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Show SHAUCH F-Ii THE KOHTH POLE. 1 Tho expedition of Capt. Nare, of ' hr- llriiUh navy, i-Urled from Lon - , I1.11 on Saturdi-.y. in search ol the NVnh Pul an object which lias i,eeu Ibt- n.va-i.:i of so many CJ.-tly -ci.edili.. us during th.? past quarter faci-mmy- T.,e p- sent e-M'Uou will have tl,'' adv.ml.eof all previous pre-vious experinuv, and in point ol Uuneii vessi-X Mippl.es and equipments, equip-ments, it is said will excel any other exploring parly t v.r fitted out. The vessels seleeUd fur this service are the .-t:Wand Dix-vi-ery, two of the strongest strong-est voxels ever sent to the nortbe: 11 regions. Their bulls have been specially strengthened and butre-SL-d to resist tho grinding furco of an Arctic ice pack, and the officers ftnd men have been picked for tho service, there beini; i't one unsound seaman Lunong them. dpt. Narca, who is an experienced Arctic navigator, ex-presses ex-presses thu utmost confidence in the sucess 01 Hit? expedition. "We have to dn it," no says, " and it must be done, and you may depend upon it, wesh.ul u..t tail tor want of perseverance." per-severance." 1'a'vious navigators have shown Kim the quickest and safest route u within oOO miles of the Pole. An English paper says of him: Then.- h not ft ivirrent botwojn the Orkrov M.d K.nedy Channel of winch ho does not know Lho LoariDRs; thura is m.t a i.L'i-iiiia-iiy ofthosortson, as noted b,fMor. of Arctic naviRHtors with Which he is t ut tiC'iuninted; nor a danger from rock or 'co which ho has iW nuu-und, Mid whvh he is notptepaml !or." l!u decrees of north latiiude i;U all plain wul'ii. fioto speak, l int I j ti,,, ;,!!, liivo reached tliat point, Rial plvn Nnr.'s will direct his -hins ihrouRii ltliuii Uay and bnutb 8. imJ stwul-t towards the point beyond which tho Americins discovered an open SCR. The Ameiic.vu peoplo will take a deep intcre.-t in this expedition, with the object n which this country '11 so closely connected by its own brave explorers. It was twenty years ago when Captain Kane reached, with , hissledge-s, to the Slid degree of north latitude, but beyond that point they saw open water, and the sledge 3 were of no further use. The Maris more rrci-n'ly penetrated as far, but she never returned, an 1 her crew narrowly nar-rowly escaped de -'.ruction. Beyond this iii-ii latitude.only S degrees from tiit' IVIe. iho real difficulties of Captain Cap-tain Xas viil i tin. Up to that point there is land, and if the ships can be forced into the open water beyond that point, provided always that there is open water, he may carry them all the way to the Pole. But no vessel has ever penetrated that sea, and if Captain Kares took the AM and Discn-eri in, he would rrobably find it no easy task to bring ; : :iem out ayain. ' j So far the Americans are ahead of other nations in Arctic discoveries, n fact which doubtless has had much influence with the English government govern-ment in detcrmiuiug upon the pres-? pres-? cut expedition. As the leading com-1 com-1 mercial nation the pride of Join i necting it with Washington. If an) ' one can tell what benefit would acrut ; to commerceor to science by n demon-; demon-; stration of the possibility of the navi-1 navi-1 gation of the polar sea, these expen-: expen-: give outfits might bo regarded with ; some satisfaction. But we only 1 know that the North Pole, being 'out of sight and out of reach, i3 an object of great interest to the world, which will probably never be lessened while the curiosity of mankind keeps pace with its love of adventure and discovery. But if this great objective point is once reached, and its discoverers dis-coverers return to civilization, public curiosity will be satisfied, and we shall hear little more about tho North Pole. |
