372 KANSAS CITY REVIEW OF SCIENCE. 
Lieut. Danenhower, formerly of the Jeannette, and Mr. Tyson, formerly of 
the Polaris, express their willingness to take part in another Arctic expedition 
for the relief of Lieut. Greely. 
The people of St. Louis are deeply interested in the fate of Dr. Octave Pavy^ 
who went out with the Greely expedition. He was a citizen of that place and 
has many warm friends there. Dr. Pavy was a member of the first Howgate 
expedition and suffered the disappointment of its failure on account of the unsea- 
worthiness of the Gulnare. He, however, did not return with the party but 
remained with Mr. Clay, of Louisville, Kentucky, at Disco Island off the coast of 
Greenland. Mr, Clay finally returned home but Dr. Pavy remained, and joined 
the Greely expedition on its arrival in 1881, as acting Assistant Surgeon, U. S. A. 
Capt. H. W, Clapp, i6th Infantry, U. S. A., Chief of the Arctic Division 
of the Signal Service, now in St. Louis, gives his views of the condition of the 
Greely party to a Globe- Democrat reporter as follows : 
"The least that can be done is to fit out another relief expedition at once. 
Efforts should be made to reach those twenty-five men even if there wasn't one 
chance in a hundred of success. Unfortunately the Signal Service Department 
has not one cent of money which can be used for such purpose, and the Govern- 
ment is placed in the attitude of standing idly by while there is a possibility that 
the prosecution of active measures would save the lives of the men who have 
gone out in its service. I don't see how any relief can be expected unless from 
private sources, and the people of the country ought to respond to the emergency. 
I have studied the subject carefully and I am firmly convinced that the least that 
can be done is to send out another party at once." 
" From where would you start it ? " 
"St. Johns is the headquarters for the sealing trade, and it was there that 
the Neptune and Proteus were both obtained. There are other ships at that port 
nearly as good as either of them, which were considered admirable for their pur- 
pose, and at the proper time of year a crew of men could be obtained without 
difficulty for the trip. It is not too late in the season yet to set out. An expedi- 
tion could be got away from St. Johns by October ist. This should push as far 
north along the coast of Greenland as possible, reaching the Carey Islands, if 
possible, before going into winter quarters. They would then be in position to 
succor Greely should he make a successful retreat thus far, and would be in posi- 
tion from which they could move north in the spring if Greely failed to come 
before that time. There is prospect that such an expedition as this I mention 
could get into a pretty high latitude this fall. The Alert, in 1875, reached her 
winter berth north of Greely's permanent station September ist, and was not 
closed in for the winter until the loth. She was released from the ice in the fol- 
lowing year on July 31st, reached Discovery Harbor, August loth, and the two 
boats. Alert and Discovery, crossed Lady Franklin Sound on the return August 
20th, passed Cape Isabella September 9th, and arrived at Disco September 25th, 
only one stream of light having been fallen in with during all the voyage. The 
ships recrossed the Arctic circle October 4th, showing that navigation of these 
