Three Years of Arctic Service, Vol. 2: An Account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-84 and the Attainment of the Farthest North (Classic Reprint)
Three Years of Arctic Service, Vol. 2: An Account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-84 and the Attainment of the Farthest North (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Three Years of Arctic Service, Vol. 2: An Account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-84 and the Attainment of the Farthest North T is Obvious that our second winter could hardly pass as pleasantly as the first. The novelty of Arctic service had passed with all, while the unvarying routine and wearisome monotony could not but more deeply depress the spirits of the men. The non-arrival of the visiting steamer not only in itself threw a gloom over the party, but it necessitated a restriction in the use ...
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Excerpt from Three Years of Arctic Service, Vol. 2: An Account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-84 and the Attainment of the Farthest North T is Obvious that our second winter could hardly pass as pleasantly as the first. The novelty of Arctic service had passed with all, while the unvarying routine and wearisome monotony could not but more deeply depress the spirits of the men. The non-arrival of the visiting steamer not only in itself threw a gloom over the party, but it necessitated a restriction in the use of certain articles Of food, and the feeling alone Of being on allowance is irksome to many men. I had carefully preserved for the second year the regulation allowance of vegetables, flour, etc., but had used of these articles the entire margin allowed for wastage and loss, as well as the surplus resulting from the return of three men the preceding year. We had, however, hard bread, salt meats, butter, pickles, milk, eggs, fruits, molasses, tea. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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