CHAPTER XVIII.

PARRY’S EXPEDITIONS (_continued_). Five Thousand Pounds Earned by Parry’s Expedition—Winter 170 Quarters—Theatre—An Arctic Newspaper—Effects of Intense Cold—The Observatory Burned Down—Return to England—Parry’s Second Expedition—“Young” Ice—Winter at Lyon’s Inlet—A Snow Village in Winter and Spring—Break-up of the Ice—The Vessels in a Terrible Position—Third Winter Quarters—Parry’s Fourth Winter—The _Fury_ Abandoned—The Old _Griper_ and her Noble Crew