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also two good boats, and open water along the floe edge ; 

 but the boats of our Polaris friends both were stove as 

 soon as they got entangled in the Melville Bay pack. 

 The first portion of their voyage had been performed, as 

 we have seen, in open water for the most part, so that 

 their greatest difficulties were only begun when they fell 

 in with the whaler. Moreover, the rest of the journey 

 must have been attempted without shelter of any kind ; 

 in fact, they were totally unprepared, both as regards 

 boats and clothing, for such an arduous undertaking. It 

 is, therefore, highly probable that any further attempt on 

 their part to reach the most northern Danish settlement 

 must have ended in disaster to the entire party. 



After the party had all been gotten on board, the 

 Ravenscraig w r as detained in the pack-ice of the bay 

 till July 4th, when she got loose. She continued on 

 her northward course, and got into north water ; thence 

 crossing to Lancaster Sound on the 7th, she spoke the 

 steamship Arctic, to which vessel seven of the rescued 

 party were transferred ; and on the 17th, three more were 

 put on board the Intrepid, in Prince Regent's Inlet, while 

 Capt. Buddington, Mr. Morton and two others remained 

 in the Ravenscraig until the 20th of August, when they 

 too joined the Arctic, anxious to secure an early passage 

 to Dundee. It was deemed advisable thus to divide the 

 party among the vessels of the fleet, on account of the 

 strain on the provisions of one ship and the uncertain 

 future of the voyage. 



Shortly afterward the three who had gone on board 

 the Intrepid joined their comrades on the Arctic, as the 

 latter was about to sail for Dundee. 



The Arctic, with the entire party, reached Dundee oil 

 the 18th of September, and were received with immense 

 enthusiasm by the people, high and low alike turning out 

 to welcome them to their city. 



Telegrams were at once sent to the Secretary of 



