ISBN: 9781130896671

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 152 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.3in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Pur… mais…

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 152 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.3in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1865 Excerpt: . . . to the southwards. He said he might have sailed to the latitude of 82 degrees without touching ice, and would have been then only 4C5 miles from the Pole. He therefore argued that he could have reached the Pole if he had only been in a ship that could have sailed through ice. In those days they had no steam; it was merely a matter of sailing and tracking the ship. But in these days we have powerful steamers that can go into the Arctic regions. He (Captain Inglefield) had been twice in a ship that had broken through ice 12 and 14 feet in thickness. The fear of pack-ice, by which a ship might be detained in passing from Spitzbergen to the North Pole, is a bugbear. That ice can be penetrated, as Eoss penetrated the ice of the Antartic Seas, with sailing-ships, which in the same manner was declared by others to be impenetrable ice, yet he sailed many hundreds of miles through it. There is one other instance which may be quoted. The surgeon of the Truelove, in 1737, reached the latitude of 82 30. He declared that there was an open sea before him, and that if they had proceeded, the vessel could have reached the Pole. It is quite practicable to attain the Pole by this shorter and safer route. With regard to the question of cost: Parrys expedition, sent out in days when things were much more expensive than they are now, cost the Government 9977. The expedition sent out the other day by Lady Franklin--a screw-steamer, supplied with everything that intelligence and money could provide for two years and a half--cost only 10, 412. In the present case the expedition could be performed in six weeks; the Pole could be reached, and the objects of the enterprise gained in that time. While, if we pass through Smith Sound, there can be no doubt that the expedition must re. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub, RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 152 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.3in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1865 Excerpt: . . . for a winter, if not for two; and it might happen that the exploring party would have to retreat in their boats, as Kane did, and abandon the ship. He was quite sure that those who have attended to everything that has been said and written upon this subject, will agree in believing that the safest and shortest route is by Spitzbergen. A very distinguished officer--now, alas! no more--who was for many years the Hydrographer of the Admiralty, and who had the opportunity, more than any one else, of learning what were the opinions of all naval officers upon such a subject--a man who advocated, not only by his voice, but by his purse. the search for Sir John Franklin--was in favour of a voyage by Spitzbergen to reach the Pole. He had only to mention the name of Sir Francis Beaufort, to enlist the sympathy of those who were present; and he believed that that mans opinion ought to have great weight with this Society. Staff-Commander J. B. Davis, B. n. , said that had not Dr. Pelermann, in drawing the attention of the Royal Geographical Society to the subject of reaching the North Pole by the Spitzbergen route, drawn inferences and founded his arguments by a comparison with the Southern Polar Regions (where he, Staff-Conimander Davis, had served under Sir James Ross), he should not have ventured to address the meeting, not being an Arctic man; but as no Arctic man could fail to take a great interest in geographical discovery in the Antarctic Regions, so it might readily be believed that he took a deep interest in Arctic discovery, and having mixed much with men who had rendered themselves famous in Arctic travel, he had naturally imbibed some of their enthusiasm, and wished most earnestly to see an expedition start for the North next year. The President had drawn th. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<