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latter. It is characteristic, also, on such a line that if on crossing \^ ^"icm the 

 west a day is added to the reckoning, or on crossing it from the east a day 

 is omitted, the shifting of the dates will be corrected. This correction is a 

 common item in the diaries of travelers and the log-books of mariners. 



Lives Lost in Polar Explorations. 



The following is a complete and accurate list of the deaths among members 

 of the parties of polar travelers : 



Year. Explorer. Lost. Cause of Death. 



^553— Sir Hugh Willoughby 62 cold and starvation 



1554— Richard Cancellor 8 cold and starvation 



1578— Sir Martin Frobisher 40 cold, starvation, drowning 



1585— Capt. Davis 14 ^^1,^ 



1594— Barents 35 starvation, drowning, scurvy 



1606— John Knight 3 ^^1^ 



1607 — Henry Hudson 10 cold, scurvy 



161 2 — Sir Thomas Button 14 ^^1^^ 



1619— Jens Munk 62 . . . .cold, starvation, scurvy, drowning 



1631 — Thomas James 14 cold 



1633— Isle of Jan Mayen settlers. 7 cold, starvation 



1634— Isle of Jan Mayen settlers. 7 cold, starvation 



1648— Deshneff 70 starvation, drowning, cold 



1719— James Knight 50 starvation, drowning, cold 



1728— Bering 10 cold, drowning 



1735— Pronchistcheff 2 cold 



1735— Lassinius 53 scurvy, starvation, cold 



1739— Charlton Laptier 12 cold, starvation 



1742— Bering 31 starvation, cold, scurvy 



1773— Lord Mulgrave 8 cold and starvation 



1776— Capt. Cook 4 drowning 



1818— Parry, first voyage I cold 



1819 — Franklin, first voyage 2 accident 



182 1 — Parry, second voyage 7 cold 



1825 — Franklin, second voyage ... 4 cold 



1829— John Ross 4 cold and starvation 



1838 — Pease and Simpson 5 cold 



