. Discovery and adventure in the polar seas and regions [microform]. Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847; Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847; Northwest Passage; Natural history; Nord-Ouest, Passage du; Sciences naturelles. VOYAGE OP THE FOX—M*CLINTOCK, 1857-8-9. 587 went out to co-operate with Franklin's land expedition in chap. xv. 1826, which, at the same time, surveyed the coast from „ r~ • « .1 vr I . 1 T^ . m Rem»rkion tho north of the Mackenzie lliver to Pomt Tumagain. thodiwovery Messrs. Dease and Simpson connected the survey of the of the North coast between Points Tumagain and Barrow in 183
. Discovery and adventure in the polar seas and regions [microform]. Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847; Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847; Northwest Passage; Natural history; Nord-Ouest, Passage du; Sciences naturelles. VOYAGE OP THE FOX—M*CLINTOCK, 1857-8-9. 587 went out to co-operate with Franklin's land expedition in chap. xv. 1826, which, at the same time, surveyed the coast from „ r~ • « .1 vr I . 1 T^ . m Rem»rkion tho north of the Mackenzie lliver to Pomt Tumagain. thodiwovery Messrs. Dease and Simpson connected the survey of the of the North coast between Points Tumagain and Barrow in 1837, and pJ2J,gr. in the summers of 1838-39 they continued their survey eastward to Castor and Pollux River. From this point eastward tho peninsula of Boothia extended, as has been proved by Dr. Rae, who, in 1854, traversed the isthmus from Repulse Bay, connected his discoveries with those of Pease and Simpson, and proved that the north-wost passage did not lie in this direction. It romairod, thei ?ore to be ascertained whether the sea did not oxtc fd m al nrj-roken line northward round the shores vl jBo>thia J4;\d iN^orth Somerset. Former navigators, entenng seas from the east by Barrow Strait, had traced t'u siior.'! of North Somerset a considerable distance *:o t)ie roui'a. VarioiJS travellers, as we have shown, had ;ced iLe ^horf:S of :he Arctic Sea from Behring's Suaits on the n^eai. ?;ad Rae pushed on the discovery in this direction .i <:;:pRid(3'iltle distance along the western shore cf Boolhja. Ihere wjid, therefore, only a small portion of uncxplore^l reg'.oifA betw een these two points lying to the noi-thwaid of King W'iiiiim Land. This portion we now knoT/ to be the ocean, aud, from the record brought home by M'Clintock, we kam that it was traversed on foot hy the FrayJdin erpeditioiii in 1848,—four ye.'vrs before M'Clure discovered his ci/i*.)):ie! of the north-T;est passage. In commenting on this subject, sorrie wiiterr some- what unn
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