| Show the Wh chalers whalers alers I 1 rho wb il ailers vigilant captain smithers Sent hars and mount blount wollaston cis aap P tain lain ebenezer r F nyo nye sailed from froin 8 san an francisco la in the spring of 1879 the crews numbered about thirty persons each those vessels arrived anil and cruised in the arctic along with other members ol of the whaling fleet they were last seen october 10 1379 by captain bauldry of alo bark helen mar alar in latitude 71 log dog and 50 win luin N longitude lougi 17 log dog 15 45 win IV y i la ia a or channel of hopeb water from t it to 0 eighty miles of 1 loral ebony 1 eland upon tho the arrival ut at this port ol of the whaling lleon in the fall of 1879 with news that thiet tho the ant uiki and mount had proba bly beau looked in the tha ice fee the gravest apprehensions were folk felt for tho the safety of their crews in the spring of 1880 the united thomas corwin captain C L hooper wm was dispatched la in search of the missing whalers chalers abat cruised uve times jimca across the arctic basin in a northwest erly course visiting every available point along the coasts of alaska and Hibe rifi forming tho the southern shores chorea of the arctic bann and went ill thirty r miles northeast of herald orald island in ia latitude 71 des deg 37 min mid N and longitude deg za min IV the corwin returned that same year from a fruitless searah search having obtained no tidings of the missing whalers chalers wh alers on the ath of 0 may of tho the present year tho the corwin sailed for or tho the north on her second cruise for those vessels and was at Outi alaska tiny may WWI ready to proceed into the arctic basin whatever discoveries this cutter catter may make this year ore are now largely anticipated by the present news ot of the mournful batool tutu ol 01 these wh chalers whalers alers at a reception given december 6 1880 by the california academy of 0 sciences to tho the of officers floors of 0 the corwin and the pacific whaling elect on their return from the arctic a paper was road by charles brooks reviewing v i 0 W i n g the evidence at liand land at that t time i e t tending d lag to t throw 1 0 w aig light h t 0 on a it tho h e of situation t u all of the missing whalers chalers wh alers and of the Te Je annotto which sailed from this port july 8 1970 from that paper originally printed la in the alta alia the following points are taken showing that the captains of tho the whalers chalers were over addan and delayed too long their opportunity port unity to sail mail out of the arctic before fore tho the north winds set iu in to rapidly lonn ice to the tha anil and look lock thorn iu in permanently lor for the season it appears that captain nally kelly of tho the bark dawn passed south through behring strai t october 18 1870 just eight dayis after captain Baul bauldry diry in ia the helen mar which remained later parted company further north with the vigilant and mount wollaston tho the escape ol of tho the holon helen mar was a thrilling event in ia arctic navigation thero there was then a solid body of heavy ica to the east cast of them but no ice to their north or westward the iha wind mind woo was somewhat northerly and the two tiro whalers chalers both steered northwesterly toward tho the clear water ibis ahia was tho he last timo time they were seen by any of be whaling fleet for the helen mar find ing that a cold north wind was creahen free ban inar and rapidly forming new ice spread all possible mail bail to this strong wind favorable favorit blo for getting out of tho the arctic and ploughing sloughing hing her way vay forcibly through new ice constantly forming around the tha vessel she eho thus thai ploughed sloughed hed her way as far as point hope on tho the alaska side eide of the trait through ice which became six inches thick before reaching ilia ho open water waler then reduced in tho the strait to an average width not exceeding ten miles rive five hours later tho the wind changed and blow blew from tho the south so hud had not the helen mar jer her way the alie now new too aioo ill just t as sho she did that vessel also would havo have been corralee corr aled anil and corn com polled palled to winter within the ice barrier which thus orl early y in a the season closes up bohring li 8 strait t r oft and prevents all egress or ingress ing ens to t tho he arctic from etoia tho the north pacific ocean As aa the changes 0 of I 1 wind referred to extended to plover bay on the asiatic side bide point rope hopa on the american side and to st lawrence island situated south ol of the mi dohan nol nal they were general not merely local winds rod and reached northward and affected tho the course of tho the vigilant and mount wollaston there was a considerable sid erable and indefinite body of clear water extending northward anil and westward from them whilo while toward to ward the south impenetrably e ice hope lemly on oat t them off from all retreat the life history of captain nye had been a romance of many shipwrecks ant and pon positions of great danger and he be had bad been beard heard acsay to say that he would not fear to winter inter w in the arctic wore were be so efroim a tanned once oat ant off anil and in 10 the ice the whalers chalers would naturally make every effort to communicate with the jeannette Jeana ette whose smoke they had bat seen when she w v as within twenty five miles of heral I 1 island september 31 3 1879 the last received at this thi port from her that no communicate 1 was a n established between the whalers chalers and a ol 01 d th the 0 yacht is now certain unless individual sledge bartles parties may have bavo leached beached her fram t the evidence brought by the thomas pope it appears that the whalers drifted helplessly to the southwest and wore were lost at a point about miles from where bhora they wore last seen october 10 1879 As an they were provisioned for one cruise only and intended tended iQ to return in the of 1879 the probability in ili that the members of the crews found aboard perished from starvation having boon been left in charge of the ship while others bought by trips on the ice it if those ever reached the jeannette Je annotto which was provisioned for five years year they were saved while thi the fate of their corn com rades radea shows that re communication with the vessel was found impossible impost ible rs 8 F alta |
