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had discovered it, and devoured the whole. They found, 

 however, some accommodations, while the stores left 

 at the Warden Island were still quite undisturbed. On 

 the 21st the navigators arrived in Hecla Cove, from 

 whence, soon afterwards, they sailed for England. 



Such was the result of the first and only attempt to 

 penetrate to the pole over the frozen surface of the deep. 

 All the energy and hardihood of British seamen were 

 exerted to the utmos't, without making even an approach 

 towards the fulfilment of their intention ; yet there 

 seems nothing in the details just given to deter from 

 the enterprise, as impossible, or even to render it very 

 unfeasible. The unfavorable issue was evidently owing 

 to the advanced season of the year, when the thaw and 

 consequent dissolution of the ice had made great prog- 

 ress, and all the materials of the great northern flooi 

 were broken up. 



