Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-10-23
FAR INTO TIE FROZEN REGIONS.

The Recent Voyage of the Zeta Into
Arctic Seas-Fhe Scientific Results
of the Voyage-Other Interesting
Particulars.
The recent voyage of the Zeta, schoon-
or of 142 tons, sailing from Halifax to the
Arctic seas, occupying three months, WAS
very successful one. Although heavy
storms were experienced in crossing from
Labrador to Greenland, the voyage was
accomplished without accident, and showed
the feasibility of such summer expeditions
to the northern regions. The Zeta went as
far north as rs IS, and in twenty-five
hours with fair breeze and favorable cur
rent she might have reached Cape York,
but these advantages would have retarded
the return and were just the circumstances
to have headed them in by floating ice,
which would have been disastrous.
The scientific results of the voyage were
considerable. By going sixty miles inland
members of the party discovered graves of
prehistoric tribes which may have been a
thousand years old, and considerable guam
titles of bones and weapons of chase were
collected. A large field of bit1minous coal
| was also found. Measurements and pho.
tographs Of the Eskimos we're madein great
numbers, and much material for ethnolog-
zeal research was gathered.
The voyage was intended to be partly
for pleasure and partly for scientific pur-
poses, and may be said to be the first ex-
petition of this character ever made. 1t
was originated through desire to visit the
coast of Greenland on the part of Benz a.
min Hoppin, son of Professor Hoppin, of
the Yale art school; and the year before he
went to Copenhagen to get passage on one
of the Danish government vessels, but the
conditions were such that his request was
not granted. Two other scientific men
joined the Zeta expedition, one of whom
was DR.. Cook, who accompanied Lieuten-
and who has added greatly by this second
expedition to his previous knowledge, es-
psoislly of the Esquimaux. A few e1-
tracts from private letter respecting the
voyage might not prove wholly uninter-
esting.
1.-THE visitors enjoyed especially Una.
max, where they were treated with great
hospitality, but 1t was the same every
where. The governors came and dined on
the schooner, often the captain and four
passengers dined at the governors houses.
At Umanak the Moravian missionary and
his wife were kindness itself. Mr.. and
Mrs. Heincke had been there twenty years.
and brought up their children. On leaving
she Danish settlement the whole popula-
ton with governor and wife at the head
followed in procession to see them off. At
every harbor they sslCted and were
answered, and then boats came out, which
was the regular etiquette. At Godhasb
the governor RECALLED them with reindeer
meat. The bread Ia hard and black, mostly
imported from Denmark. A few fowl and
sometimes a COW were kept at the
government stations. One Danish fam
lily had not seen white person
for nearly quarter of century and some
of the natives had never seen white people
except the missionaries. The Esquimaux
appeared to be good-natured, honest, mild
hammered, with sense of humor. Some
of their dance music resembled that of
old fashioned cotillion music. On CROSS
ing the Arctic circle the event was duly
celebrated. The west coast of Greenland
is exceedingly bold and picturesque, the
mountains rising to 1000 feet and capped
with snow. The fords and bays are diff
cult of access, especially for sailing craft,
80 that the Zeta was obliged to
take on board at Holstenborg a
native pilot. The captain of the
Zeta had not been able to procure a
chart of the Greenland coast anywhere, not
even in Newfoundland. and great was his
surprise to find that Mr.. Hoppin had two
good ones, which he had procured in Copen-
hagen and he said that Mr.. Hoppin had
the most remarkable outfit of any one
not sea-faring officer whom he had ever
met with, eight charts, spirit-compasses,
deep sea sounding line, pilot coast guides,
and other marine implements which had
been carefully collected for such an expe-
ditlon. Mrs. Heincke, the missionary's
wife, offered Mr.. Hoppin the head Of the
pole that Nanssen used In crossing the in
land ice, but he did not like to accept 1t:
He has brought home fne specimen of
graphite and cogolite, also q kayack,
aledoe and Esk1mo doQn