. Narrative of a second voyage in search of a north-west passage, and of a residence in the Arctic regions during the years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833 . AURORA BOREALIS. NEW THEORY. Many theories have been proposed during the last century, toaccount for the nature and appearance of this beautiful pheno-menon, but to each of these, and to all, objections have been made,that I think cannot be justly applied to the following, which hasbeen founded on a long series of observations made carefully bymyself on this interesting subject, and under circumstances pecu-liarly advantageous. Before I proc
. Narrative of a second voyage in search of a north-west passage, and of a residence in the Arctic regions during the years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833 . AURORA BOREALIS. NEW THEORY. Many theories have been proposed during the last century, toaccount for the nature and appearance of this beautiful pheno-menon, but to each of these, and to all, objections have been made,that I think cannot be justly applied to the following, which hasbeen founded on a long series of observations made carefully bymyself on this interesting subject, and under circumstances pecu-liarly advantageous. Before I proceeded on my voyage of 1818, my attention wasdirected to the phenomenon of the Aurora by the late Dr. Wollaston,who had collected, with great pains, much information on thesubject, which he kindly transmitted to me, as well as his ownobservations, from which, however, he came to no other con-clusion than a supposition that the Aurora was beyond theatmosphere of the earth. As the expedition which I commanded in 1818 did not winterin the Arctic Regions, my observations during that voyage wereconfined to the months of September and October, during whic
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