The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-11
POLAR vENTuRERs OF PAST.
Willoushby, Frobisher, Davis, Hudson,
Franklin, hansen, Abruzzi, Etc.

WilIoushby, Frobisher, Davis, Hudson,
Franklin, Nansen, Abruzzi, Etc.
The best previous record to DR..
Cooks reported final triumph was
that of Peary. who on April 26, 1906.
reached the latitude of 81 degrees q
minutes north of Greenland. Previous
To that time the Duke of the Abruzzi's
expedition held the record OF latitude
Sc degrees 81 minutes, which was
reached on April Is, 1900. north OF
Franz Josef Land. Nansen's record
was So degrees Il minutes. made on
April Z. 1895.
The search for the pole has been
quest which has drawn adventurous
men into the arctic regions for cen
turtles. The Norsemen were probably
the first Europeans to visit Greenland.
Sir Hugh Willoughby sailed in 1865
"for the search and discovery OF
northern parts of the world" He
discovered Nova Zembla. but starved
with most of his men in Lapland on
his return voyage. Frobisher in 1916
and Davis in 1885 made voyages TO
Greenland and the north coast or
America. Henry Hudson in 1907
reached latitude % degrees on the
eastern coast of Greenland and added
to the knowledge of Spitzbergen,
which was discovered by Willem Ba-
rentz in 1896.
In 1907 Captain ellis made voy-
age far to the eastward along the
northern shore of Greenland and saw
high land. which has since been
ellis Land. in latitude so degrees
Captain Scoresby, in command Of
whaler, succeeded in advancing his
ship. the Resolution, as far north as
latitude 81 degrees u minutes AZ sec
onds In 1906. This record was not eS-
ceeded until Lieutenant Robert Peary
reached latitude 81 degrees 45 minutes
in an attempted dash for the pole from
the northern coast of Spitzbergen.
The i'll fated expedition of the Eng
fish admiral Sir John Franklin sailed
on May 10, 1916, and consisted of two
ships. the EFebus and Terror. with
crews of 1874 officers and men. The
ships were last seen in Baffin bay on
July 26 in latitude IA degrees 4S min
utes. No great anxiety was felt until
1913. but in that and succeeding years
expedition after expedition was dis
patched In quest of the missing ex-
Slorer and his men. Between 1S4S and
1854 about fifteen expeditions set out
from England and America In the hope
of rescuing Franklin. Various traces Of
the missing ships and crews were dis
covered through Eskimos. and in 1885
three sledging parties from Sir Leo
mold McClintock's relief expedition dis
covered all along the west and soutf
coast of King Williams island re
mains of articles and skeletons which
told the tale of disaster. A record wai
discovered In cairn at Point Vic
tory. which briefly told the history 9
the expedition up to April %, lS4s
The record tells the tale of Franklin'i
death and the beginning Of the end TO
the survivors and stated that twenty
four men had already died.
This is all that is known of the fat
OF Franklin and his men. The catas
trophe which overlook him led to 100
miles of coast line being discovered
The interest aroused in America in tn
search led to the expeditions of D
Haven and Griffith In 1850 and Of Dl
Kane in 1853. Following these wer
the American expeditions of DR.. Haye
and of Hall. In 1871 Hall reached 8
degrees 16 minutes in the Polaris.
Probably the most spectacular al
tempt to discover the pole was that Q
the i'll fated Andree. who set out in
balloon and has never since been hear
Of.