Identifier: sciencerecordcom1874beac (find matches)
Title: The Science record; a compendium of scientific progress and discovery
Year: 1872 (1870s)
Authors: Beach, Alfred Ely, 1826-1896
Subjects: Technology Industrial arts
Publisher: New York, Munn
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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W. MORTON, SECOND MATE. eleven and a half bags of bread, ten dozen one and twopound cans of meat and soup, fourteen hams, one smallbag of chocolate weighing twenty pounds, some musk-oxskins, a few blankets, a number of rifles, and abundantammunition. Knowing that he had not enough provisions,clothing, and other supplies for their probable wants, onthe abatement of the gale he endeavored to shoot asmany seals as possible, for food, light, fuel, etc., but couldonly get three, owing to bad weather having set in. Onits clearing up, he found himself within about eight miles ofwhat he supposed to be the east coast, and about thirty or GEOGRAPHY. 529 forty miles below the ship. The ice being weak, he couldnot attempt to transport boats and provisions to land untilit grew stronger. A heavy sea was running, which broke
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up the ice in places, and separated trie party from one oftheir boats, which was afterward recovered. The ice gradually increased in firmness, and CaptainTyson made another attempt to reach the shore, carryingevery thing in the boats, and dragging them along on their. 530 SCIENCE RECORD. keels ; but the rough and jagged ice stove them in. Hesucceeded, about the first of November, 1872, in gettingabout half way to shore ; but stormy weather set in again,broke up the ice, and set the floe on which his party was

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