Narrative of a voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875-6 in H.M. ships 'Alert' and 'Discovery' (1878) (14579411417)

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Title: Narrative of a voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875-6 in H.M. ships 'Alert' and 'Discovery'
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Nares, George S. (George Strong), 1831-1915 Feilden, H. W. (Henry Wemyss), 1838-1921
Subjects: Alert (Ship) Discovery (Ship : Launched 1789) Natural history -- Arctic regions Arctic regions
Publisher: London : S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington
Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MBLWHOI Library



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NABBATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO THE POLAE SEA During 1875-6 IN H.M. SHIPS ALERT AND DISCOVERY BY CAPT. SIR G. S. NARES, R.N., K.C.B., F.R.S. COMMANDER OF THE EXPEDITION WITH NOTES on the NATURAL HISTORY EDITED BY H. W. FEILDEN, F.G.S., C.M.Z.S., F.R.G.S. NATURALIST TO THE EXPEDITION IN TWO VOLUMESVOL. II. LONDONSAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, JSEARLE, & RIVINGTON CROWN BUILDINGS, 18S FLEET STREET 1878 All rights reserved PAGE CONTENTS THE SECOND VOLUME, CHAPTER I. Anxiety about Aldrichs party—Lieutenant May sent to relievehim—Geese and ducks arrive—Return of Aldrich—Commence-ment of thaw —Extracts from Lieut. Aldrichs official report CHAPTER II. Decide to return south—Setting-in of the thaw—Musk-oxen shot—Increase and decrease of polar floes—Formation of pen-knife ice—Disruption of floes—Charr—Greenland ice-cap—Drift-wood—Arctic flowering plants—Alert starts for Discovery Bay . 50 CHAPTER III. Greenland party attacked with scurvy—Deaths of two men—CaptainStephensonarrativeofvoyag02nare