. Arctic expeditions from British and foreign shores [microform] : from the earliest times to the expedition of 1875-76. Scientific expeditions; Expéditions scientifiques. tho Ciiincan War in isr»4 liad soinotliin^' to do with tlieir apparent unan- imity on this point. However this may ho, it was now evident to tlio friends and relatives of our missin;; eountrymen, that in any future measures that mif^ht ]hi unfh'rtakcu with tin; view of eh'arinj,' up the inserutahh' and most painful mysteiy, the (lovernment were not likely to take part. Ihit just at this time, when many iMiglislimen wcie iclu
. Arctic expeditions from British and foreign shores [microform] : from the earliest times to the expedition of 1875-76. Scientific expeditions; Expéditions scientifiques. tho Ciiincan War in isr»4 liad soinotliin^' to do with tlieir apparent unan- imity on this point. However this may ho, it was now evident to tlio friends and relatives of our missin;; eountrymen, that in any future measures that mif^ht ]hi unfh'rtakcu with tin; view of eh'arinj,' up the inserutahh' and most painful mysteiy, the (lovernment were not likely to take part. Ihit just at this time, when many iMiglislimen wcie icluctantly niakinj; n\) their nn'nds to rest content in innoraneo of the fate of the j^reat Aretic expedition of ), the most starllin;^' intelli^'eneo reached us — intelli^'eneo that reopened tin; wound in the national heart which time was l»(\i;inniii,ay Company, and one of the most intrepid of Jhitish exi)lorers, Ivil discovered and l)rouj,'ht homo iid'cn-mation and relies which were conclusive as to tho unspeakahly mourn- ful fate of at least one-third of Franklin's ollicers and men. This bold and successful explorer, certainly the most successful of all Arctic travellers eni^'aged in the Fianklin search—with [)erhaps the excep- tion of M'CIintock, wlio only followed up the path which Ifae jiointed out, though ho arrived at more important results than the; original discoverer— has had a singularly adventurous, useful, and interesting career. With tho exception of one modest volume, in which he records the results of his expedition from Kepulso IJay across Kao Istlunus, and along the southern shores of Boothia Gulf (sec p. iJiMi), Dr Kae may be said to have published nothing. Yet there are few modern travellers whose boat and sledge {vchievemcnts, apart from his famous expedition of is,');]-,")!, in which ho ascertained tho fato of Franklin and his comi)anions, and found many important relics of the party, arc more worthy of pultlic attenticju. Fortun- ately t
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