Show BOGOSLOFF F VOLCANO exploration of the golider YO lider lEolea noan and lelaud t A alval I 1 k anion anil f steam the cutter 1 1 crabbe I 1 H S r bulletin Bull etim 23 in III behring seni sea north of the tile island of Dun maka little rocky auff discovered red by abo russian at U esq explorers exers r ers and shown slimp o 0 oia the thoy pha harts ris nude made by those ravi navigators gators in 1768 and iid 1769 it was described ua ft small barren rock rising abruptly fr from om I 1 the sea with another a perpendicular cular tower like pinnacle piu nacle of solid ock ia distan couf 4 I 1 a I cc 4 rf tall mith I 1 V it I 1 0 va I 1 9 1 nill it wa 1 A le 11 HINI I 1 ita ii n corresponds correspond corre spon U if s 1 willel t I 1 11 0 of the tie existing island of bogosloff Bogo aloff captain cook also noted its existence in 1778 4 to the latar russann Rus sinn chroniclers h however 0 irver Bogosloff tho volcano ros rose efrom from tho the sea or orif if the first accounts be true it grew from its former dimensions in the year 1796 the tho eruption crup tio 4 was at ten abil vy uy in successive de C aws shocks onearth of earthquake ua k e i in in the aa adjacent jacent islands of the p T A t t dis por M r some ti time m 1 e th hea 0 center 1 bf of disturbance tur bance was enveloped in smoke w which bich finally cleared away sufficiently e to torey reveal pal the volcano then in m a state of eruption its activity stones and lava and crumbling walls of the crater increasing indrea sing the size of 0 f the structure until 1823 when this isolated volcano became quiet and unchangeable lying in isolated waters the hand island has seldom been bezi n sighted by any vessels lately except those be bes longing to the alaska commercial company or an occasional whaling ship on her way to the arctic last summer one of the former vessels the dora passing Bogo bogosloff observed smoke there thero and the old volcano ano was supposed to have become active again on the of september capt anderson in the Sch schooner boner turner zinter passed close to the island and saw that a new volcano had grown up in close proximity to tho the old one A month later ca caff pt hague in the steamer joya doki visited tho the scene hot lava and lar large ge clones were fead being ali thrown rawn nut and on account of that and tho tile heavy surf a landing was not effected the natives are said iia to babeo observed id tale smoke franf there as early as the summer of 1882 but this hiis tiis state men seems doubtful on pu I 1 the of october 1883 a heavy beav black cloud overshadowed tho tile vi village of bonal ask ay nhen then broke c covering 0 ve ring the earth with a mixture of snow and fishes earning coming itis it is presumed from bolohoff to exa examine wini tho the hew volcano waa was a part revend d j of 0 1 tho the mission of the revenue cutter Vion las oraw during ng hs 1 its present annual cruise and your correspondent had bad the pleasure of accompanying the expedition wo we sailed from oona laska on the evening evening of the for that purpose the distance is about seventy miles at daybreak day brzak yes ter berday a y 1131 morning anin the smoking island was in i n eight right L and two hours latter the v vessel mel rounded to lowered a boat and sent in a landing party the first attention of everybody waa was naturally 1 given to the new vol cano anu na it wis s closely watched for sign signs s ofa of an j impending eruption the summit could fould nat no t be seen seen owing in 1 to the smoke and steam 1 I that arose from tho mass continuously lingering 0 about tho top and drifting away to leeward in a steady stream from numerous fissures in the sides of the cone con jets is of ais ueda some cases iho flow k was n 11 1 din l 1 others era 1 ferrn 1 tent involuntarily wp listened for the clangor of engines and the hissing noise which panic 1 tai d escape jbf st stean e a 0 O v neui 1 deathlike stillness prevailed we landed on a fine sandy beech at tho tile foot of tho the anc N aviti and viene clamoring up towards the tho summit the slope is irregular but combar surface un even ii a tha atiq u wc we s picked our way around fissures in tho the rock and around blocks of sandstone measuring from ten tell to twenty feet square over piles of huge boulders bowl ders and strips of firm layers af pf and and through ma masses F 0 of f fine ashes into whick aadu id eink depth ayt 1 id of or more the 16 which n 1 is 1 3 composed comp osvil affers arf a armos t fied character charac teV 2 all the debri of 6 e of the explosive to tho combustion has been beed perfect I 1 bow now ever not the be slightest irice trace of cinder rea remains lains at an elevation of some two hundred feet our progress was checked by jutting crags and masses ocho VA vapor i at that point I 1 tha ro eks were r quite warm altho although ug I 1 I 1 the temperature of the sand at the tile base was 45 air 44 and seawater on starting we carried an all ordinary fahrenheit ther niome fer terror for tu purpose of bf ascertaining the temperature at diffie different rent places but I 1 am unable to give tho th 0 exact degree of beat iv atthe highest point Te reached ached owing to tho fact filet that we ried the fi first A t placed on the loose and sand near near the orifice the ther thermometer mome t er re registered 1960 the bulb end nd was til then en in seated in the opening 1 in iii A jiffy th the iii mercury rose to and the bulb burst soon afterward the solder waY melted and our