A VOYAGE 



TO 



THE NORTH POLK 



INTRODUCTION. 



In submitting to the public the Voyage of 

 Captain Buchan towards the North Pole, I am 

 aware that much of the interest which attached 

 to that expedition has now subsided ; and I 

 should not have given it my attention at this 

 late period, had it not been from a sense of 

 duty which, as one of the individuals employed 

 upon the service in question, I owe to the 

 public, who naturally expect from the officers 

 engaged in any national undertaking some ac- 

 count of the manner in which that service has 

 been performed. 



It further appears to me incumbent upon the 

 officers engaged in this expedition to take care 

 that this voyage, which was conducted with great 



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