. The polar and tropical worlds [microform] : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe : two volumes in one : embracing also an account of the expeditions of all the Arctic explorers from the discovery of Iceland, over one thousand years ago, to Hall's last expedition in the northern world, together with the wonderful discoveries and adventures of Agassiz, Livingstone, Wallace, and other distinguished travelers in the tropical countries. Arctic races; Tropics; Natural history; Races arctiques; Régions tropicales; Sciences naturelles; genealogy. :ii â m
. The polar and tropical worlds [microform] : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe : two volumes in one : embracing also an account of the expeditions of all the Arctic explorers from the discovery of Iceland, over one thousand years ago, to Hall's last expedition in the northern world, together with the wonderful discoveries and adventures of Agassiz, Livingstone, Wallace, and other distinguished travelers in the tropical countries. Arctic races; Tropics; Natural history; Races arctiques; Régions tropicales; Sciences naturelles; genealogy. :ii â m iihl. i Wv- I: U3G THE POLAU WORLU. the liistory of Arctic discoveryâthe search for a north-eastern route to Chinn Accordingly, in the year iuS.'l, a squach-on of three small vessels, under tlic command of Sir Hugh Willoiighby, Chancellor, and Durfoorth, set sail fnm, KatcliflV, witli the vain hope of reaching Iiulia hy sailing round North Asia the formation an<l vast extent of which were at that time totally unknown. Off Seiijan, an island on the Norwegian coast in iat. COA", the sliips iiintcil company in a stormy night, never to meet again. Willoughby and I)nifu(,ii|| reached the coast of Nova Zemhla, and ultimately sought a harltor in |,a|i. land on the west side of the entrance into the White Sea, wliere the (aptMiii- general, oHicers, and crews of both ships wvn; miseralily frozen to death, as sonic Kussian lishermeu ascertained in the following spring. How long tlnv siis. tallied the severity of the weather is not known, i)ut the journals and a will found on board the " Admiral" proved that Sir Hugli Willouiihbv and most of that shijt's company were alive in Jamiary, 1554. They died the victims of inexjierience; for had they, as Sir John llichardsoii remarks, been skilled in hunting and clothing themselves, and taken the precaution moreover of lavin'^' in at the begimiing of the winter a stock of mossy turf such as the countiv prochices for fuel, an
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