St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-26

an account by Henry Collins Walsh Of
DR.. Cooks arctic expedition of 1894.
The objects of the expedition were to
study the Greenland glacier system and
the inland ice cap, to map out and ex-
plore a part Of the unknown coast Of
Melville bay and to study and to pho
tograph the life, animal and vegetable,
Of the northern regions. 1t was the
largest which ever set out for arctic
exploration, and its misadventures
were peculiarly persistent. The Mi
randa appears to have been hoodooed
vessel all her life long. She once ran
on the rocks off Point Judith, struck
on He'll Gate and sank, being raised
with difficulty; collided with an iron
steamer and schooner, and towed
O'Learys raft which pulled out its fas-
Jennings and went to pieces. To main
tain her reputation on the present oc-
casion, she ran into an iceberg on the
second day from st. Johns and was
obliged to put back for repairs. After
these were effected, the vessel sailed
for Greenland and ultimately came to
grief on some sunken rocks. By good
luck the schooner Rigel, Capt. Dixon,
of Gloucester engaged in arctic fishing,
was secured to take the party home.
and they started for st. Johns. towing
the disabled Miranda, which, however,
they were obliged to abandon as 1t
became evident that she was on the
point Of sinking. With her went down
all the botanical and chronological speci-
mems collected on the expedition, as
we'll as most Of the personal effects of
the party.
The owners Of the Miranda repudi-
ated the contract between her captain
and Capt Dixon as to the remunera-
ton Of the latter for bringing back the
Miranda's crew and passengers, and
the passengers raised by subscription
more than half the promised amount.
The proceeds Of this volume are des-
tined as contribution toward the
fund. Mr.. Walsh writes easily and in
terestingly of their adventures and
misadventures, but the unscientif1c per-
son who cannot see the utility of arc
tic exploration agrees with the stout
man on the wharf who inquired when
the Miranda left New York. What in
Hades do you want to go to the North
Pole for when ice is only 81 a ton in
New York;
Appended to Mr.. Collins account is
Capt. DiXon's log, and more than a
dozen valuable papers by members Of
the expedition whose names are known
to science upon such subjects as at
mospheric Dust in Arctic Regions"
''The Flora Of Greenland" etc.
('The Last Cruise of the Miranda" by
Henry Collins Walsh. New York. The Trans
atlantic Publishing company. SIPS. For sale
by the St. Paul Book and Stationery company
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