Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-06-12


foes. As for the Ordinary whaling ar
fishing vessels which have met with
similar fate. tho list would he endless
mud an from mans siubb0rn refusal IL
recognize n principle which seems ~
simple as Tint two and two make fnur
an egg pounded by bammer gets
brdScni
II Is easy 10 see TINT the consequences
OF this constant crushing Of exploring
ships in the ice have been most nnfor-
tunntc not only for those who we're
aboard, but from II standpoint of polar
discovery. The explorers in sueh eases
have not only been prevented from max
ing any creditable race for the pole. but
thu have been exceedingly glad II for
tune has allowed them to make a sue
cessful race to some inhabitablc land.
So II Ia that the only result of most cx-
petitions which have started northwnrd
has been to furnish the survivors with
series Of thrilling adventures for books
or lectures. Some Of these books It is
true. have proved profitable 10 The an-
thOrs. for example. DIR. Kane received
SiOODO for the story Of his experiences
bni that has not helped the cause of
polar science very much. II Is, how
ever. worth while to consider briefly
what has usually happened 10 these es-
plorers when their ships have been crush
ed In the lee. They usually get their
efpalF s.f
more, of the following ways.
nil an boarJ a.. nljI,n5 ~ ~ ~ " III
WALL hone M -, y" So W 11n1
when tha oa,ti,,, a,t ~ syuu uvpi
where around the S0th parallel of lnt-
Jude, with the thermometer 40 degrees
below zero, In the midst Of an lee.
blocked sea, with the ice moving under
between toyering ,n.ssas az io, 49,,
times fhev bsvs L., s,,.i, v, ~, HV '
places or tnI. "a s,.,ii -, ~ wv; ~
they have Them sametiwls ,gav az
The Tyson party from tbe polnris iIo,ttj
1860 miles an nm i,n,r,',,i., az n' I
they spent n whole ,vint,.r dnsin ''.hiJ
a child was horn an tbe ice u''"N "'''"
. Their sunuIv ~ g,,J T.. Loo, , go
hHustpd and st1rvatint, st,,, NJ w. H.
the fucc They rot sI,riu,rs - ~. ~
rllsrs and other thinSa IL M cin
find them; then they mi their Jngs IL
they have any. ''' Jugs
B. On, member of u. ro,,. .,u can
lame or be- taken m or fnr s,,,,, 49,,
reason unable To move nnj tln r,st ar,
forced either TO rrntnh, tvitL bim AMI
compromise their own sofrtv ar tsa,e
him behind In a way which sc,ms IN
human. This ALTERNATIVE yyos fnrr"d
more than once upon Dr. Kunp's marry
and has IN many instnt.ers r,suItnJ 4,
the failure of am entire nynedition
I. Supplies of food having been cnchpd
on the Hoe they are subarutirurly mn
able 10 find the caches. This IL some.
times due TO the breaking M of lee Hoes.
the store of provisions hnyinr Hnntpi
miles away, and sometimes tu tbr Jif.
hculty of locating any particular sn,t an
these hosr owing to the uniformity
~ the surface appearance. I.inutrnnnt
Melville tells of spending months j"nl
ing for. polar bcur which one of The
party shot ON an lee hoe. but which WA,
never found, owing 10 the drift
D. Many lives have been lost from
sollyy' this disease being the rpgult Of
improper mr. insufficient uourislunent
These arc q few of the more common
harlsltps and disasters which have re-.
suited when pnrty Of explorers haye
been forced 10 abandon IL ship bcsct and