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The Daily Dispatch: October 31, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Hayes Arctic expedition. (search)
r at the Esquimaux settlement of Natlik, Northumberland Island, on the coast of Greenland. "After surveying Whale Sound, the vessel sailed for Upernavic, on the voyage home, arriving there on the 15th of August, 1861, after passing through one hundred and fifty miles of field ice in Melville Bay. Hans, an Esquimaux, on whom Dr. Kane placed great dependence, who is frequently mentioned in Dr. Kane's book, and who deserted that expedition while in the ice in the far North, was found at Cape York by the crew of the United States, and returned in the vessel to Upernavic, from whence he started with Dr. Kane. The expedition went as far North as 81 degrees, 35 minutes; a latitude which is said to have been before reached only by Perry in 1827-8. On the coldest day experienced the thermometer was down to 68 degrees below zero. The vessel was provisioned for two years, and her returning now, without having had any serious disasters, inclines us to the belief that the party have made