlo,si1 oi heship assured comfort to
M Wssa' ,le only anxiety being the IN.
ss.a, Of ~. we long night ended In tho
'9'S TIE coast Of Nova Xembla bnd