. The frozen zone and its explorers; a comprehensive record of voyages, travels, discoveries, adventures and whale-fishing in the Arctic regions for one thousand years . sleep amidst the comforts of our new ac-commodations. I was myself compelled to leave thebed which had been kindly assigned me, and take myabode in a chair for the night; nor did it fare muchbetter with the rest. It was for time to reconcile us RETURN OF THE LOST EXPLORERS. 277 to the sudden and violent change^, to break throughwhat had become habit, and to inure us once moreto the usages of former days. The party reached Engl
. The frozen zone and its explorers; a comprehensive record of voyages, travels, discoveries, adventures and whale-fishing in the Arctic regions for one thousand years . sleep amidst the comforts of our new ac-commodations. I was myself compelled to leave thebed which had been kindly assigned me, and take myabode in a chair for the night; nor did it fare muchbetter with the rest. It was for time to reconcile us RETURN OF THE LOST EXPLORERS. 277 to the sudden and violent change^, to break throughwhat had become habit, and to inure us once moreto the usages of former days. The party reached England, October 15th, 1833,after an absence of four-and-a-half years. Havinglong been considered as lost, they were looked uponas men risen from the dead, and met and escortedby a crowd of sympathizers. Orders, medals, and hon-ors were showered upon John Ross by his own country-men and continental sovereigns, and Parliamentgranted him £5,000 as some remuneration for his out-lays and hardships. A baronetcy was conferred onFelix Booth, the patron of the expedition. John Ross and James C. Ross subsequently ap-peared again in the Arctic Seas as searchers for CHAPTER BACKS EXPEDITIONS. Captain George Back will be remembered as acompanion of Franklin on his first land was in Italy at the time when the prolongedabsence of the Rosses began to awaken fears for theirsafety. Hastening home, he volunteered to lead aland expedition in search of the lost explorers, and,accompanied by Dr. King, left England for New Yorkin February 1833, for that purpose. Back and King left Montreal April 25th, in twocanoes amid enthusiastic cheering, and as the boatsturned their bows up the noble St. Lawrence, oneloud huzza bade the travelers farewell. The routelay up the Ottawa. Paul, an old Iroquois guidewho knew every rock in the whole line of rapidsbetween Montreal and Hudsons Bay, was the pilot. On the 17th of June, the travelers arrived at Nor-way House, where they halt
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