Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-24

has, for q long period of time been
a most engaging one with geographers
| In general; in fact interest was arous-
| ed before Columbus discovered Ameri-
| ca, in the discovery of a passage which
| was believed to exist from the North
| Atlantic TO the North Pacific ocean,
John Cabot inaugurated the movement
| in 1897, but the results OF his attempts
| were no further than the discovery OF
| Newfoundland and Labrador. How
| ever, this was of great Importance on
| account of the value of the fisheries
| which soon attracted venturesome fish
| er1nen of England, France and Spain.
| Gaspar Cortereal some years there
after. managed to penetrate further
past Labrador, while Martin F'robisher,
a freebooter, crossed Greenland UP to
70 degrees, IL minutes north, in 1886.
Hudson discovered Hudson bay in 1910,
under the impression that II was the
Pacific, an error that was soon dis
PEELED. Behring's strait was dlscov-
cred in the eighteenth century by
Dane of that name.
OTHER DISCOVERIES.
In 1919 Parry. an English navigator.
discovered Prince Regent inlet, Bar
row strait and Melville sound. while
in 1929 Sir James Ross penetrated
through to Boothia Felix, a peninsula
adjoining the American continent, and
the island of King Williams land. Ross
located the magnetic north pole at
Boothia Felix. Lord Franklin and
some of his men, on the noted eXpedi-
tion bearing his name, reached no de-
grees west of Greenwich in 1922. At
the age OF 60, in 1876, Franklin left ON
his last and most famous expedition In
the ships Erebus and Terror, steam
propelled and fitted especially for long
voyages, manned by 1874 men. This eX-
petition never returned, and its fate
was for years the subject OF absorb
ing interest TO the general English
public, as well as to many American
explorers. The two vessels were last
seen July &c, fast In the Ice in Melville
bay At the end OF two years, the
deepest interest had been aroused by
the lack of any information from the
expedition, and between lS4S and 1854.
Il expeditions went in search of
Franklin and his men, one English
party, under Capt. Austin, being flyo
years engaged in the search. This COM
mand did cross from ocean 10 ocean.
for which they We're awarded el0,0O0
by the British government.
RAE EXPEDITION.
In 1858, an expedition headed by Or.
John Rae Travelled overland from Hud-
son bay. when he showed that King
| William land wis an Island, and in
! 1854 met lIsldmos in Pelly bay from
| whom he secured articles belonging to
/ members OF the Franklin expedition.
| The natives related having seen 40
white mon on the north shore of King
I! Wilsam land dragging boat over the
| Ice IN southerly direction. Rae re-
| cevcd 10000 from tho British gov
! ernment as having been the first 10
| bring definite news Of the III fated
Franklin expedition. Lady Franklin
FOR tf NJ
| discovery from now on and expended
nearly 10000 IN sending ont n
! party under sir Leopold McClintOcls
| who sailed from Aberdeen July l. 1857.
| In February 1858, the party reached
| Bothls Felix whore they found relics
and information which set nj rest all
doubts as to the Fate OF the Franklin
| expedition. McClintock later found
| silver plato and other articles belong
| ing 10 the expedition on King William
| land. a record was found by Com
| mandcr Hobson. on the west coast Of
! King William land, telling OF q sledge
/ expedition with seven men under COM
/ mand OF Lieutenant Core The record
! told OF the wntoring az Beechey island,
] lat 20 deg min. No, long. % deg. %
/ deg w, and was dated May g. 1871
! This record had later been unearthed
| by the remainder OF tho Franklin cN-
| peditlon Ia April lAAs, when, ON being
/ AullIiNlltu ~ hhhAlANlA Nfi'HfA NiAif'H NANH
| attempted 10 reach Hudson bay across
| tho Ice. Crozier and Fitslames the
two commanding officers, had written
on the margin
"April %, iaas--H NJ ships Erebus
ana Terror were deserted April %, nYe
| leagues northwest of this, having been
beset since Sept w. 1876 The officers
aud crews, consisting OF nos souls, under
the command OF capt IT, Il. NJ cro2ier
! landed here. A paper was found by
! Sin James Ross IN 1891 four miles 10
the northWard of where Il has been de-
posted by the late Commander Gore In
june 1S47 Sir jamai Hlss' nillar
has not, however been found, and the
paper has been transferred "a this po-
sihion. wliich Is that IN which SIT
James Ross pillar was erectod Sir
John Franklin died June II, lsiT and
tho total loss by death In the expedition
has boen 10 this date nine officers ana