The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-04
AN OPEN POLAR 81
A STEAMSHIP CAPTAIN WHO sep Z
COULD HAVE CROSSED r.

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John Franklin RecaIied-Exper'srfe -
whaIcrs-An Opinion as TO the ises"''"
Efforts to- CiviIize the Eskinios-
That steamers can pass through the .srctr
ocean IN certain years is the opinion
Captain A. H. McGregor, baseu ppPp
experience in the polar region. ttrftf
McGregor has seen % wears seryiestn "
Arctic and commands the etean,e[tns
owned by the Pacific Whaling ccrnfnkp n
San Francisco He was at the Hof@fg
kins and talked OF his experience. N
"l.ast year, he said. .'nisr u Tie tar. =
Whaling company's steamers ARD shi
reached Cape Bathhurs,t, the furthcst pQf
north and east ever reached byn sSeE
any kind. We bad been whaling sip keE :
ing sea, and having finished what Is Sen,
the outside catch in July we stArued
the Arctic to finish the season.
I'VE passed along the east sbofd< r2un&
ed Point Barrow, and then made ee 3ofn-
ney to the cape, which is near the Nck eh
ze river. We cast anchor and Npated>thert
the rest Of the season. The natHes werx
somewhat surprised at our Rppeafy1trr pt r
as they had seen white men befoR tnr !
soon overcame whatever fear thcv1Wi9f-
have felt and became very frieDdlE -TheT
did not differ in the least from othex Es<~
mos We sounded the ocean near the Mo
kenzie and found that boa& <44VU Z
more than four feet OF water coui1 - -
proach within ~ miles OF tne rv4ttatb
land on both sides was mountaihops aa,a
covered with snow. Inc oiueso na'Ne .S%
US that II was many winters siprs wuN
men came 10y boat, when ieu ny - ssNs
that no boat mad reached the cape s1nse'
Captain Collinson was there in 1867 Cap
fain ColliuSnn and his marty visifeda the
place i'll small boats when tney yere nah
ing survey of the British possessions. but
they were compelled to remain ther +nre
years befcr' they could return:
SIR John FRANKLIN passed tne CAPE u,
small boats on ms famous expsu'ien anu
came as iar west as fraDknn'or fseVprh
reef. There lac evidently became 'eiscoui
aged ana disheartened and starr on ms
return TRIP. hau ne known iAae nf iiau ~
clear sea before MN he donbtlese wouiu
have continued on his way and llyV 10 keii
future generations oi the hansiRs con.
nected win arctic eNploratiQns n&couu
nave made what rs called the nor,hSft
passage ana come out on the, s.Isac ocN "
ana forever settled the question: Nnftner
vessel could reach Alaska iron1reeniand'
through the Arctic. but ne saw nytnsag
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