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THE ROUTINE OF SLEDGE TRAVELLING. “We are well persuaded We carry not a heart with us from hence That grows not in a fair consent with ours; Nor leave not one behind, that doth not wish Success and c…
THE NORTHERN DIVISION—TRAVELLING IN APRIL. “These high wild hills, and rough uneven ways, Draw out our miles and make them wearisome; And yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar, Making the hard w…
THE MOST NORTHERN POINT EVER REACHED BY MAN. “And here on snows, where never human foot Of common mortal trod, we nightly tread And leave no traces, o’er the savage sea, The glassy ocean of the mount…
RETURN OF THE NORTHERN DIVISION. “Is not short payne well borne, that brings long ease, And layes the soule to sleepe in quiet grace? Sleepe after toyle, port after stormie seas, Ease after warre, de…
RETURN OF ALL THE SLEDGE TRAVELLERS. “Now that the winter’s gone, the earth hath lost Her snow-white robes, and now no more the frost Candies the grass, or calls an icy cream Upon the silver lake or …
THE RETURN VOYAGE IN THE ICE. “Let our trusty band Haste to Fatherland, Let our vessel brave Plough the angry wave.” Thorhall’s Saga . Cape Joseph Henry was lost to sight as the “Alert” rounded Cape…
HOMEWARD BOUND. “Still in the yawning trough the vessel reels, Ingulfed beneath two fluctuating hills; On either side they rise, tremendous scene, A long dark melancholy vale between. The balanced sh…
