. Arctic expeditions from British and foreign shores [microform] : from the earliest to the expedition of 1875. Scientific expeditions; Expéditions scientifiques. 222 EXPEnTTIOyS OF PARRY AND FRANKLIN-\^2\'27. thoy reeled about like drunken men. The faces of several were severely frost-bitten, and some had for a considerable time lost sensation in their fingers and toes; yet they made not the slightest exertion to rub the parts affected, and discontinued their general custom of warning each other on observing a discolouration of the ; They continued to stagger blindly on, helping eac
. Arctic expeditions from British and foreign shores [microform] : from the earliest to the expedition of 1875. Scientific expeditions; Expéditions scientifiques. 222 EXPEnTTIOyS OF PARRY AND FRANKLIN-\^2\'27. thoy reeled about like drunken men. The faces of several were severely frost-bitten, and some had for a considerable time lost sensation in their fingers and toes; yet they made not the slightest exertion to rub the parts affected, and discontinued their general custom of warning each other on observing a discolouration of the ; They continued to stagger blindly on, helping each other as best they could; the officers cheering the men, and occasionally making a dash at members of the party that were frost- bitten and rubbing their faces to restore circulation. In what direction they were going they did not in the least know; and it was certainly by no intelligent exertion of their own, that at one on the 16th, they reached the ships. Captain Lyon thus concludes his report: " John Lee had two of his fingers so badly frost-bitten as to lose a good deal of flesh off the upper ends, and we were for many days in fear he would be obliged to have them ampu- tated. Carr, who had been the most hardy while in the air, fainted twice on coming below; and all had severe frost-bites in different parts of the body, which recovered after the loss of skin usual in those ; Such is a brief and faint outline of the liabilities to which sledge parties in the Polar regions are continually exposed. n. 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 Smith, D. Murray (David Murray). Edinburgh : T. C. Jack
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