. Narrative of a second expedition to the shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1825, 1826, and 1827 [microform]. Scientific expeditions; Expéditions scientifiques. OF THE POLAB BB.\. ja steep rooky cliff, vbich was very slippery ftom the rain that had fallen in the night: a false step might have proved fatal; And we rejoiced when, ha\Hng passed the rapids, we found eirt\^ banks and a better path. The services of Augustus and the Indian lads being no longer required, I despatched them to the Fort, to apprize the party there of our approach. We had a severe frost this night: at daylight in the
. Narrative of a second expedition to the shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1825, 1826, and 1827 [microform]. Scientific expeditions; Expéditions scientifiques. OF THE POLAB BB.\. ja steep rooky cliff, vbich was very slippery ftom the rain that had fallen in the night: a false step might have proved fatal; And we rejoiced when, ha\Hng passed the rapids, we found eirt\^ banks and a better path. The services of Augustus and the Indian lads being no longer required, I despatched them to the Fort, to apprize the party there of our approach. We had a severe frost this night: at daylight in the morning the thermometer was down to 20^ and a raw fog contributed to make the weather very cold and comfortless. The sun shone forth about eleven, and soon dispensed the fog^ and then the temperature gradually rose to 54**. At four we arrived at the foot of the upper rapid, and in two hours afterwards entered the Gtsat Bear Lake, and reached the house at seven. Dr. Richardson having returned from his voyage to the noithem part of the lake, the members of the Expedition were now, for the first time, all assembled. We heartily congratulated each other on this circumstance, and also on the prospect of being snugly settled in our winter-quarters before the severe weather. Dr. Eichardson had surveyed the Bear Lake to the influx of Dease's Kiver, near its termina- tion, at which point it is nearest to the Coppermine Eiver. Ho fixed upon the first rapid in Dease River as the oes^ TK>int to which the eastern detachment of the Expedition could ;lirect its steps, on its return from the mouth of the Coppermine 7^ ver ^he following season. The rapid was, by observation, iu latiti ic 66° 53' and longitude 118" 35' W, and the variation of the magnetic needle there, was 47° 29' Monday, 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 m
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