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WE have just received the printed Report, presented to the President of the United States by the naval authorities, of the result of their examination of those of the crew of the Polaris, who, in October last, were severed from that ship, and drifted on an ice-floe from about 80° north latitude during the whole of the winter until, 600 miles south from their starting-point, they were picked up on April 30, of this year, by the Tigress off the coast of Labrador. The Report furnishes material for one more of those thrilling narratives of Arctic adventure, which will be the delight of the boy. hood of all generations, and which, commencing in the 10th century with that of Bjorne the Norseman, have been accumulating in increasing proportion, and will never fail to be added to until not a shred of mystery remains to unravel within the Arctic circle. The advocates of Arctic exploration by way of Smith's Sound, needed only the narrative furnished in this Report, to render their arguments invincible.
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The “Polaris” Arctic Expedition . Nature 8, 217–220 (1873). https://doi.org/10.1038/008217b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/008217b0