Ocean's Story; or, Triumphs of Thirty Centuries Maritime Adventures, Achievements, Explorations, Discoveries and Inventions; and of the Rise and Progress of Ship-Building and Ocean Navigation, from the Ark to the Iron Steamships

CHAPTER XLIX.--Arctic Explorations--Russian Researches under

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Krusenstern and Kotzebue--Freycinet--Ross--The Crimson Cliffs--Lancaster Sound--Buchan and Franklin--Parry--The Polar Sea--Winter Quarters--Return Home--Duperrey--Episodes in the Whale-Fishery--Parry's Polar Voyage--Boat-Sledges--Method of Travel--Disheartening Discovery--82° 43' North 519