TO 

 THE RIGHT HONOURABLE 



LORD GLENELG, 



HER MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE 

 FOR THE COLONIES, 

 &c. &c. &c. 



THE FOLLOWING NARRATIVE 



OF AN EXPEDITION TO THE ARCTIC SHORES, 



IS, 



WITH SINCERE RESPECT, 



DEDICATED 



BY HIS LORDSHIP'S MOST OBEDIENT AND 



VERY HUMBLE SERVANT, 



GEORGE BACK. 



