. The last cruise of the Miranda [microform] : a record of Arctic adventure. Miranda (Ship); Miranda (Navire); Natural history; Inuit; Sciences naturelles; Inuit. At the time the boat jour- ney up the coast in searcii of as- sistance was decided upon matters relating to tlie party's welfare were in a very bad way. As far as we IJlH S'' could make out, from what we Ifc^ y already knew and from what we ^^gi'*'" learned from tiie governor at >^^ ^ -A. Sukkertoppen, our chances for returning to Eurojie or the United States that summer were very slight. No more Copenhagen -> trading vess
. The last cruise of the Miranda [microform] : a record of Arctic adventure. Miranda (Ship); Miranda (Navire); Natural history; Inuit; Sciences naturelles; Inuit. At the time the boat jour- ney up the coast in searcii of as- sistance was decided upon matters relating to tlie party's welfare were in a very bad way. As far as we IJlH S'' could make out, from what we Ifc^ y already knew and from what we ^^gi'*'" learned from tiie governor at >^^ ^ -A. Sukkertoppen, our chances for returning to Eurojie or the United States that summer were very slight. No more Copenhagen -> trading vessels would put in at Sukkertoppen, and Captain Farrell, of the Miranda, said she was not safe to return in unaccompanied by another ves- sel. So our only chance was to intercept and bring to our relief one or more of the American fishing schooners which were usually to be found about this time somewhere off IIol- steinborg, near the Circle. Ilolsteinborg was one hundred and forty miles up the coast, and with a fair wind could be reached in a few days. So the open-boat journey was decided on. Dr. Cook un- folded his plans to us in his cabin. In the party were Ladd, Thompson. Rogers, Dunning, and myself, lie frankly told us what we might expect—liard work at the oars, bad weather, camping on the rocks, etc., but we determined to go, some of us being glad to get the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Walsh, Henry Collins, 1863-1927. New York; London : Transatlantic Pub. Co.
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