. The life and voyages of Joseph Wiggins; modern discoverer of the Kara Sea route to Siberia, based on his journals & letters . gentlemenhere to send out a steamer, to take it from the headof the Gulf, or perhaps from Obdorsk itself, provid-ing you could see your way to renew your offer of1862, or to continue the offer of a reward of £2,000. You will wonder why I am so much in favourof this route after what you have told me of theproject of joining the Petchora and the Obi by arailway. My reason is this—it will be exceedinglydifficult to persuade speculators to try by thePetchora, seeing that
. The life and voyages of Joseph Wiggins; modern discoverer of the Kara Sea route to Siberia, based on his journals & letters . gentlemenhere to send out a steamer, to take it from the headof the Gulf, or perhaps from Obdorsk itself, provid-ing you could see your way to renew your offer of1862, or to continue the offer of a reward of £2,000. You will wonder why I am so much in favourof this route after what you have told me of theproject of joining the Petchora and the Obi by arailway. My reason is this—it will be exceedinglydifficult to persuade speculators to try by thePetchora, seeing that the entrance is so shallow anddangerous to navigate, and the insurance difficultto get done in England, owing to the loss of somany vessels. On the other hand, the entrance tothe Waigats Straits is deep, and some twenty-fivemiles wide, and the ice is cleared from the southshore of Samoyede Land right up to the MuddyGulf by .luly. He then points out some of the essential condi-tions for forming a Company in England to sendout an expedition. I note that you do not thinkit would be of any use if I read a paper before the. IV.] ORJECTS OF A NEW EXPEDITION 71 Imperial Geographical Society. But you must bearin mind that we do not want money; my objectwould be to create interest in the Governmentin order to obtain concessions for an EnglishCompany, or for myself, to trade to the Obi andthe Yenesei via the Waigats and Pet Straits andMuddy Gulf, and to be permitted to have WaigatsIsland as a depot, if we should find it necessary;also to be allowed to raise landing-stages and depotsat the head of Muddy Gulf, or to construct a concession something like this, a powerfulCompany could easily be got together, but withoutit I fear nothing could be done. Our merchants and others could be persuadedto trade via the Petchora only by proving to themthat the isthmus at the head of the Muddy Gulfwas not practicable. If you have not sufficientinformation on the subject, I shall have g
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