The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1893-10-13
P0RTER'S TRIP.
How He Reached Within Six Deg,ee
Of the Pole.
In on Adventurous search a whale OH the
Captain Entered -n Entirely unknown
Hggiou-ihe he attitudes Reached by
Modern Arctic Explorers.

A1hiou ne faifltndfs keaeheu by
Modern Arctic Explorers.
SAN francisco. Oct. 0-Grcat inter-
est has been aroused In scientific cir
cles aud among people generally Of the
announcement that the steam whaler
Newport commanded by Capt Porter,
is returning from cruise 70 the most
northerly point ever reached by man, a
poilt north Of Prince Patrick islands.
and within six degrees OF the Pole De-
tails Of Capt poster's enterprise are
meager, owing 10 the fact that the
Newport las not yet reached San Fran
cisco, the first news OF the adventure
having come by tine steamer Jeanie.
which was recently ont OF Behring sea,
where she met The Newport,
Little S known of the Newport ex-
cept that she is a stoutly-built whaling
vessel. and especially adapted, as YES
sells Of her class always are, Tor pushing
through heavy ice. Capt. Porter is a
thorough seaman, used TO adventures
in the northern seas in pursuit Of
whale and it WAS owing 10 hig deter
mutation 70 secure oil rather than to
achieve IN explorers fame that be ven
tured through the open Polar sea north
Of Che American continentto theunpre.
ceiepted latitude Of eighty four de-
Precs
According TO the reports Of the
Jeanic, Porter was finally stopped by
ice, but he would probably have been
able, If provided with dogs and sleds,
70 have crossed tire $50 odd miles Of ice
which separated him from the North
Pole i indeed he did not strike land
before ;raversing all Of this interyen-
ing distance.
The arrival Of Capt. Porter in San
Francisco is eagerly awaited, in order
that all Of the details Of hissremarls-
able journey through unknown seas
may be asceptained.
The portions Of the Arctic ocean
through which Porter sailed have never
been explored like some other sections
70 the east and west His route lay
from Behring straits up north
Of the American continent and
above the course which Col
linsoa took on his remarkable
voyage Of exploration IN 1851 II is
seldom, indeed, that vessels are able to
coast along the northern shore Of
| America on account Of the obstruction
from ice, and the fact is that only two
instances are on record where vessels
have been able, by taking advantage
of open water, to reach the mouth Of
the mackenzie river. The feat Of Capt
Porter, in deserving the shore line of
the continent and striking boldly out
for the north, is therefore, the more
remarkable.
II should he understood that the
fattheSt point heretofore reached was
that attained by Lockwood, Of the
Groely expedition, in $50 who reached
am altitude of sa degrees and 90 min
utcs Mares, in 1876. following almost
the same route which Greeley subse.
quently took. achieved record Of 81
degrees Koldewey. in 1869, in his ex-
ploratious north Of Iceland, reached an
altitude Of g degrees, while Payer, in
1874. proceeding north OF Novaya Zem-
lya, above Lapland discovered Franz
Josef Land, s. degrees north
Nordepsldold in ISIS and De Long in
lSSl reuehcd about the same altitude
IS degrees while Peaiy, in ISgi-a.
! claimed record OF altitude short OF
that attained by Lockwood, Of the
Grcely party.