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Hayes, Isaac Israel 1832-1881
Explorer; born in Chester county, Pa., March 5, 1832; graduated in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in 1853.
He was surgeon of the second Grinnell expedition to the polar seas under Dr. Elisha Kent Kane (q. v.) Satisfied of the existence of an open polar sea, he wrote and lectured on th 9, where they wintered.
In April, 1861, with twelve men and fourteen dogs, he pushed northward over the ice in a boat; but finally the vessel was sent back, and Dr. Hayes, with three companions and two dog-sledges, pressed on to land in lat. 81° 37′, beyond which they discovered open water.
The expedition returned to Boston in October. Dr. Hayes found his country in civil war, and he served in it as a surgeon.
In 1867 he published an account of his expedition, under the title of The open polar sea; and the Royal Geographical Society of London and the Geographical Society of Paris each presented to him a gold medal.
In 1869 he sailed in the steamer Panth
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