The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1894-06-29
ANOTHER ARCTIC EXPEDITION.
To Rescue Lost Explorers and in
the Interests Of Science.

In the spring OF 1892 Alfred BjJrlinS,
| bolanlSs, SseI p years. Snd Evald Kali
S,eniuS Epo.oAlSt, agsd n years, lett
| their homes in Sweden for 81. Johns \.
/ F.. where they purchased veSsSl, and
on the I'D Of June sailed Tor Greenland
OF an exploring expedition, Sn reached
to h4yn Ju 18Th. The Ss eel was seen
/ IN November. 1895, 10y Captain MeHsy,
OF he whaler AururS Of Dundee, totally
wrecked and buried IN the ice, and not
| fSr AWAY Wa found i pile OF stones con
| taiuirg the body OF man. 4 tin can
WAS found cont iuIug four open letters
written by tlarlIus. These, with lgt
Of books. ol1JbiDg. etc, wsr- PacSsd IN
I L box and sent 70 Stockholm. Tre let
! t-rs 1--WE sJUue particulars 4 the loss u
tie veSs-I. ami one Ci them states thar
sitter h. lost his yeS-e. h tried 10 re4cu
I EOu.Ss 6urd IN der % winter There, oUJ
va % Eai by circumstances q n. arm
10 Cary Islands. where re remained some
time on colut Of bad weather. II he
tune u writing lie wlls sra-ting 80 meet
the E>kImOS At Clareuce Fed ar Z pc
Fa-Sdzy. II he did nJt SU- coed IN II iii :
a whs.er t. re i-ve himself = i his me
This lester was dated U-tJCer L n. lS9t,
since which 10 news u these dsrInE eX-
plor-rs hiss ben received. ! h QIgS ION
nov arises, i there any ground t5C hope
that they may be alive
These two young men went entirely On
their Own responsibility and at heir own
expense, so tat heir re cue is not il
cumbent on any individual or society.
but l. duty OF common humanity. Il
Is uox proposs d 10 tempt Rescue, and
the plan Is TO get Is Q uckly - possible
TO Clarence Head, where ii ring iHten =
Ell to deposit res ordS, and It is Thought
this can be done s. the Scotch whalin-
d et seeks the uVTta " ster OF Baff II bay
at the earliest VCSsIole date (tl- begin
niny Of MAy J anu passes IN sight of Clsr-
sGcs Head every yesr about the begin
ming Il Juue On this fact the plan o.
tie Ellesmere Land expedition had Oeeu
based before the new OF he Wr OK had
been received, ani they vi regard the
rescue OF these ari : men as Their trsr
iutg. Is iron NordeHssiOli. the famous
Arctic explorer. has promised his ,Oyf-
e-4ticu, has seen ed for the exp-iltlo4 q
c-tutri Griou OF 5000, j d--i. gafei
Nr OIliu, geulUgt-t, as oUe Of IL mell-
bers.
The results expected from this exp=di-
ton are tie cue o four human b-IT--,
TIL establishment u permanent reilg-
sttfi n Tor wHaleTs explorers, wn ca
will render disaster practically imprsI
Die IN northern Satin hay, he most f -
Qu=nred part Of tar Arctic; tue estah-
u-Umrst OF p-TmaEen hxse O. opera
ms. from ELi II xpl9-4rl can BE- car
Iiet o. l-isu-r.y and without Iisk,
-inc- the Eu,li z { et, passing IN sight
"a the StIrI ever yea, Will se-p II IN
assured communication with ciFiliz .tiou
i sere< Of UbSeryAtilns, probably con-
trDCed for many years, On magnetism,
ZrEy ~ mefrorul w. titles and curreGts,
sOuntIugs and dredEings, llrciions Cf
marine and terrestrial animals and
p;an-s. physics gell0-y, ressar hes in-o
the E kino antiquities with ~Lich that
land s known - be studded aid tEe
study Of an Eskimo tribe never YET seen
by white men, and rro14b.y the d-cOy-
cry Of valuable miuer4 and or ue~
whaling grUUu Is
Il e size TO say that no Arctic expeii-
ton ever pr missed 80 many y4ius Di5 t.
suits aftailab.- wirh - little risk and
* ens-, the main zdsz1raz- beIDg that
be afiuu - b reached v simply
taking pass -e on i Ena-er tx