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THE JE ANNETTE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. 



Noros and a Cossack servant, and three large povoshkas, 

 whirled out of the yard of Dekos Hotel amid cheers. Thej 

 were bound for Yakutsk, some 1900 miles further north, to 

 do what they could towards rescuing our missing comrades. 

 Seaman Noros went with Mr. Jackson by permission of the 

 Secretary of the Navy, and also at his own desire. This 

 man, one of the two who started south from DeLong's party 

 for assistance, after the terrible hardships endured with 

 Nindermann on that fearful tramp was again " facing the 

 music." Nindermann was at this time with Mr. Melville 

 and Bartlett similarly engaged. These examples I mention 

 to show the stuff of which our boys were made. 



