North-West Passage, and the Plans for the Search for Sir John Franklin

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Excerpt from North-West Passage, and the Plans for the Search for Sir John Franklin: A ReviewThe Arctic Circle is again left to its own gloom, silence, and dreary solitude. Of the well-equipped squadrons sent to the Arctic regions in search of Sir John Franklin and his gallant officers and crews, part have been abandoned, and the remainder have returned to England. Not a vestige or trace of the Erebus or Terror has rewarded the untiring perseverance of the searchers. We know nothing of the Expedition since its departure from Beechey Island in 1846, the course it took, its movements, its fortunes, its position, or its fate, are wrapped in distressing, and seemingly impenetrable, mystery. The important fragments found in Parker Bay and brought home by the indefatigable Dr. Rae, notwithstanding their maritime origin and the British Government mark (affording evidence of identity), offer no decided clue to the whereabouts of the missing expedition, neither do those Obtained from the natives of Cambridge Bay nor the other articles picked up at the largest Finlayson Island (1853) by Captain Collinson, of h.m.s. Enterprise, all equally of naval source, and bearing the same indubitable stamp. Even (and above all in interest) the still more positive and precious relics, including an Order, and various articles in silver plate, &c., , known as having belonged to Sir John Franklin and other officers Of this ill-fated expedition, - even these, with the calamitous report connected with them, Obtained from the Esquimaux of Pelly Bay due also to the exertions of Dr. Rae - these all, sad memorials as they are, while they indicate significantly a probable locality for this anxiously and stedfastly sought for expedition, while they reveal the too certain fact of a portion of the gallant officers and men of that expedition having.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.