instrument collapsed entirely alie stones about these ate steam jets exhibit deposits of iron and sulphur anil and patches of lively pu pure re su sulphur inbur in ili a pasty con col aitio were found on the adjacent surface no noise whatever wal ladeby mado by the escaping es caning steam it waa attended usually by a strong 0 sulphurous order the first ascent ya t i made f from rom the southwest au an inspection of theNor the northeast theas i half of the bonu revealed a steeper but more regular incline greater uniformity of material and a indro civer I 1 surface in tho 69 latter place ara arc but few bowders and only an oc occasional car amial block of sandstone small piece 1 of covered pith with pumice ashes I 1 anil alt joir afef are the nant hantla a ures cal ia 1 fertility liny frodi all points JQ sinforia fim A he present we beit ll defined A it deep dt ep cut inal bv tho tile Soil southwest the t side und two or three distinct pen peaks ks were made fadeout out when the cloud fete aiu wis ym highest itt probable that a portion if not all of the wall will I 1 of the crater has crumbled away whether like ita its near neighbor this volcano will continue ro smoke wi with alth intermittent oi of laya lay a P for a long tern term of of years is is a question for scientists to determine ine A radical change of bf form has taken place since since last fall for it was th then en very small at the base and about a thousand feet in iq height whereas as the diameter at the base i ie s now half a mile and its altitude about four hundred and fifty feet to our surprise wo we found instead of two islets and the detached piu pill nacle an am island a milo mile and a quarter in length and half a amile mile in extreme width trending from the southeast to northwest magnetic in the middle is sli ship 1 rock at the northwestern extremity ext extremity remit y is the new voT volcano caud and near the other end is tho the old one A narrow strip sand and gravel ia is the connecting link the latter latier formation also must have taken place since last fall at the last eruption ship rock is a rectangular fihar of basaltic rock bome fome go me eighty eight feet in i n hi height barnacles barnacled Barn acles adhere to td the lower part art its surface is discolored blage by age and the action of salt water and it is in all probability the oldest in formation of the three structures it is evident that the beach around it ba o 0 amed recent recently fy jn this rock was vas placed the inscription TJ S S Vo bonvin rivin captain if A scaly may inlay 21 1883 for the landing of our party is undoubtedly the first eyer made at this place to vo the best of my knowledge tho the former islet i 1 of bo goa loti has never been visited vf sited saye by hunting parties of native 2 at rare intervals tho tile old vol volcano cano is ani an irregular pile with about the same altitude as the new one and a diameter ofa of a quarter quarte rofa of a mile atthe at the base I 1 in n the sides are perfectly perpendicular for a distance of mere more than leet in others there is a slight overhanging and at no point doea the incline offer any facilities for scaling its face taci without ladders lidders five e esix jagged peaks Ife aks cron i its top cop ahe clina were ere literally alivo alive with water fowl kitti kittiwakes wakes auks puffins and gulle the inet named predominating A large number of sea lions i invest n fhe the beach al a the foot of the old volcano abas it has been known as oue of their favorite resorts ever since the final stage of its formation ti the island is destitute of vegetation eta tion and tho the presence of a large proportion of all alkali ali would seem to preclude any possible growth of lahat that kind 1 I 3 11 0 t off the northern an end odthe of the is island land ille the water wate is d deep land n d no V bottom was found fat fathoms thome in other places the bottom is quite regular from five fathoms however hower flower er the water shoals rapidly and a boat with its bow on the beach ha hm three or four fathoms of water ebern on each wie aile 0 8 estan a n good shelter for vessels to lie at anchor the tile fili facilities ties now offered for capturing sea lions will make the place ain to iw it as a ablo gl i til dy tho sea lion skins arc are used by the aleuts aleuns in the construction of all their boats and it has of late been difficult to obtain them I 1 owing t ta a the increasing scarcity I 1 and ud ity oft of those fiose animals ba were A obtained as the sky was overcast overe att it during the greater part of the day these gave vector ifor the position 0 of f the island latitude 23 65 55 north and IGO west no shoal was wash foaud ih in the flie vicinity al althou t gUne T t ii 0 dai 1110 ch charts arts as im extending F en ing from r jt the pipih ena 1 island to bogosloff hi volume 6 af f smoke and steam was much heavier jip euvle enveloping roin g n nearly early the whole 9 the volcano with a short cufran puff an large could would at times rise rito above the otherwise steady stream this increase was noticed to continue as long as the place was wider observation at L bathe eat beri abc becoming e scovie what rough the CA returned to this port wo we considered ourselves ours elyes fortunate in being able to land at the time wo we did lid for it is manifestly dybo except i under the most t favorable tanae irely intends to visit bogosloff again fall for the purpose of noting any any changes that may take place in in the meantime |