296 CAPTAIN YOUNG'S JOURNEY. Chap. XVII. 



thick disagreeable weather which he almost constantly ex- 

 perienced, it was often a matter of great difficulty to prevent 

 straying inland from it. He commenced his return on nth 

 May, and reached the ship on 7th June, in wretched health 

 and depressed in spirits. 



Directly his health was partially re-established, and in spite 

 of the Doctor's remonstrances, as I have before said, he again 

 set out on the 10th with his party of men and the dogs to 

 complete the exploration of both shores of Sir John Franklin 

 Strait, between the position of the * Fox ' and the points 

 reached by Sir James Ross in 1849, and of Lieutenant 

 Browne in 185 1. This he accomplished without finding 

 any trace of the lost expedition, and the parties were again 

 on board by 28th June. The ice travelled over in this last 

 journey was almost all formed last autumn. 



The extent of coast-line explored by Captain Young 

 amounts to 380 miles, whilst that discovered by Hobson 

 and myself amounts to nearly 420 miles, making a total of 800 

 geographical miles of new coast-line which we have laid down. 



Knowledge is power — a truth which these sledge journies 

 amply demonstrate. If the reader now turns to Parry's 

 second voyage, page 190, he will find there a most vivid 

 description of a journey attempted to be made by Captain 

 Lyons, R.N. 



After due preparation, Lyons and a small party of men, 

 equipped with sledge, tent, blankets, and three days' pro- 

 visions, started on the 15th March, 1822, the thermometer 

 standing at zero. Almost immediately a strong adverse 

 gale sprang up, obliging them to pitch their tent when about 

 six miles from the ship. The temperature fell to —15°, so 

 cold that they considered it impossible to live in the tent ; 

 fortunately it was pitched on very deep snow, into which 

 they dug a large hole or burrow, and there passed the night, 

 the external temperature being — 25 . So cramped and 



