. 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 . ater to boil, and talking of Russia andthe Czar, and the world outside the Circle ; whileMrs. Olrik would look up from her worsted-work, andthe children pressed round me to see the horses anddogs I was drawdng for them. It was enough to makeone forget his red flannel shirt and rough Arctic rig;Melville Bay and the pack seemed fables. But our stay in Lievely ended. The propeller gotup steam, and, taking our bark and the Danish
. 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 . ater to boil, and talking of Russia andthe Czar, and the world outside the Circle ; whileMrs. Olrik would look up from her worsted-work, andthe children pressed round me to see the horses anddogs I was drawdng for them. It was enough to makeone forget his red flannel shirt and rough Arctic rig;Melville Bay and the pack seemed fables. But our stay in Lievely ended. The propeller gotup steam, and, taking our bark and the Danish brigMarianne in tow, steamed out of the harbor. All theinhabitants of the town were on the shore to see thelast of us. Our visit had been as memorable an in-cident to them as to ourselves. Where ten dollars isa large marriage dower. Jacks liberality of exjaendi-ture seemed absolutely royal. There were moistenedeyes among them, for they are essentially kind-hearted;and even the roar of our cannon, in answer to theDanish salute, though it resounded splendidly amongthe hills, was scarcely heeded, as they stood, withfolded arms, watching us disappear in the CHAPTER FATE DISCOVERED. The fall of 1854 witnessed tlie return of the last ofall the expeditions which had been sent from Englandto search for Franklin. The task had been a Ions: anddisheartening one; for with the exception of the dis-covery in 1850, of Franklins winter-quarters in 1845-46 under Beechey Island, no clue to the whereaboutsof his ships or party had been found. Six years ofsearch had, however, made known the entire geog-raphy of the regions of Arctic America, and with theexception of a small portion around King WilliamsLand, every coast and harbor had been unsearched ground would have been more easilyaccessible to the various expeditions than many ofthe more remote regions visited by them ; but by astrange fatality, all the explorers turned back short ofthe goal, because th
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