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454 THROUGH T H E MACKENZIE BASIN
On their way to Lancaster Sound they were beset in the
pack ice in the middle of Melville Bay for eight months,
and the Fox during that time drifted therewith nearly fourteen
hundred statute miles before she could be extricated
from her dangerous position, in latitude 63° north. After
this terrible experience Captain McClintock was obliged to
refit in the Greenland ports of Disco and Upernavik, and
then set out on his memorable voyage of discovery.
" In the autumn of 1859, McClintock returned to England,
and his report of operations not only confirmed the
truth of Dr. Rae's principal statements, but he also furnished
numerous additional relics and details respecting the death
of Sir John Franklin and many of his officers and men, as
well as the sad fate which befell Captains Crozier and Fitz-james
and their one hundred and three associates. He, however,
failed to find any of the important records of the last
expedition, save and except one of the printed forms usually
supplied to British exploring ships for the purpose of being
enclosed in bottles and then thrown overboard at sea. Upon
this first one ( the only direct information that has ever come
from the Franklin party), found in a cairn of stones at Point
Victory, on the north- west coast of King William's Land
( Island), was written, apparently by Lieutenant Graham
Gore, as follows: ' 28th May, 1847. H. M. ships Erebus
and Terror wintered in the ice in latitude 70° north, longitude
98° 23' west, having wintered in 1846- 7 at Beechey
Island, in latitude 74° 48' 28" north, longitude 91° 31'
15" west, after having ascended Wellington Channel, in latitude
77° north, by the west side of Cornwall's Island. Sir
John Franklin commanding the expedition. All well. Party
consisting of two officers and six men left ships on 24th May,
1847. Gm. Gore, Lieutenant; Charles F. des Voeux, Mate.'
" There is an error in the above document, namely, that
the Erebus and Terror wintered at Beechey Island in 1846- 7.
The correct date should have been 1845- 6. A glance at the
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| OCR | 454 THROUGH T H E MACKENZIE BASIN On their way to Lancaster Sound they were beset in the pack ice in the middle of Melville Bay for eight months, and the Fox during that time drifted therewith nearly fourteen hundred statute miles before she could be extricated from her dangerous position, in latitude 63° north. After this terrible experience Captain McClintock was obliged to refit in the Greenland ports of Disco and Upernavik, and then set out on his memorable voyage of discovery. " In the autumn of 1859, McClintock returned to England, and his report of operations not only confirmed the truth of Dr. Rae's principal statements, but he also furnished numerous additional relics and details respecting the death of Sir John Franklin and many of his officers and men, as well as the sad fate which befell Captains Crozier and Fitz-james and their one hundred and three associates. He, however, failed to find any of the important records of the last expedition, save and except one of the printed forms usually supplied to British exploring ships for the purpose of being enclosed in bottles and then thrown overboard at sea. Upon this first one ( the only direct information that has ever come from the Franklin party), found in a cairn of stones at Point Victory, on the north- west coast of King William's Land ( Island), was written, apparently by Lieutenant Graham Gore, as follows: ' 28th May, 1847. H. M. ships Erebus and Terror wintered in the ice in latitude 70° north, longitude 98° 23' west, having wintered in 1846- 7 at Beechey Island, in latitude 74° 48' 28" north, longitude 91° 31' 15" west, after having ascended Wellington Channel, in latitude 77° north, by the west side of Cornwall's Island. Sir John Franklin commanding the expedition. All well. Party consisting of two officers and six men left ships on 24th May, 1847. Gm. Gore, Lieutenant; Charles F. des Voeux, Mate.' " There is an error in the above document, namely, that the Erebus and Terror wintered at Beechey Island in 1846- 7. The correct date should have been 1845- 6. A glance at the |
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