THE PARRY ISLANDS 



departed, also to return in the following year, Sir 

 Edward Belcher, in the Assistance, being then in com- 

 mand, Kellett being in the Resolute, M'Clintock in the 

 Intrepid, and Sherard Osborn again in the Pioneer. 

 Belcher's attempt ended in his abandoning his vessels 

 in the ice ; one of them, the Resolute, as though in 

 mute protest, drifting from 74 41' for a thousand 

 miles, to be picked up by Buddington off Cape Dyer 

 in Baffin Bay, bought from him by the American 

 Government and presented to Great Britain, refitted 

 as she used to be, as a much-appreciated token of good- 

 will. 



The great feature of these years was the wonderful 

 sledge work ; by it mainly the northern coasts of the 

 islands discovered by Parry were surveyed and other 

 islands added to the archipelago, including the western- 

 most, Prince Patrick, named after the Duke of Con- 

 naught, who was at first known as Prince Patrick instead 

 of Prince Arthur. The sledges fitted out by Austin 

 traversed 1500 miles of coast-line, 850 of which were new, 

 the routes radiating between Osborn's 72 18' and Brad- 

 ford's 76 25', M'Clintock going farthest, 760 miles, to 

 114 20' in 74 38'. Those next year from Kellett at 

 Dealy Island covered 8558 miles, radiating from Pirn's 

 74 6' (to rescue M'Clure) to M'Clintock's 77 23', a 

 run to 118 20' and back of 1401 miles, while Mecham 

 reached 120 30' on a trip of 1163 miles ; and Belcher 

 from his winter quarters in Northumberland Sound, in 

 76 52', aided by Richards and Osborn, was almost as 

 busy further north. 



Thus practically the whole belt of land and sea 

 westward between and including Lancaster Sound and 



