. Adventures of two youths in the open Polar Sea. e was but a limitedamount of clothing for the weary and frost-bitten men. Two sailors, Nm-dermann and Noros, were sent away to procure help, and when nearly deadwith fatigue and starvation fell in with some wandering natives. Theycould not induce these people to go with them to relieve the shipwreckedcrew, and so all of their party that had been left behind died of hungerand cold on the banks of the Lena. The two sailors were taken to a Rus-sian village, where they met Mr. Melville, their old officer; he did every-thing in his power for the res
. Adventures of two youths in the open Polar Sea. e was but a limitedamount of clothing for the weary and frost-bitten men. Two sailors, Nm-dermann and Noros, were sent away to procure help, and when nearly deadwith fatigue and starvation fell in with some wandering natives. Theycould not induce these people to go with them to relieve the shipwreckedcrew, and so all of their party that had been left behind died of hungerand cold on the banks of the Lena. The two sailors were taken to a Rus-sian village, where they met Mr. Melville, their old officer; he did every-thing in his power for the rescue of De Long and his companions, but allin vain. The records which were afterwards found by the side of De Longat the spot where he died showed that before Melville started on his searchthe whole party had perished. In the following spring an expedition wTas sent to the mouth of theLena to find the last camp of the explorers, and secure the records of thevoyage of the Jeannette. All the papers were found and preserved, the A NAREOW ESCAPE. 149. 150 THE VOYAGE OF THE VIVIAN. bodies were buried, and a monument was erected over their grave. Oneby one the survivors returned to the United States; and finally, in theearly part of 1884, the bodies of De Long and those who died with himwere brought home for burial in their native land. The story of the Jean-nette is one of the most pathetic that has been given to us in the annals ofarctic exploration. As the major ended his account of the adventures of De Long andhis companions, there was not a dry eye among his group of a word was spoken, but silently, one by one, they sought the deck,and did not revert to the subject of the conversation. The ice is growing thicker in the north, said the Doctor, as hewaved his hand in the direction indicated. The wind seems to be press-ing the floes together, and I should not be surprised if the pack closes inupon us before another twenty hours. Hour by hour the ice became more abundan
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