. An account of the Arctic regions [microform] : with a history and description of the northern whale-fishery. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. I * li 0 h ''\] :' r 'I IM I, ^'^; ' I 168 ACCOUNT UF THE ARCTIC REGIONS. ing fleet, and voluntarily offered themselves to the " Greenland Company," for trying the practicabi* lity of living in the winter, and establishing a co- lony in this island. This scheme, masked under the pretence of determining the true condition of the country in winter; " concerning the nights there, and other curious observations, disputed among astronome
. An account of the Arctic regions [microform] : with a history and description of the northern whale-fishery. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. I * li 0 h ''\] :' r 'I IM I, ^'^; ' I 168 ACCOUNT UF THE ARCTIC REGIONS. ing fleet, and voluntarily offered themselves to the " Greenland Company," for trying the practicabi* lity of living in the winter, and establishing a co- lony in this island. This scheme, masked under the pretence of determining the true condition of the country in winter; " concerning the nights there, and other curious observations, disputed among astronomers," was doubtless intended as a colonizing experiment, with a view of facilitating the capture of whales, and enhancing the value of the fishery to the adventurers. Their journal, which is given at some length in Churchill's ** Collection of Voyages and Travels *," gives a better description of the state of the wind and weather, from the 26th of August to the 31st of April following, than almost any other account of observations, made in winter, in so high a latitude, that has yet been published. As such, I have extracted some particulars out of each day's remarks, and have given them, in a ta- bular form, in the Appendix, No. VII. This little party survived the severities of the winter, without much hazard of their lives, until the scurvy began to make its appearance among them. The requisite supply of fresh provisions not having been met with, its ravages were very rapid. One of the par- ty died on the l6th of April; and all the jrest shar- * Vol. ii. p. 367, 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 Scoresby, William, 1789-1857. Edinburgh; [London] : Printed for Archibald Constable and Co. , Edinburgh; and Hurst, Robinson and Co. .. London
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