FIRST GRINNELL EXPEDITION. 



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Channel into the great polar basin, and that he did nol 

 return. This, too, was the opinion of Captain Penny, 

 who zealously urged the British government to send a 

 powerful screw steamer to pass through that channel 

 and explore the coasts beyond. 



Leaving Beechey Cape, the American expedition 

 forced its way through the ice to Barlow's Inlet, where 

 they narrowly escaped being frozen in for the winter. 

 They endeavored to enter the inlet, for the purpose of 



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ADVANCE AND RESCUE IN BARLOWS INLET. 



making it their winter quarters, but were prevented by 

 die mass of pack-ice at its entrance. 



It was on the -4th of September, 1850, when the 

 Advance and Rescue arrived at Barlow's Inlet ; but, 



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