. The frozen zone and its explorers; a comprehensive record of voyages, travels, discoveries, adventures and whale-fishing in the Arctic regions for one thousand years . 8th of April, heproceeded to Cape Felix, the most northern 23oint ofKing Williams Land. Here was found a large cairnand three tents, with clothes, blankets and otherarticles, but no records. Two smaller cairns werefound along the coast, but they contained nothing ofmuch importance. On the Gth of May Hobson reached Point Victory—so named by Sir James Koss who visited it in is on the western coast of King WilliaDis Land,
. The frozen zone and its explorers; a comprehensive record of voyages, travels, discoveries, adventures and whale-fishing in the Arctic regions for one thousand years . 8th of April, heproceeded to Cape Felix, the most northern 23oint ofKing Williams Land. Here was found a large cairnand three tents, with clothes, blankets and otherarticles, but no records. Two smaller cairns werefound along the coast, but they contained nothing ofmuch importance. On the Gth of May Hobson reached Point Victory—so named by Sir James Koss who visited it in is on the western coast of King WilliaDis Land,some forty miles south of Cape Felix. Here was alarge cairn ; and among some loose stones which hadfallen from its top was found a tin case enclosing arecord which gave the first authentic information asto the fate of the lost expedition. This importantdocument was one of those blanks furnished to explor-ing ships by the British Admiralty for the purposeof being thrown overboard at sea in order to ascertainthe set of the current, etc., on which is printed in sixlanguages a request that the finder will note time andplace where it was found, and forward it to the. RELICS OF THE LOST EXPLORERS.
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